Amazing colours

Very excited about pair 4's chicks. Cinnamon opalines. But why is one showing such are darker red than the other? It's not the addition of yellow as the flight feathers are to dark.

However, I'm not to happy about pair 3. They have servery plucked their chick.

more red feathers

Pair 3's chick is doing OK, but does not look like it's going to be that red.

Pair 4's chicks are doing very well. Looks like dad is split for opaline, not sure about yellow yet but the two on the right (in the bottom two pictures) are starting to show a significant amount of red feathers.

Taken Friday

Taken today

Acrobatics



more red back turks and update

Pair 1
Have started second clutch

Pair 2

All pair 2's chicks have now fledged. Like last year I had to throw the last one out as the mother is sitting on eggs again. Two red backs.

This little one is a way behind the other two and was on the floor for a few days after it was thrown out. At least now it can get off the ground. Still it is better here than being in the nest box, where I'm sure it would have been attacked by the mother.

Pair 3
The single chick is not feathered up yet. I'm hoping for more red than the mother. This picture was taken without the flash on and shows a hint of red coming through.  

Mother

  Pair 4
It's definitely 5 chicks, Ugly!

 
Benagalese

The five chicks

Getting fed

Two of the chicks

Latest in the boxes

Pair 3's single chick.

Pair 4's chicks. Still not sure if it's 4 or 5.

another fledgling

One of pair 2's chick has fledged early. Very small and this is one of the big ones!