as the two are both ino gene and sex linked they are able to be crossed over into each other resulting in percentage of lacewing and inos and cinnamon's being produced ............HOWEVER ..................
to maintain good color and wing markings on both types i really suggest you keep these to ino genes separate in saying this though a ino cock to a lacewing hen is a great way to get both hens in albinos or lutes depending on color series used and lacewing hens in this usage i would sell off all cock birds produced with out a thought
here is a bit of info on my lacewing line
in September 2009 i was very lucky to of been able to purchase a few good cocks from one Gina House of wa
all up for freight and birds it cost me around 260.00 (very well worth it ) Gina was very lovely to deal with and went right out of her way to help me even to the extent of holding birds at her home in till i could arrange a driver to collect them on this end in melbourne as i myself do not drive the earliest this could be was a month or so and still Gina was quite happy to hold the birds at her home until this was arranged
each bird was a great price at 50.00 a bird
in the 4 birds i received their was a beautiful but smaller white lacewing -08 cock bird
a grey green cinnamon /Opaline /blue -07 cock bird
a Opaline light green / lacewing cock bird / nothing else -08
and a beautiful Grey green / Opaline / blue -08 that was half brother through mother to the cinnamon Grey green the white lacewing was related to these two also through their mothers daughter being its mother
so not only did i get 4 beautiful cock birds i got a Minni line
again i could not find any bird in vic that were worthy to start a show line with under 50 or 50 dollars hen wise so again i went to the pet shop
i picked up a beautiful Grey hen 08 and a white Opaline lacewing hen also 08 for 47 dollars
i decided to try my luck with my house birdsi paired the Opaline light green/ lacewing 08 with the Opaline white 08 lacewing hen
great results a nest of 6 chicks 3 lacewings and three normal / lacewing cocks among the lacewings was a lacewing cock bird
however the clutch fell ill to fm (french molt) i moved all chicks on once feathered to pet shop bar one hen she was a Opaline light green hen
i rested the mum n dad got a new box and in two months tried again with same results of fm so all chicks were sold after flights grown in and hen sent back to flights (she was so pretty i couldn't send her back to the shop )
things were going crappy
the 07 cinnamon Grey green didnt fill
so was returned to flights after two try's
and the white lacewing cock bird well he was frightened of all the hens i think as he was small compared to them
finally in 2010 i decided to pair the Grey green /Opaline/blue/ lacewing cock gg house up with a light green Opaline cinnamon mp1 bird i brought from the pet shop a month earlier their were two of them same age both 09 hens so i got them both for 20 each they were not much to look at but something told me the type of Cobby hen i needed to breed from a stud hen not a show hen as id tried to buy in passed
what beautiful chicks i got with this pairing two lacewing hens and a light green hen a few Grey green cocks and a Grey and light green cock
as i had a small stud space i kept the two lacewing hens the light green hen and the two best cocks the two Grey greens
the rest went to the shop
since then one the lacewing hens came in 7th at the ubc shields in Victoria ,melbourne
i feat i did not even imagine i could achieve so soon
and as i have been waiting for them to come of age to breed i have lost one the Grey green cocks as sad as it sounds lucky the lesser of the two and i have sold off her lacewing sister due to space issues
i have the light green hen and a Grey green cock left along with the ubc 7th place getting hen and will be able to pair the two hens up in march this year 2012 as for the Grey green so far tried twice no result but hes young and i expected this
the mother and father of these chicks passed away due to canker when this year at start my birds got unwell and i couldn't for life of me work out why by time i got results in i had lost 15 good birds
these were two of them :(
i also repaired the cinnamon Grey green to a Opaline hen spangle id breed myself in 2009 they raised two chicks before he died in nest for no reason half way leaving hen to finish off i kept the lesser of these as he held his wings tight and i noticed that my lacewing chicks had low holding wing carriage something i want to rectify quick smart
but still trying to retain some of the blood from my house birds to put into its self with out doubling on this fault which was hidden as a recessive gene in both lines of blood used for my breeding of lacewings
and as im not ready to bring in new blood and out cross i must work out a way to utilize the birds i have
to cut a rather long story of how i got where i am with my lacewings now basically ive culled all birds in this line but the house birds and paoli birds i was very lucky and grateful when in September a year after i got my first house birds Gina sent me two beautiful hens 010 of very good quality these were not from her cull cage and im very very grateful to her for this as it means i am able to keep trying to retain my line of house blood in my lacewings what was i thought amazing is she did this at the charge of freight only and as my word i will never let these hens leave my stud they are the best foundation i could of ever dreamed of and with the off spring of some the cocks that passed before i could use them to their full potential im hopeful to rectify my mistakes and grow a family keeping as many of the young i can from these hens good or bad in visual and work the family blood to my advantage with some luck
i also must mention my friend martin paoli as he also since hearing i had some his birds and required help getting a few more from his stock has also helped me out beyond necessary not only with a few good hens to help maintain my lines but with expert advice and teaching me how to recognize certain illnesses in my flock before things become to late
so forgetting what i have done in past with my lacewings right down to selling stock i should never of
this year 2012 and last year 2011 i have paired a few birds i felt will advance me in my lacewing venture
here is a look what im doing
bellow is my Grey green gghouse breed /opaline/blue/lacewing cock 08 boy whom passed late last year
from this pair i breed as i mentioned above
2 lacewing hens
a light green hen
two grey greens cocks
a cinnamon cock
a sky blue cock
and a cinnamon light green cock ......stupidly i culled all but
a lacewing hen and the light green hen two Grey greens cock birds
this year i lost only days ago due to storm scare the lesser of the two Grey greens
so leaves me three birds which given room i have is ok and very workable with what i have in line with house breed birds 005-011-gb8 lacewing hen 7th place ubc shields
this hen is now ready to breed in 2012
light green -004-011-gb8 also now breedable i cant wait
the Grey green cock i have paired up with one the gg house lacewing hens (no pic just now ) so far though no luck maybe he is bit young they have one foster chick and ill separate them from nest box till march or their about and try again im not returning them to flights and will feed pre mating extra foods to improve fertility like dandelion extra
ill get a pic of the grey green the two house 010 hens and a few other pairings i did with in my opinion good results for my lacewings to grow in features and variety
till then
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