First Egg☺☺??

[delboy_187 900]

Two first greeny mules.

[fireman 10,774]

Lovely and well done , if you colour feed them they do go a grand rust brown colour..

[delboy_187 900]

The daddy from those pair is starting to feed the chaffe hen can these pair breed greeny cock x chaffe hen

[fireman 10,774]

Yes mate and a finch x finch is called a hybrid rather than a mule,a chaffie cock can only produce with a chaffie hen nothing else

[pappabear 128]

All 3 eggs hatched ☺☺ 2 yesterday and the other when I fed them this morning , very happy will post a pic when they are a bit older as don't want to mess her about too much

[francolin 449]

Two first greeny mules.

good going that del ,nice them.

[francolin 449]

All 3 eggs hatched ☺☺ 2 yesterday and the other when I fed them this morning , very happy will post a pic when they are a bit older as don't want to mess her about too much

nice one pappa, give her small but frequent soft food for rearing and they will be fine,i put a bit in morning then fresh at tea time,too much at once goes stale,

[pappabear 128]

Thanks francolin the one I have bought is ready mixed ready to use its called gold patee by orlux, I work mid afternoon to 9 so I have been putting a little in first thing in the morning and replace it before I go to work .

[francolin 449]

to be honest I rear my chicks on a very secret old recipe with a long and complex list of ingredients,that I should not realy tell anybody else,but I will tell you pappabear in case it helps,or you run out at some point,1 hard boiled egg to one digestive biscuit,mashed up with a fork, don't tell nobody.

[pappabear 128]

I won't I promise ☺ , I will probably use that when I have lots of birds but while I just have the 1 pair the ready made stuff might stay fresher for longer plus I have got a large bag to use

[francolin 449]

I won't I promise ☺ , I will probably use that when I have lots of birds but while I just have the 1 pair the ready made stuff might stay fresher for longer plus I have got a large bag to use

yes keep using what you have if they are feeding ok best not to change anything,i feed loads of boiled eggs,but mine have EMP egg food available all the time when they got chicks,they just prefer the egg n biscuits,there food is a better diet than mine

[pappabear 128]

Lost the smallest one overnight but the other 2 seem to be doing ok, I have seen both mum and dad feeding them and these 2 are about the same size whereas the one I lost was probably half there size .

[fireman 10,774]

I had the same with a greenie nest this week,went in to ring them and the smallest was dead,bloody shame as it was a coloured chick but as the saying goes,with livestock we get deadstock and so we just carry on doing our best and the rest is up to the gods...

[pappabear 128]

Found a second dead chick on the floor this morning , when I had a quick glimpse when I removed the first dead one I thought the remaining 2 looked a similar size but the dead one this morning looked to be a third of the size smaller , I don't know whether next time to place them in a breeding cage and try the dummy eggs , it's hard as don't want to stress the parents but is it best to interfere or let nature run its course

Edited June 6, 2015 by pappabear

[slip lead 862]

For the best results, single flights will produce more chicks, but not everyone has the space.

 

But some people, are changing the double edge on the roofs of there flights, because they say it's starting there birds of to early. ??????