Freshly Shed Pied Hatchlings

These guys have neat story to them (at least I think so). My pied and het pied locked up once or twice near the end of 2011, along with my other bps who were locking. Then I moved at the end of the year and when I tried to resume breeding none of them were having any of it, including the sire and dam of this clutch. The move just jacked with their interest in breeding. So I just wrote this season off as being lost, and wasn't expecting anything.

Well lo and behold one day I'm cleaning cages and find 7 eggs under my pied girl! She hadn't been eating, but I chalked it up to just one of those "bp things." Since she had only locked twice, I wasn't expecting eggs so wasn't looking for any signs of her being gravid. Anyways, I couldn't believe I got 7 eggs from 2 locks! Unfortunately 4 of them went bad (first bp eggs I ever lost), but I still managed to hatch 1.1 pieds and 1.0 het pied. I'll be holding back the girl. Hatching pieds just never gets old!!

Holdback female

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Male pied (I really really love this guy - wish I could hold him back!)

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Male het - really nice looking colors, his dorsal black is unbroken from head to tail

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I like the long U shape on the female. Like flowing hair off a brunette. (sorry, I see art stuff in anything lol)

Certainly wish I could accidentally, unexpectedly have some pied babies! Must be rough! :D

I am loving that holdback female!


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Wow that is a cool story and those pieds are gorgeous!

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Thanks for the comments and compliments!!

Absolutely gorgeous little Pieds! They're the reason I fell in love with BPs! And pictures like this just makes me go all fuzzy inside :D Beautiful. I love that female you have. She's a stunner. The male is just crazy too! Love his pattern!

Some nice ones, congrat's!
-Paul

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Originally Posted by Vasiliki

Absolutely gorgeous little Pieds! They're the reason I fell in love with BPs! And pictures like this just makes me go all fuzzy inside :D Beautiful. I love that female you have. She's a stunner. The male is just crazy too! Love his pattern!

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I wasn't the biggest fan until I saw one in person. Then I was hooked and knew I had to get into them! Got a pair of hets several years ago and the rest is history.

Gorgeous pieds! Congrats on the clutch.