Post by Viraba on Jan 15, 2005 20:52:33 GMT 10
Good-day Everyone, back from hols and enjoying catching up on things !!!!!!
My sister looked after my birds for me while I was away and I've come back to :
- 3 red-fronted yellow turq chicks (2 male & 1 female). I was really surprised by how quickly these fellows hatched and fledged. I was about to take out the nesting box and had a look inside and Mum is down on another 4 eggs already !!!
- Rosa Burkes sitting on 6 eggs.........been a while though and I suspect that these may be infertile but Mum is still sitting tight ! May need to pinch the eggs and 'candle' them. Does anybody know the gestation time for these guys.......I thought about 21 days
- Red-rumps down on another 4 eggs. These are the guys who had three chicks before Christmas. I'll post some other photo's of the first 3 chicks when I get a chance. I've certainly got 2 lutino hen's and I was fairly certain that I also had a cinnamon hen. On coming back from hols I've noticed a fairly obvious red patch on the rump of this chick (and other stronger colours on the wings etc ) I'm thinking that it may be cinnamon/ opaline ........If that's so does the red patch automatically mean male or could it be the opaline coming through ??
All I've got to do now is find room for the new kids on the block.............it's so hard to get rid of them isn't it
Cheers Viraba
My sister looked after my birds for me while I was away and I've come back to :
- 3 red-fronted yellow turq chicks (2 male & 1 female). I was really surprised by how quickly these fellows hatched and fledged. I was about to take out the nesting box and had a look inside and Mum is down on another 4 eggs already !!!
- Rosa Burkes sitting on 6 eggs.........been a while though and I suspect that these may be infertile but Mum is still sitting tight ! May need to pinch the eggs and 'candle' them. Does anybody know the gestation time for these guys.......I thought about 21 days
- Red-rumps down on another 4 eggs. These are the guys who had three chicks before Christmas. I'll post some other photo's of the first 3 chicks when I get a chance. I've certainly got 2 lutino hen's and I was fairly certain that I also had a cinnamon hen. On coming back from hols I've noticed a fairly obvious red patch on the rump of this chick (and other stronger colours on the wings etc ) I'm thinking that it may be cinnamon/ opaline ........If that's so does the red patch automatically mean male or could it be the opaline coming through ??
All I've got to do now is find room for the new kids on the block.............it's so hard to get rid of them isn't it
Cheers Viraba
