A COUPLE SHOTS OF MY FIRST OPAL ISABELLE JAVA.  IT WAS FROM A PAIR OF NORMAL JAVA DOUBLE SPLIT FOR FAWN AND SILVER.  NOTICE THE RED EYE AND A MORE OF A CREAM COLORED FLEDGING FEATHER TONE.

HERE IS THE SAME OPAL ISABELLE WITH TWO SILVERS FROM THE SAME CLUTCH.  THERE IS ALSO A NORMAL IN THIS CLUTCH.

THE PHOTO BELOW IS A SHOT OF A NEW NEST OF NORMAL JAVA CHICKS.

GOOD NEWS.  I NOW HAVE THE START OF MY OPAL ISABELLE.  THE FIRST CHICK HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED.  HERE ARE A COUPLE SHOTS OF A CLUTCH OF FOUR CHICKS FROM A PAIR OF NORMAL JAVA DOUBLE SPLIT FOR SILVER AND FAWN.

THERE ARE TWO SILVER CHICKS IN THE BACK, ONE NORMAL CHICK ON THE LEFT FRONT AND THE OPAL ISABELLE ON THE RIGHT FRONT.  THE TOP PICTURE SHOWS THE RED EYE OF THE OI AND THE START OF THE FEATHERS ARE A CREAM SILVER.  NOT A SILVER BECAUSE SILVERS HAVE DARK EYES.

THE NEXT TWO SHOTS ABOVE ARE OF PURE JAPANESE CHOC. PEARLS JUST ABOUT READY TO BE REMOVED FROM THE PARENT BIRDS.

THIS LAST PHOTO ARE SOME WHITE SPOTTED MANNIKIN THAT I PURCHASED AT THE NATIONAL THIS YEAR.  I BOUGHT FIVE BIRDS.

THIS NEW ENTRY IS ABOUT BREEDING OPAL ISABELLE JAVA.  THE FIRST PHOTO IS OF MY OPAL ISABELLE HEN.

THIS SECOND IMAGE IS OF TWO WILD COLOR NORMALS THAT ARE DOUBLE SPLIT.  THEY COME FROM A SILVER MALE AND A FAWN HEN.  THEY SHOULD GIVE ME THE OPAL ISABELLE.  THESE BIRDS SHOULD GIVE ME NORMALS, SILVERS, FAWNS AND OPAL ISABELLE.

THE THIRD IMAGE IS THE FIRST HATCH OF THE DOUBLE SPLITS.

THE IMAGE BELOW IS OF ONE OF THE TWO CHICKS HATCHED.  I GOT ONLY TWO FROM THIS BREEDING.  ONE IS A SILVER (BELOW) AND THE OTHER IS A NORMAL.

BELOW IS THE SECOND CHICK.  A NORMAL COLORED BIRD. 

THIS IS A PROGRESS REPORT REGARDING THE TWO NESTS OF JAVA THAT SHOULD PRODUCE OPAL ISABELLE YOUNG.  BOTH PAIR HAVE FIVE EGGS IN THEIR NESTS.  THEY ARE BOTH YOUNG PAIRS AND THIS IS THEIR FIRST BREEDING SO I DID NOT EXPECT A LARGE CLUTCH FROM THEM.  I HOPE THAT THE NEXT TIME THE REPORT WILL BE A HATCH IN ONE OR BOTH NESTS.

THIS IS THE NEST OF EGGS FROM THE DOUBLE SPLIT NORMAL MALE AND THE OPAL ISABELLE HEN.

THIS CLUTCH IS FROM THE PAIR OF DOUBLE SPLIT NORMALS.  NOTICE HOW BOTH PAIR HAVE REMOVED MOST OF THE NESTING MATERIAL FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE NEST BOX AND THE EGGS ARE LYING ON THE WOODEN FLOOR.  THIS HAS BEEN VERY TYPICAL OF MY JAVA PAIRS.

I AM VERY EXCITED THIS AFTERNOON.  A PAIR OF NORMALS SPLIT FOR SILVER AND FAWN THAT WILL GIVE ME THE POSSIBILITY OF GETTING OPAL ISABELLE CHICKS LAID THEIR FIRST EGG TODAY.  THEY HAVE ONLY BEEN SET UP FOR A LITTLE OVER ONE WEEK.  HERE ARE A COUPLE SHOTS.