First youngsters of 2011

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lyn2233
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Good on you I'm glad someone is having some luck. :thumbup:
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Congratulations, hope mine do as well. Lots of nest building happening and quite a few eggs so fingers crossed.
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colorin
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congrats!!!
9 pairs... that would make LOTS of chicks! :-)
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Diane
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colorin wrote:9 pairs... that would make LOTS of chicks! :-)
I live in hope :D I didnt have a very good year last year so hoping things are better this year.
Diane
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mackstaa
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:clap: :clap: Go Autumn

Quails..I wanted only normals but I had one pop out kinda yellow from zebfinch.com site looks like a silver he will be getting feathers by the time im back home on Fri how long until I know silver or Cin?
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you can tell straight away from hatching the difference between silver and cinnamon, silvers are plain yellow, cinnamons have a browner tinge plus 2 parallel redish stripes heading down their back :)
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mackstaa
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Thanks Jay the parents must both be split silver then, this 1 bub doesnt have the brown dragstrip its pretty much chicken yellow but a bit dirtier :drool:
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