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Post by ffiscool on Sept 16, 2013 16:39:43 GMT
Does anyone remember the sweets called Spangles?
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Post by Learner on Sept 16, 2013 19:55:10 GMT
Does anyone remember the sweets called Spangles? Yep... sure do. |
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Post by Hezz on Sept 17, 2013 0:48:21 GMT
Gorgeous George (great name!!) has a pale greyish necklace, but no other colours. I have another bird with similar colouring, however yellow rather than white. He has a pale grey stomach, and also a necklace. It was the necklace that I noticed ...... so it is grey. He is a ripper! |
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Post by marleen4 on Sept 17, 2013 6:52:56 GMT
  Hi BudgiesBuddy, these are chick pics of the other cock I was talking about. The grey is less pronounced now as he has become more "yellow" with age (he's about a year old now). Is he a double factor spangle as well? I always thought he was a dilute (his siblings are), but there are no markings on his wings at all that I can see. Perhaps they are clearwings? I keep looking at websites on genetics, and get terribly lost! Meanwhile the "widow" has discovered Gorgeous George, and there is no holding her back! They are kissing and preening, and her eggs are somewhat neglected. I do not think she will have the patience now to sit until the eggs are hatched. Thankfully I moved her and Buddies eggs around, and the other 3 eggs are with other hens. I would like him to have a baby to be remembered by! |
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Post by skysmum on Sept 17, 2013 16:01:01 GMT
Ohhhhhh what a beauty George is  , very Gorgeous indeed. Beautiful baby's too marleen. So glad things seem to be settling down a bit. |
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Post by Hezz on Sept 18, 2013 1:00:11 GMT
Well, who wouldn't want to be first in the line when Gorgeous George is introduced to the aviary?  ? Great to know the widow weeds have been shucked and she is up for a bit of fun again. But do hope you are able to keep the eggs under someone!  |
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Post by marleen4 on Sept 18, 2013 6:03:03 GMT
I had a good look this afternoon and saw Gorgeous George feeding her. He is not just a nice face after all!!!   I checked the nest box and as I expected has happened. During the "starvation" phase she ate one of her eggs. The other one is still rolling around, and she is sitting on the egg whilst her new mate is looking after her. I hope the egg has stayed warm enough though; time will tell.  All the other chicks are looking great - expect pictures when they fly out! |
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Post by BudgiesBuddy on Sept 18, 2013 7:26:46 GMT
Hi BudgiesBuddy, these are chick pics of the other cock I was talking about. The grey is less pronounced now as he has become more "yellow" with age (he's about a year old now). Is he a double factor spangle as well? I always thought he was a dilute (his siblings are), but there are no markings on his wings at all that I can see. Perhaps they are clearwings? I keep looking at websites on genetics, and get terribly lost! Meanwhile the "widow" has discovered Gorgeous George, and there is no holding her back! They are kissing and preening, and her eggs are somewhat neglected. I do not think she will have the patience now to sit until the eggs are hatched. Thankfully I moved her and Buddies eggs around, and the other 3 eggs are with other hens. I would like him to have a baby to be remembered by! If her eggs are not cold yet, you can foster them too. She will soon start new clutch with new cock. What is the eyes color of this other cock? Do you know or have pictures of his parents? |
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Post by marleen4 on Sept 18, 2013 10:15:26 GMT
His father is a grey / yellow dilute; the mother a blue / yellow spangle with a top half green and bottom half blue chest. I will make pictures of him (including eyes) and his parents in the weekend. The parents have a clutch of about 6 new chicks - she is too protective to count them properly, so should be interesting!
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Post by marleen4 on Sept 18, 2013 10:20:08 GMT
 These are his siblings, except for Fluffy (name speaks for itself). |
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Post by skysmum on Sept 18, 2013 15:53:26 GMT
Awwwww beautiful family, lovely pastel colours.
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Post by Hezz on Sept 19, 2013 1:34:43 GMT
I love the pastel colours there, too. You have some awfully pretty birds, Marleen. Green-eyed monster here.  |
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Post by marleen4 on Sept 21, 2013 0:22:25 GMT
 Lemon's mother (she has 7 chicks)  Father and son Lemon  And Lemon again. Other cocks (incl. Buddie the spangle) in the aviary could have been Lemon's father, however given the grey colour it is more likely the dilute (who is his mother's mate). BudgiesBuddy, can Lemon be a double factor spangle? His eyes are black with a ring. Thanks! |
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Post by marleen4 on Sept 21, 2013 2:31:37 GMT
Gorgeous George has one egg already, and they were barely engaged! Hormones can do terrible things, although they seem perfectly happy as a couple |
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Post by BudgiesBuddy on Sept 21, 2013 10:09:52 GMT
His father is a grey / yellow dilute; the mother a blue / yellow spangle with a top half green and bottom half blue chest. I will make pictures of him (including eyes) and his parents in the weekend. The parents have a clutch of about 6 new chicks - she is too protective to count them properly, so should be interesting! This pairing should give you; Greys, Yellowfaces, Greywings and Single Factor Spangles. So I don't thing Lemon is a Double Factor Spangle. |
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, very Gorgeous indeed. Beautiful baby's too marleen. So glad things seem to be settling down a bit.
? Great to know the widow weeds have been shucked and she is up for a bit of fun again. But do hope you are able to keep the eggs under someone! 
