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Natamambo, I don't think it's possible that your bird pictured is both aus and euro yellow. I am yet to see an australian yellow with a complete purple breast. I think it is more likely to be a good clear euro yellow.

Matt wrote:Natamambo, I don't think it's possible that your bird pictured is both aus and euro yellow. I am yet to see an australian yellow with a complete purple breast. I think it is more likely to be a good clear euro yellow.

Thanks mate .

What I'd figured and he's a keeper if he breeds well, I'll probably put him with 2 hens this year one YB and one normal to increase the potential blood lines from him.

natamambo wrote:

Matt wrote:Natamambo, I don't think it's possible that your bird pictured is both aus and euro yellow. I am yet to see an australian yellow with a complete purple breast. I think it is more likely to be a good clear euro yellow.

Thanks mate .

What I'd figured and he's a keeper if he breeds well, I'll probably put him with 2 hens this year one YB and one normal to increase the potential blood lines from him.

how did this all turn out? what did the pairing produce?

misso

Hi Misso

Nothing . Last year his normal hen hatched two clutches but raised neither. This year he didn't breed at all - unless he is the father of the young with a BHWBYB hen who has just gone down in the last few days - in a cane tunnel nest left in the flight for the redbrows after all the boxes were removed at the end of June .

However, I know a whole lot more than I did when I bought him. He's a LBYB, hence the very clear back and white neckband. This year I bought him from GaryH the hen which has just gone down but they ignored each other in the breeding cage for 3 months until I gave up and put him in the mixed flight with one other pair that did nothing while in cages. I suspect she's paired with the other cockbird, which means 2 seasons later I still have no young from him.