birdman 28 Report post Posted February 27, 2014 here are a picture of 2 of my males that are just starting to colour up. my pair had 5 chicks 4 male and1 female. richard 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
norfolk flyer 208 Report post Posted February 27, 2014 Richard, Nice lot of orange to come out I can see, Well done, Trevor Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
birdman 28 Report post Posted February 27, 2014 hi trev thanks for post. the other 2 males are taking longer to colour up so im expecting even more orange on these and there a bit bigger than these aswell and looking promising for my stud richard Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Emmy 528 Report post Posted February 27, 2014 you are breeding some gorgeous chicks Richard. Emmy Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
birdman 28 Report post Posted February 27, 2014 hi emmy thanks for comment is your breeding going to plan this year? richard Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Emmy 528 Report post Posted February 28, 2014 Hi Richard, So far, things haven't worked out as I had hoped. Only 3 chicks so far: the two that I posted the photo of them in another post, and another chick in another nest which should be a pied (parents: cock-grey pied-hen white pied) but its too young yet to know what it will be, I have 2 BB/OB cock birds but cant decide what to pair them up to. The hens I have are fawn, grey pied, pied white, cfw, normal, and I have a BB/OB hen but cant use her as she is a sibling to the two cocks. Within the next week I should have moved most of them into the outside aviary and it will be then I'll decide which ones I want to pair up to put into breeding cages and leave the others to make up their own minds and take their pick (lol) I have Fife canaries which I'll be pairing up as well. But I do have a surprise waiting for me in another nest I bought a pair of Bengalese in case I needed feeders but I found two eggs in one of the finches cage that had no nest box in it (now I cant remember which cage they came from ) so I popped the two eggs into the Bengalese nest pan, nothing happened for 4 days, then they started to incubate the two eggs. I had a peep into the nest the other day to see if anything had happened and got a shock - those two eggs had now become 7 the Bengalese are incubating their own eggs didn't really want this to happen but it will be interesting to see what turns out Emmy Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
birdman 28 Report post Posted February 28, 2014 hi emmy sorry to hear things are not going to plan but it is still early days at mo.but light is on the Horizon with your Bengalese so I have my fingers cross for you there.your bb/ob male birds if they were mine I would pair them to fawn if you have 2 fawn hens then your chicks would be something like this males 25% normal/bb/fawn 25%normal/bb/ob/fawn females 25%normal/bb 25%normal/bb/ob hope this helps because then if you come across any obbbs hens this year when paired to the above males you will have a chance of breeding some fawn obs,bbs and obbbs so good luck on what you choose richard Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Emmy 528 Report post Posted February 28, 2014 Thanks Richard, I think I pair one of the BB/OB to a fawn and see what happens. Emmy Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
