red rump photos

[oaklee]

ok people i thought i had better post some pics of some of the babies i have bred this season.





from left to right grey green opaline hen, blue opaline hen, and a fawn opaline hen ( cinnamon grey opaline )



left to right lutino lime opaline cock and two greygreen opaline hens. the greygreen on the right is double factor i think.



dont ask me why but this photo wont down size like the rest of them so you will have to make do.
from the left cinnamon blue opaline cock, grey cock , lime blue opaline hen and above her cinnamon blue opaline hen.
note the difference between the lime and the cinnamon, the lime makes the mutations a lot brighter coloured. and also note the difference to the cinnamon blue opaline hen and the fawn opaline, same colours just fawn is carrying the grey factor. notice how the cinnamon blue opalines rump is blue but the fawns rump is a browny fawn colour, thats what the grey factor does to this mutation.



and just one more for the begginers . these are not babies but a 1 year old pair of lutino opalines. unfortunatley they havn`t bred this season, the hen layed 3 full eggs but she didn`t sit and i fostered the eggs out to another pair and they didn`t hatch. they will breed next year for sure. sometimes it takes a hen two years to sit on eggs. all the above babies are only 2 months old and they will moult and either get darker in the grey factor birds and brighter and more colour with the lime birds.

[Amanda]

so when should i expect the courier Oaklee??
love red rumps! from the first moment i saw them in the wild!
beautiful birds

[Peter]

wow! How exciting! They are great birds! I finially got to see some pics

[LittleBudgie2005]

Awww they beautiful Oaklee... Thanks so much for sharing those photos with us...

[Matt]

Great birds there! One day.........I really got into red rumps this season they are great birds.

[Tankara]

heh i'll take a pair

[Natenla]

Wow I never knew red rumps came in sooo many colours!! Still learning all about these guys!! Thanks to all you red rump fans,hehehe

[oaklee]

yeah there would be close to 50 different colour combinations in red rumps now, and a few more new ones to come in the next few years i hope.

[Matt]

Hey Oaklee,
Our friend has some nice colours out of those suggested pairings you gave us earlier in the year. We will post some pictures of them when the fledge as I am still unsure of what they are, but they look nice anyway!

[Tankara]

I want to learn more about these little guys. They look so sweet.
I wonder if I can convice hubby that I need more birds before xmas??

[Matt]

Yes, yes convince him! Red rumps are great birds I am looking at getting a few more pairs next season with hopefully newer and better colours.

[Tankara]

Might be a stupid question, but what are they like as a handraised bird?

[oaklee]

i pesonally don`t recomend having them as hand reared birds, i believe they belong in avairies. simplt because there natural diet is grass seeds and it is very hard to suppliment that whilst hand rearing them. and the main reason is they are very swift fliers and i just wouldn`t like to see one of your kids leave the house door open, because before you would know it the red rump would be gone. i have them get out of there avairies into the saftey walkway when i`m feeding them and they have flown past my head without me even noticing.

[Matt]

I agree with oaklee, I have heard of them being handraised as nice pets, however I have heard a couple of stories about them being as bad as some handraised rosellas when their hormones kick in, they can become nasty towards certain people apparently. I think because they are generally pugnacious at the best of times this is to be expected.

[Tankara]

Thanks for that. Im just learning new stuff all the time.