Emmy 528 Report post Posted May 7, 2015 Just had 4 chicks fledge today. Parents are normal BC. and one of the chicks looks nothing like a BC or a normal! Not sure if its a pied fawn or a pied cream -it definitely has different colours in it. Photos of the chicks: In the other BC nest there were 5 chicks, 4 of them fledged yesterday but the odd thing is the 5th chick was not attempting to leave the nest . When I checked on it today it's definitely a much younger chick and it will be a few days before it will be ready to fledge. I'm thinking that perhaps another egg has been laid later on after they have started to incubate the eggs. Emmy Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
norfolk flyer 208 Report post Posted May 7, 2015 Hi Emmy, Had to be you with an odd chick didn't it ? Lol Have you a side on shot please ? At mo it looks fawn colouring so the male is split fawn, Once side shot might be able to tell more, All the best, Trevor. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Emmy 528 Report post Posted May 8, 2015 Here's the side photo you asked for Trevor of 'the odd one out' Have another pair nesting in the outside flight and hatched out two but found one chick dead this morning - reckon it's been too cold for them nesting outside - Lately it's been frosty in the mornings here Saying that I also had a nice surprise this morning - there are 4 young chicks flying about in the outside flight, still got their black beaks, no idea who the parents are, but they have hatched out in the outside flight This is another one I've no idea what colour it is -looks like grey cheeks when it should have been black Any idea what mutation this one is? Emmy Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Clare L 175 Report post Posted May 8, 2015 Hi Emmy, Can you post a close up of the tail, as it looks to light be just fawn. Are there three colours in the tail ? Clare Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Andrew123 72 Report post Posted May 8, 2015 As above. It looks cream. Is it cage or aviary bred? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Emmy 528 Report post Posted May 9, 2015 Hi Clare The first picture in this post is the same bird and shows its tail colours - doesn't look like the colour of the other fawns I have, a lot lighter. Hi Andrew its cage bred so I know the parents are both BC. Emmy Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Andrew123 72 Report post Posted May 9, 2015 A confusing bird! If it's cream one of the parents would have to be visibly cream or silver as it's a dominant gene. My bc silvers don't get black cheeks until they have their first moult, so yours should come through with a moult. The bird in my profile picture is a bc silver and she has pretty much no black in her cheeks at all. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Stefan Verhoeven 0 Report post Posted May 10, 2015 This is an Isabel grey (also full bc and split bb) male. Isabel inherits recessive, so both parents are split Isabel. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Stefan Verhoeven 0 Report post Posted May 10, 2015 Above I was talking about the male of the last picture. The other youngster is a bc Isabel grey female Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Emmy 528 Report post Posted May 10, 2015 Thanks Stefan, ( Stefan is my grandson's name too ) . Those two birds in the above photos are not related - but in each case their parents were BC. (one pair of the parents: cock bird was a fawn BC and hen was normal BC, but the other pair of parents both were normal BC) When they are older, if I pair up the two birds in the above photos , any idea what colours could they could produce ? Emmy Share this post Link to post Share on other sites