Colony breeding yellow rumps

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Rod_L wrote: 03 Jun 2018, 20:32 put 4 prs in the aviary, don't have odd numbers of birds. :)
??? That makes no sense..whether its four pair five pair or seven pair still an even amount of birds 8 10 and 14 respectably ...
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elferoz777 wrote: 03 Jun 2018, 08:52 Hi guys i have acquired a large number of yellow rumps and dna'd a faur few. I am planning to breed 4 hens and 3 males in a flight...
4prs was in response to the OPs first post. They want to put 4 females & 3 males together.
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Arthur,how do you sex them using under tail coverts.
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G'day Jack

Cock dark black . . Hen more of a brown/grey/black (if there is such a colour) . . in some birds this may be a bit variable, so it might be age related; or a poorly coloured cockbird/well coloured hen . . but definite black/definite 'not quite black' = very reliable

Not unlike sexing Saint Helenas . . Redbrows can also be done this way, in fact if you check out most finches upper AND under tail coverts differ a bit

With Y-R's you can also use the wide/narrow under beak
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arthur wrote: 04 Jun 2018, 17:26 G'day Jack

Cock dark black . . Hen more of a brown/grey/black (if there is such a colour) . . in some birds this may be a bit variable, so it might be age related; or a poorly coloured cockbird/well coloured hen . . but definite black/definite 'not quite black' = very reliable

Not unlike sexing Saint Helenas . . Redbrows can also be done this way, in fact if you check out most finches upper AND under tail coverts differ a bit

With Y-R's you can also use the wide/narrow under beak
Thanks Arthur.
Jack
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