I had the pleasure of meeting one this morning! I went up to the AV's to check in with him and visit with Mickey and Mallory for a few minutes (they are definately comming home on Thursday, BTW) and there was a lady there with an Emerald and a Hy. Dr Pierce introduced us and she let me hold Jade (the Emerald) for a few minutes. Sapphire, the Hy, was gorgeous as well but she wasn't interested in playing with me.
I know alot of you on here don't cotton much with hybrid breeding but I have to tell you this bird was absolutely stunning. He was as big as a Hy and and a lovely green with a tinge of blue to his feathers.
The lady, Judy Spires, told me she had a female as well and is going to be attempting to breed them. I didn't get to talk to her for very long, but she seemed like an accomplished and knowledgeable breeder and invited me to her home sometimes to meet her other birds, which include three other Hys.
When Dr. Pierce told her about my orphans, she told me that such kindness should be rewarded (I still call it being a sucker) and offered me a discount on one of her first batches of Emeralds! I told her I thought I had quite enough birds at home for now, although maybe by the time she has babies, I may be able to make room for just one more! LOL! (I'm joking of course, I believe we've hit our capacity of birdie family members, but I can dream, can't I?)
A pic I found online of a Millicinth (emerald)
http://www.exotictropicals.com/encyc.../milicinth.php