Some 2010 Youngsters
Pairing here is a Yellow/Blue/Cinnamon cock with a Normal Red/Yellow/Blue hen.
They have produced 5 fertile eggs.
They have produced 5 fertile eggs.
Young at about 7days, shading and colour just coming on a couple of them, bottom left is Yellow, and centre and bottom right are darker on the back, so must be Blue or Normal Red.
Colour showing more now and 2 Yellow /poss.Blue, 1 Silver, 1 Blue /Yellow, and 1 Normal Red /Yellow /poss.Blue, can now be seen.
5 Young, --- 2 Yellow /poss.Blue, 1 Silver, 1 Blue/Yellow, and 1 Normal /Yellow / poss.Blue Red/Yellow/poss.Blue
All 5 fledged young together, a good group picture.
Cock (father) Yellow nearest with back to the camera, and (mother) Red, furthest away on same perch.
Blue Bonnet Youngsters
Red-vented Blue Bonnets. 4 eggs produced, 3 fertile at about 7/8 days old
A feathered, ready to leave the box cock. -- The 3 young are 2 cocks and 1 hen
A few days on, and the feathering is more developed, --
The 3 young fledged, with the cock (father) - left front.