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I keep and breed a small number of Australian grass parakeets. This blog provides information and pictures of my birds and a log of their breeding activities. It is also a photo blog of landscapes and wildlife. My dog Buster may also make an appearance. For Nest Box Live - click the link above or visit my website!

Wednesday 12 September 2012

'red' turquoisine

I've obtained two more yellow opaline turquoisines, supposedly cock and hen, brother and sister and one with lots of red on its back.  I'm hoping next year to breed even redder birds (hopefully like the ones on the continent.....Bjarne’s birds  and Olsen.

New turk...could this be the cock?

new turk with lots of red (and below)


My breeding hen

The redback I bred (front), still has the most red.




My yellow opaline turks

Tuesday 11 September 2012

Changes

At the start of this season I decided that I would be either selling up all my bourkes or all my turquoisines and concentrate on just one type of grassparakeet, depending on which did the best. The turks won easily. So, together with all this years youngsters, I have now sold up all my bourkes and will only be keeping a few pair of turquoisines from now on.
Although from the young, I just had to keep the redback yellow opaline hen turk bred this year.


It looks like the last turk chick is another cinnamon....