Emmy 528 Report post Posted April 29, 2013 I have a chick just fledged it is pure white no tear marks and no markings on its tail. Is this what you would say to be a 'white'? Will try and get a photo later. (Dad is a normal /mum cfw) Emmy. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
casamber 60 Report post Posted April 29, 2013 It could be a reccessive white or a 100% pied. Have you bred the parents before and have they ever produced any pied? I have heard that true reccessive whites are incredibly hard to come by these days. You could have a rare one! Kerry Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Emmy 528 Report post Posted April 29, 2013 This is their first lot in fact it's their only chick. Two eggs hatched and I had given them a 'foster' egg from the pieds. The other chick is pied lke its parents. I'll try to get a photo posted ASAP Emmy Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
norfolk flyer 208 Report post Posted April 29, 2013 Emmy, What colour is the beak please ? Trevor Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Emmy 528 Report post Posted April 29, 2013 Here's a couple of photos that I've just taken (The marks on the tail feathers are pooh from the nest) http://s10.postimg.org/y6q1j0hah/white_chick_April_29th_2013.jpg http://s13.postimg.org/fejk36b07/White_chick_April_2th_2013.jpg Trevor its beak is a very pale pinky colour Emmy Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dannyboy2012 63 Report post Posted April 29, 2013 that is one nice looking bird there emmy. dan Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Emmy 528 Report post Posted April 29, 2013 Thanks Dan but this time when all the chicks have fledged they have all looked like they could do with a good wash. Pity we cant put DAZ and stain remover in their bath water (Just wonder if this is because I'm using plastic nest boxes this time instead of the wicker nest baskets?) Emmy Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
casamber 60 Report post Posted April 30, 2013 Its beautiful! Kerry Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
norfolk flyer 208 Report post Posted April 30, 2013 Emmy, Nice chick I reckon it's a pure white = white pied, the parents must have pied in them. My mate breeds pieds and he's had a couple of these out this season. Trevor Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
casamber 60 Report post Posted April 30, 2013 Hi Trevor, just curious here... Does the reccessive white chick have a different coloured beak? Thanks Kerry Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ssteves 51 Report post Posted April 30, 2013 i have been around my dads today and he has one like that and he has pieds in the avairy steve Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
casamber 60 Report post Posted April 30, 2013 I used to have a white cock years ago that i bought from a pet shop. He was so clean and had a brilliant red beak, he was absolutely stunning! I paired him with a pied hen and every chick they produced was pied too. Kerry Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Emmy 528 Report post Posted April 30, 2013 The only link those two parents have with pied is the foster egg from the pieds that they hatched out but I guess somewhere along the line the pied gene must be lurking. How can tell if its a female or male? Since its a pied should I pair it up with another pied later on? Emmy Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Emmy 528 Report post Posted May 11, 2013 I found the lovely little white chick dead on the bottom of the cage this morning. There didnt seem to be any reason for this to happen it was quite healthy. So sad when this happens. Emmy Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
birdfan13 34 Report post Posted May 11, 2013 Oh no! Such a pretty little thing Keep smiling Emmy Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Clare L 175 Report post Posted May 11, 2013 Thats really sad, it was very cute I've only just read this and did not expect that. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
birdman 28 Report post Posted May 14, 2013 that's a nice chick you got there are you going to keep it? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Emmy 528 Report post Posted May 14, 2013 i did intend keeping it but sadly it died Emmy Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
birdman 28 Report post Posted May 14, 2013 that's a shame do you no why it died Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
birdman 28 Report post Posted May 14, 2013 silly me didn't read that bit bowt it dying such a shame you never no you mite get another one Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Emmy 528 Report post Posted May 14, 2013 Hope so Richard The parents of that chick are good at rearing chicks and fostered an egg from a pied pair as well. The white chick came from the only fertile egg they laid so I was glad that the fostered egg hatched out too. Later on I will let that pair breed again. Emmy Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
birdman 28 Report post Posted May 14, 2013 better luck next time I hope Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
