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by willowisp71
Thu Oct 30, 2014 4:30 am
Forum: Breeding IRNs
Topic: WE HAVE EGGS!!
Replies: 50
Views: 64490

Re: WE HAVE EGGS!!

Hi Wessel - try this link to the topic on how to post pics - I have a photobucket account that I load my pics to, and then use the links to load up here. So, both chicks are feathering up really quickly now (or at least it seems that way!) Here's a few pics from the past couple of days. Day 22 (Mon ...
by willowisp71
Sun Oct 26, 2014 12:33 am
Forum: Mutations/Genetics
Topic: blue cock green hen surprises all round
Replies: 2
Views: 2594

Re: blue cock green hen surprises all round

Hi Shaun, So it appears you blue cock is split to both ino AND cinnamon then? And yes, the Lutino chick will be a hen, and also split to blue. According to the GenCalc, it could also be Lutino Cinnamon/blue - although I don't know how accurate this is, and what, if possible, the visual differences b...
by willowisp71
Sat Oct 25, 2014 9:35 pm
Forum: Breeding IRNs
Topic: WE HAVE EGGS!!
Replies: 50
Views: 64490

Re: WE HAVE EGGS!!

Day 21 (Sun 26.10.14) - Again, had to give the chicks a morning hand-feed, even though parents have been gorging themselves all morning, they don't appear to be passing any of it on to their chicks, (although as I write this, they are both in the nest box with chicks and it sounds like they may be f...
by willowisp71
Sat Oct 25, 2014 9:24 pm
Forum: Breeding IRNs
Topic: WE HAVE EGGS!!
Replies: 50
Views: 64490

Re: WE HAVE EGGS!!

Ok, I've missed posting for a few days now, sorry. Things have been a bit hectic with work, and the bubba chicks. It seems Pepper and Skittles are a bit hit and miss with feeding their chicks - they seem to be not feeding them very well for the first part of the day, but late arvo and into the eveni...
by willowisp71
Tue Oct 21, 2014 4:34 am
Forum: Breeding IRNs
Topic: WE HAVE EGGS!!
Replies: 50
Views: 64490

Re: WE HAVE EGGS!!

Thank you Imran - yes it is great news! After keeping an eye on them all day, I'm happy to report we are back to business as usual - both chicks have been getting fed all day, and have nice full crops :) Day 15 (Tues 21.10.14) pics - just look at those pins on the dark-eyed bubba!! getting close now...
by willowisp71
Mon Oct 20, 2014 6:16 pm
Forum: Breeding IRNs
Topic: WE HAVE EGGS!!
Replies: 50
Views: 64490

Re: WE HAVE EGGS!!

Haha!! I think my 'serious' talk with Skittles and Pepper must have done the trick! Got up this morning and gave them their breakfast of fresh corn, carrot and broccoli plus a bowl of warmed peas and corn - checked the babies after they'd finished feeding and both have nice full crops! Big sigh of r...
by willowisp71
Mon Oct 20, 2014 4:02 am
Forum: Breeding IRNs
Topic: WE HAVE EGGS!!
Replies: 50
Views: 64490

Re: WE HAVE EGGS!!

UPDATE!!! Just checked on the chicks again as I knew Skittles had just had a huge feeding session and went in to feed them. BOTH chicks have lovely, bulging, full crops!! Yay!! :D So happy right now :lol: So, here are pics for Day 14 (Mon 20.10.14) - http://i1168.photobucket.com/albums/r493/willowis...
by willowisp71
Mon Oct 20, 2014 2:59 am
Forum: Breeding IRNs
Topic: WE HAVE EGGS!!
Replies: 50
Views: 64490

Re: WE HAVE EGGS!!

Thanks so much Wessel - I'll certainly check out that thread. I actually think I've read it before, but definitely worth a re-read, given my current situation :? Trouble is, although I've researched and read so much on the topic, having to actually put it all in practice for the first time is extrem...
by willowisp71
Mon Oct 20, 2014 1:37 am
Forum: Breeding IRNs
Topic: WE HAVE EGGS!!
Replies: 50
Views: 64490

Re: WE HAVE EGGS!!

Hi Wessel - I have my fingers crossed for you, that you get the good news soon. Well, as for my lot - after all my tok of how great the parents are going, I'm terribly afraid that mum and dad may have stopped feeding the older chick :( They were doing so well, yet I had noticed that the older chick ...
by willowisp71
Sun Oct 19, 2014 7:23 pm
Forum: Breeding IRNs
Topic: ADVICE PLEASE: Parents feeding one chick, but not other?
Replies: 1
Views: 1412

ADVICE PLEASE: Parents feeding one chick, but not other?

Hi all, just a query about whether it's 'normal' for the parent birds to load up one chick full of food before starting with the other? Pepper and Skittles have been doing a pretty good job with their 2 chicks so far, but I have noticed that they appear to be 'favouring' the younger red-eyed chick m...
by willowisp71
Sun Oct 19, 2014 4:50 pm
Forum: Breeding IRNs
Topic: WE HAVE EGGS!!
Replies: 50
Views: 64490

Re: WE HAVE EGGS!!

Oh WOW! How lucky for you, Wessel, if that comes off. African Greys are such beautiful birds, and highly intelligent. I've heard they make really great companions too, much friendlier than IRNs apparently, but I guess it all comes down to how much time and effort owners put into their FIDs :) I'm su...
by willowisp71
Sun Oct 19, 2014 5:29 am
Forum: Breeding IRNs
Topic: WE HAVE EGGS!!
Replies: 50
Views: 64490

Re: WE HAVE EGGS!!

Thanks Shey and Wessel - I'm super excited :) And Wessel - yes Pepper is super territorial also, and although she does lunge at me when I go to check the babies, I know how to avoid her beak, lol, and she will tolerate me once I've opened the door to the box until I've finished inspecting the nest. ...
by willowisp71
Thu Oct 16, 2014 5:30 am
Forum: Breeding IRNs
Topic: WE HAVE EGGS!!
Replies: 50
Views: 64490

Re: WE HAVE EGGS!!

Imran - yes, I can imagine how hard it must be, having to finally let the babies go to new homes - something I am dreading myself :( It will be quite hard for us when the time comes to go to their new homes, I'm sure. So, today, when I checked on the babies at lunchtime, I was a little concerned tha...
by willowisp71
Wed Oct 15, 2014 5:29 am
Forum: Mutations/Genetics
Topic: Blue pallidino male with Skyblue female
Replies: 9
Views: 3749

Re: Blue pallidino male with Skyblue female

Hi Ricardo, based on those new pics, she could be maybe a blue pallid (lacewing), or a cinnamon blue - still too hard to make out. Better pics when you have her will help a lot. I did have the thought that if she turns out to be a blue pallid, it is possible that her dad could in fact have been a Gr...
by willowisp71
Wed Oct 15, 2014 4:51 am
Forum: Breeding IRNs
Topic: WE HAVE EGGS!!
Replies: 50
Views: 64490

Re: WE HAVE EGGS!!

Hi Imran! Thanks! :D Yes, they have grown so much in the first week. I've read plenty of posts from other people, saying how fast they grow, but to actually experience it first-hand is amazing :) Skittles and Pepper have been fantastic parents, especially Skittles - he is constantly looking for food...
by willowisp71
Wed Oct 15, 2014 4:27 am
Forum: Breeding IRNs
Topic: WE HAVE EGGS!!
Replies: 50
Views: 64490

Re: WE HAVE EGGS!!

Day 9 (Wednesday 15.10.14) - starting to get little fluffy bits on their wings and bums :D
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by willowisp71
Tue Oct 14, 2014 8:23 am
Forum: Mutations/Genetics
Topic: Blue pallidino male with Skyblue female
Replies: 9
Views: 3749

Re: Blue pallidino male with Skyblue female

Hi Ricardo. Had a look at your photo - it's too hard to tell from that pic what mutation your hen is. Best to try and get a pic of her in natural light during the day, but not direct sunlight. And best to take a pic of her back and wings for identification purposes. The belly and chest are usually m...
by willowisp71
Mon Oct 13, 2014 6:10 pm
Forum: Breeding IRNs
Topic: WE HAVE EGGS!!
Replies: 50
Views: 64490

Re: WE HAVE EGGS!!

Day 8 (Tuesday 14.10.14)

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by willowisp71
Mon Oct 13, 2014 6:07 pm
Forum: Breeding IRNs
Topic: WE HAVE EGGS!!
Replies: 50
Views: 64490

Re: WE HAVE EGGS!!

Day 7 (Mon 13.10.14) - Chicks are doing really well, looks like their eyes are starting to open also :D Pics from Day 7: http://i1168.photobucket.com/albums/r493/willowisp71/54B60B51-8915-44F6-933A-BA2375D59E57-2088-0000064DFB79D0C6_zps2aff0257.jpg http://i1168.photobucket.com/albums/r493/willowisp7...
by willowisp71
Mon Oct 13, 2014 7:35 am
Forum: IRN Photo Forum
Topic: Day by Day- photo diary
Replies: 7
Views: 7119

Re: Day by Day- photo diary

Very nice, Shey :D Looking forward to seeing them fully feathered :)
by willowisp71
Sun Oct 12, 2014 5:04 pm
Forum: Breeding IRNs
Topic: WE HAVE EGGS!!
Replies: 50
Views: 64490

Re: WE HAVE EGGS!!

Hi Wessel - that's a shame the parents didn't do well for you at feeding the babies. It happens like that sometimes :( Forgot to upload yesterdays pics, so here they are…. Day 6 (Sunday 12.10.14) - Just look at those little fatty boomba's! :shock: :lol: http://i1168.photobucket.com/albums/r493/willo...
by willowisp71
Sun Oct 12, 2014 1:59 am
Forum: Mutations/Genetics
Topic: Blue pallidino male with Skyblue female
Replies: 9
Views: 3749

Re: Blue pallidino male with Skyblue female

Hi Ricardo, Firstly, your "Skyblue" hen? Skyblue is the old term for a CinnamonBlue. Are you sure the dad was an Albino and mum a Blue (I'm assuming normal Blue?). It's just that this pairing cannot produce anything but Albino female chicks? Calculation looks like this: 1.0 blue ino x 0.1 ...
by willowisp71
Sun Oct 12, 2014 1:34 am
Forum: Mutations/Genetics
Topic: IRN breeding / mutation questions.
Replies: 8
Views: 6773

Re: IRN breeding / mutation questions.

Hi Duris, If you kept the violet pair together, this is what would result (without seeing pics of the 'green tinge' on your hens head, I'm going to stick with what you have called her and use sf violet blue as her mutation): 1.0 blue violet(df) x 0.1 blue violet(sf) % from all 1.0 50.0% 1.0 blue vio...
by willowisp71
Sat Oct 11, 2014 7:20 pm
Forum: Breeding IRNs
Topic: WE HAVE EGGS!!
Replies: 50
Views: 64490

Re: WE HAVE EGGS!!

Hi Wessel - I'm so sorry sorry for your loss….that's a real shame :( Do you know why the chicks died? Were they injured? Or were the parents not feeding them? It could be any number of reason's I guess. I hope you have better luck next season. Apologies to all who are following this thread, for not ...
by willowisp71
Sun Oct 05, 2014 7:25 pm
Forum: Breeding IRNs
Topic: WE HAVE EGGS!!
Replies: 50
Views: 64490

Re: WE HAVE EGGS!!

WELCOME TO THE WORLD, LITTLE BUBBA!!! First chick hatched this morning sometime ( or maybe even late last night). Both mum and dad have been chowing down on their food and both going back into box all morning. I can hear the little one chirping(?) madly (sounds like a squeaky toy being repeating squ...
by willowisp71
Wed Oct 01, 2014 10:33 pm
Forum: Breeding IRNs
Topic: WE HAVE EGGS!!
Replies: 50
Views: 64490

Re: WE HAVE EGGS!!

Thanks Shey :D So I'm estimating we're on about Day 16 -/+ of incubation - getting closer to hatching day, which I expect will be sometime in the next 7-10, I hope :) Pepper has been coming out for exercise and to eat more often than she did at first, but isn't staying out for too long, before divin...
by willowisp71
Sat Sep 27, 2014 6:49 am
Forum: Breeding IRNs
Topic: WE HAVE EGGS!!
Replies: 50
Views: 64490

Re: WE HAVE EGGS!!

Hi Wessel - congratulations on your 2 chicks! How very exciting! I hope all goes well for you. I will certainly keep you all updated on my pairs progress, and I hope you will also let us know how your pair go with their first clutch :)
by willowisp71
Sat Sep 27, 2014 2:43 am
Forum: Mutations/Genetics
Topic: Violet(sf)Green, Dark(sf)Green or Violet(sf)Dark(sf)Green?
Replies: 32
Views: 42172

Re: Violet(sf)Green, Dark(sf)Green or Violet(sf)Dark(sf)Gree

Congrats, Shey …… beautiful bird - will be a stunner :D Are you keeping her for future breeding?
by willowisp71
Fri Sep 26, 2014 11:38 pm
Forum: Miscellaneous Comments/Questions
Topic: Will this bird ever fly again?
Replies: 15
Views: 3778

Re: Will this bird ever fly again?

My two often fly down to the floor - (Pepper not so much ATM, as she is sitting on eggs) - to spend time walking around investigating - or go through the pile of 'bird debris' I've just swept up, in case there's a tasty morsel of food they'd put aside for a later date that mummy has rudely moved to ...
by willowisp71
Fri Sep 26, 2014 11:07 pm
Forum: Breeding IRNs
Topic: WE HAVE EGGS!!
Replies: 50
Views: 64490

Re: WE HAVE EGGS!!

UPDATE: So yesterday evening when I got home from work, I had the opportunity to candle the eggs - I open the door to their room when I get home, so Pepper and Skittles can come out for a fly around the house if they want to. They were both in the lounge room so I quietly closed them in there, and r...
by willowisp71
Sun Sep 21, 2014 10:20 pm
Forum: Miscellaneous Comments/Questions
Topic: Will this bird ever fly again?
Replies: 15
Views: 3778

Re: Will this bird ever fly again?

Usually I don't really care about the particular smilies we have for use here, but this comment They thought she was some kind of conure!! What the what??? had me wishing for the one of the smilie rolling and laughing and kicking its little feet...... LOL, MissK……YES!! I'm sure there have been mult...
by willowisp71
Sun Sep 21, 2014 10:05 pm
Forum: Breeding IRNs
Topic: WE HAVE EGGS!!
Replies: 50
Views: 64490

Re: WE HAVE EGGS!!

Thank you both :) InTheAir - we will be finding good homes for the babies once they have been fully weaned - I'm sure it will be very sad for us being the first time, but we both know we simply don't have the room for more than the two we already have. In saying that, it wouldn't surprise me if we e...
by willowisp71
Tue Sep 16, 2014 6:23 am
Forum: Miscellaneous Comments/Questions
Topic: Will this bird ever fly again?
Replies: 15
Views: 3778

Re: Will this bird ever fly again?

oh, wow. :(

I've not ever clipped my birds wings, so I could be wrong, but that looks like a pretty severe clip. I don't think I've seen any pics of other birds with flights clipped that short.

Hopefully someone else on this forum with more knowledge can give their opinion?
by willowisp71
Tue Sep 16, 2014 4:20 am
Forum: Mutations/Genetics
Topic: How to identify homozygous Indigo Chicks ?
Replies: 28
Views: 13806

Re: How to identify homozygous Indigo Chicks ?

Hi Sherjil,

Only just came across this thread of yours. Would be interested to know the outcome of that fifth chick from this pair, and has there been any further development in their colour since these last pics?

Beautiful pair you have there, by the way. The IndigoBlues are a stunning mutation :)
by willowisp71
Tue Sep 16, 2014 1:52 am
Forum: Breeding IRNs
Topic: WE HAVE EGGS!!
Replies: 50
Views: 64490

Re: WE HAVE EGGS!!

:D Thanks so much Imran. Yes, Pepper is a Violetblue like Aya - not sure if your Aya is a double or single factor though? Pepper is only single factor, but still beautiful! (the first pic of her has made her look much more vivid purple than she actually is to the eye - I struggle to get an accurate ...
by willowisp71
Mon Sep 15, 2014 11:53 pm
Forum: Breeding IRNs
Topic: WE HAVE EGGS!!
Replies: 50
Views: 64490

Re: WE HAVE EGGS!!

Some Pics :) Mum [URL=http://s1168.photobucket.com/user/willowisp71/media/11DC224C-DA84-447A-80CB-5F4FF0011FAA-3866-00000A19EAEC9706_zps1a0bf4d2.jpg.html] http://i1168.photobucket.com/albums/r493/willowisp71/11DC224C-DA84-447A-80CB-5F4FF0011FAA-3866-00000A19EAEC9706_zps1a0bf4d2.jpg Dad http://i1168....
by willowisp71
Mon Sep 15, 2014 9:57 pm
Forum: Breeding IRNs
Topic: WE HAVE EGGS!!
Replies: 50
Views: 64490

Re: WE HAVE EGGS!!

Thanks Imran! I'll post some pics soon :D
by willowisp71
Mon Sep 15, 2014 9:43 pm
Forum: Mutations/Genetics
Topic: What colour?
Replies: 1
Views: 1876

Re: What colour?

Hi Sam, To answer your question - a blue male and lutino female cannot produce a cobalt green - unless you were given the wrong info and the dad was actually a cobalt (Dark Blue) himself? But based on the info on parents given, they could only have produced green split blue and Ino cocks, and green ...
by willowisp71
Mon Sep 15, 2014 9:18 pm
Forum: Breeding IRNs
Topic: WE HAVE EGGS!!
Replies: 50
Views: 64490

WE HAVE EGGS!!

Just wanted to announce that my pair have started their very first clutch! We are very excited! :D Our boy, Skittles, is a Blue of unknown age and parentage (rescued him 2 yrs ago from the road, was unable to find his owners, so adopted him), and our hen Pepper is a (sf) Violetblue, born September 2...
by willowisp71
Mon Sep 15, 2014 8:47 pm
Forum: Mutations/Genetics
Topic: Assistance with identifying colour of 2 birds please
Replies: 2
Views: 2105

Re: Assistance with identifying colour of 2 birds please

Hi parebear, Try taking a pic of the male in natural light (INdirect daylight) to better show the true colour. The first pic is in direct sunlight and is bleaching his colour, and the second pic taken with flash is falsely making him look turquoise blue (I know this because the same happens when I t...
by willowisp71
Tue May 06, 2014 8:58 am
Forum: Mutations/Genetics
Topic: Deep green revisited.
Replies: 135
Views: 61346

Re: Deep green revisited.

It does seem that the bird on the right is different to the other two though ... Seems 'darker' than the other two through the back, so perhaps Dark, Dark, Deep? Or maybe I'm clutching at straws :P
by willowisp71
Tue May 06, 2014 8:53 am
Forum: Mutations/Genetics
Topic: Deep green revisited.
Replies: 135
Views: 61346

Re: Deep green revisited.

Oops, already said that's incorrect! hmmm, tricky.....
by willowisp71
Tue May 06, 2014 8:38 am
Forum: Mutations/Genetics
Topic: Deep green revisited.
Replies: 135
Views: 61346

Re: Deep green revisited.

2nd pic L2R - deep, deep, dark?
by willowisp71
Sat May 03, 2014 12:10 am
Forum: Mutations/Genetics
Topic: Violet Ino
Replies: 14
Views: 4847

Re: Violet Ino

I have never heard that myself - in fact, have heard quite differently, in that, a lot of breeders have birds in their late teens still going strong and producing quality offspring. I know of one breeder in Qld that has 20 + year olds still breeding for him. I think your birds have still got years o...
by willowisp71
Sat May 03, 2014 12:03 am
Forum: Mutations/Genetics
Topic: What am i?
Replies: 32
Views: 8124

Re: What am i?

lol :lol:

Fair 'nuf :D I can understand why Madas is an enthusiast - quite partial to the look of opalines myself :mrgreen:
by willowisp71
Fri May 02, 2014 11:58 pm
Forum: Mutations/Genetics
Topic: Deep green revisited.
Replies: 135
Views: 61346

Re: Deep green revisited.

Hi All, just a novice so hope you don't mind my input here, but I'm as intrigued as the rest of you regarding these Deeps and their variations. Madas, even accounting for the variance in sunlight on that last pic, it still appears to me that (going from front to back) Bird 2 and Bird 5 are of simila...
by willowisp71
Fri May 02, 2014 11:22 pm
Forum: Mutations/Genetics
Topic: What am i?
Replies: 32
Views: 8124

Re: What am i?

:shock: How on earth did you even guess opaline, at this early stage? What would you look for in a chick so young to determine opaline? Are there tell-tale signs i.e. madas' comment regarding grey vs white down?
by willowisp71
Fri May 02, 2014 11:13 pm
Forum: Mutations/Genetics
Topic: Violet Ino
Replies: 14
Views: 4847

Re: Violet Ino

Where abouts are you located? In Australia? Hopefully it's not too late in the season to pair him up to your lutino hen, if you want to test mate her with him. If the lutino pair have already started courting though, it could be an issue. hen's have been known to kill a cock if they're not happy wit...
by willowisp71
Fri May 02, 2014 10:08 pm
Forum: Mutations/Genetics
Topic: My Pairings for 2013 Breeding Season
Replies: 70
Views: 21375

Re: My Pairings for 2013 Breeding Season

Hi Lushen, Have been pretty flat out with work these past 7 months, and sorry, have only just caught up with your last post on this thread. How did the rest of your chicks turn out? and did your other pairs end up going down at all? Interested to hear the final results on Pair 1 and Pair 2 - and how...
by willowisp71
Fri May 02, 2014 9:56 pm
Forum: Mutations/Genetics
Topic: Violet Ino
Replies: 14
Views: 4847

Re: Violet Ino

Alternatively, if its your FEMALE lutino that you want to know if she is split blue - put her to a normal blue cock. If she IS split, you'll get green AND blue chicks, and if she isn't, you'll just get all (visually) green chicks. :D (Of course finding a normal blue cock that isn't split for ino, pa...