Sunday, December 18, 2011
This would be my favorit if only it wasn't flecked
Too bad about the flecking!!! Lost out for best young cock beginners against his brother I was told.
Friday, December 16, 2011
Tuesday, December 6, 2011
My favorite: (AC112)286
This is one of my favorite birds, if not my most favorite one. It certainly is the best clean bird I've got. It was planned against the hen that produced my best -but flecked- chicks last season. The hen unfortunately didn't make it so it's now with another young hen.
The blog entry of it as a chick: Another Pair Of Chicks
The blog entry of it winning a baby show: BGC Brabant Limburg Mini Babyshow -3M
The blog entry with pictures just before and during the moult: (AC112)286 before and during moult
Here are a few recent shots where you can see how it developed further:
(I apologize for the quality of the pictures)
The only thing I would like to improve on this bird are slightly larger spots.
The blog entry of it as a chick: Another Pair Of Chicks
The blog entry of it winning a baby show: BGC Brabant Limburg Mini Babyshow -3M
The blog entry with pictures just before and during the moult: (AC112)286 before and during moult
Here are a few recent shots where you can see how it developed further:
(I apologize for the quality of the pictures)
The only thing I would like to improve on this bird are slightly larger spots.
Tuesday, November 8, 2011
(AC110)276
Pairing up
I've got all of my main cocks in a breeding cage now. I still have to do most of the second grade pairs/fosters.
Friday, November 4, 2011
Pair 298110
Here are two pictures of a pair I paired up today. Pair 298110:
The cock is 2011 own bred and won me best young cock bird beginners. He's got a deep mask and huge spots. The head is also very good. The only downside is its flecking.
The hen is 2010 own bred and an aunt of this cock. She is visually my best own bred hen (except maybe for its 2011 flecked & inbred nieces that go against one of the new outcrosses). In her days she was an improvement in mask and head, but compared to the best 2011 chicks she seems to be less in mask and certainly needs some more blow. This cock will surely help her with that.
Last season, mated to her father, this hen bred a cock and a hen. The son won best young light green cock bird beginners in a full class. Nevertheless it just didn't make the breeding team as a main cock. The daughter has the directional feather but is too narrow for my taste. She is planned against an outcross (see this blog entry).
The cock promises to be a caring dad as saw him regularly feeding a baby in the bigger cage.
Colour
It are two cobalts mated together, so I might get some mauves. Not that I think mauve are a particularly nice colour, but somehow I always like breeding them. I gave up my original mauve line as they were not up to scratch (though there are still same traces, even in some main pairs).
Somehow I've got the feeling the cock could also be a sky blue violet, in which case I could get visual violets (wishful thinking ?)
Here are the full colours of the parents:
Cock: cobalt opaline-cinnamon (from a sky A. yellowface cock and a cobalt opaline-cinnamon hen)
Hen: A. yellowface cobalt (from a light green cock and an A. yellowface cobalt opaline-cinnamon hen)
Cocks from this pair should be blue series birds and have normal markings possibly with the A. yellowface factor. Hens from this pair will be the same, but with the opaline and cinnamon factor added. I like it when I can recognize the gender in the newly hatched chicks: In this case black eyed cocks vs plum coloured eyes in the hens.
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| As you can see the cock is bouncing but not feather perfect |
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| Next to the cock the hen looks small even though I never had the impression she was small |
The cock is 2011 own bred and won me best young cock bird beginners. He's got a deep mask and huge spots. The head is also very good. The only downside is its flecking.
The hen is 2010 own bred and an aunt of this cock. She is visually my best own bred hen (except maybe for its 2011 flecked & inbred nieces that go against one of the new outcrosses). In her days she was an improvement in mask and head, but compared to the best 2011 chicks she seems to be less in mask and certainly needs some more blow. This cock will surely help her with that.
Last season, mated to her father, this hen bred a cock and a hen. The son won best young light green cock bird beginners in a full class. Nevertheless it just didn't make the breeding team as a main cock. The daughter has the directional feather but is too narrow for my taste. She is planned against an outcross (see this blog entry).
The cock promises to be a caring dad as saw him regularly feeding a baby in the bigger cage.
Colour
It are two cobalts mated together, so I might get some mauves. Not that I think mauve are a particularly nice colour, but somehow I always like breeding them. I gave up my original mauve line as they were not up to scratch (though there are still same traces, even in some main pairs).
Somehow I've got the feeling the cock could also be a sky blue violet, in which case I could get visual violets (wishful thinking ?)
Here are the full colours of the parents:
Cock: cobalt opaline-cinnamon (from a sky A. yellowface cock and a cobalt opaline-cinnamon hen)
Hen: A. yellowface cobalt (from a light green cock and an A. yellowface cobalt opaline-cinnamon hen)
Cocks from this pair should be blue series birds and have normal markings possibly with the A. yellowface factor. Hens from this pair will be the same, but with the opaline and cinnamon factor added. I like it when I can recognize the gender in the newly hatched chicks: In this case black eyed cocks vs plum coloured eyes in the hens.
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