New pics of my 31 day old buttons.

[gabrielle1976]

Ok first my whites / silver / light splashed ... not shure really

Now of my wild , dark splash , speckled , chocolate what ever not shure ether.

as far as I can tell there are 7 hens and 5 roos with the darker ones.. and ether all hens and or cant tell with the light ones.

What do you all think , I have 7 in the small cage and 12 in the bigger one . Ill try to make another bigger cage as soon as I can . I have to fix the other one I made I keep scratching the crap out of my arm I need to fix the rough sharp edges of the door .
They are all 4 weeks old except the first button I hatch and she is like 8 weeks old ,, she is a she I am pretty shure , but no egg yet ?

 

[Chickiechick]

They are adorable .

You need to send them all to me then you won't get injured building more cages

More photos please !!!

( yes, I have a minor button addiction

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I'm trying very hard to resist shelleyd2008's auctions

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[shelleyd2008]

Hey there, the ones that you are thinking are splashed are cinnamon blueface (second pic, standing in the back?). They look like that till they are about 3 months old or so, then they even out. I don't see any that look like white, it looks like a lot of ivories and silvers.

In the darker group, the one in the front left (can only see its back) looks like a blue face because of the markings. The one on the right in the front is a red breasted hen. There looks to be some male redbreast or wilds, it's hard to tell in the pics, but they definitely are males. It looks like you might have a cinnamon male in there as well? (last pic, back center). The light is too bright, maybe you could take them outside in their cage to get some 'natural light' pics? I'm sure citalk2much will be along soon, she's better at the colors than I am!

Oh, and my buttons didn't start laying till they were between 10 and 12 weeks, so don't worry if you don't get eggs right away.

Chickiechick~~Resist?? But WHY?? That's were gabrielle1976 got most of hers from!! Aren't they cute??

 

[shelleyd2008]

Forgot to add that the cinnamon blueface are easy to sex. Not only will the males get the red colored vent feathers, but they will also get the bright blue head and breast feathers. The females won't get either of these. Let me see if I can find my pics

ETA: The regular blueface (if that's what that one is) will not get the red vent feathers, but will also get the blue face and breast. They have a kind of black barring look to their feathers, males and females.

 

[citalk2much]

Because I use a phone those pictures are super hard for me to see

What I do see is a cinnamon and like Shelley stated it looks to be a cinnamon/blue face
The others look like silvers and slates maybe ivory again hard to see

In the dark pen again I do agree with Shelley. The red breasted hen looks like she may be a golden red breasted aka darth vader

They are a cute group
I really need some of Shelleys eggs LOL

 

[shelleyd2008]

Blueface male (at 3 weeks). Does not have the blue face in this pic, a hen would look like this always (blueface, not cinnamon blueface).

Wild Male (has more white on the face, redbreasteds have more black faces). There is a cinnamon blueface male right behind him.

Cinnamon blueface male at about 4-6 weeks (front and center)? You can see the blue face on him. The white in his feathers completely disappeared. I'll have to get updated pics of them now. They are completely cinnamon colored, like the non-white feathers. The one in the center of the pic is a redbreasted hen, or could be redbreasted pearl. She has a lot of white on her now.

Blueface male again, about 3 months old. You can see the 'black-barring' pattern on his feathers, and a little bit of his blue face. Upper right corner is the face of a redbreasted male. You can see the difference between that and the wild male (pictured above). The white bar is the one under his chin, and there is very little white on his face.

I was told this one is probably a cinnamon pearl. And it is a hen. She also lost all of her white.

The easiest way for us to help you with sexes is for you to get pics of individual birds. The best way for you to get the pics is by holding them up with their bellies showing, and getting a good shot of the face and vent area. Hold the button's head between your index and middle finger and they won't be able to get away. Just be sure that you don't have their feet inside your hand, or they will push out.

Good luck!! Hope these help

 

[WriterofWords]

How beautiful, I've said before I get so jealous when I see these Buttons, I've never gotten a single one to hatch.

 

[citalk2much]

Nice looking Shelley

I really think that anyone that wants to get into breeding buttons should get Garries book. It is a ton of good information

 

[kingmt]

Congrats

 

[gabrielle1976]

They are squirmy little blighters alright , I hate catching and holding them Im afraid Ill hurt them but if I dont hold them tight enough then I just end up chaseing them around the room.
I will try to get a pic of them in natrual light as soon as I can , I am working 7am to 6pm monday thru friday so my days are a little insane , once I get home and give everyone food and water and get my son ready for and put down to bed all the lights gone anyways

maybe I can pull it off on a week end.