Great to hear! Nothing like the sound of squawking chicks in the morning after a very cold night.
Could see at least 5 of the 7 from my distant nest inspection - getting rather crowded in there! Parents very busy feeding - loving the soaked seed!
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Great to hear! Nothing like the sound of squawking chicks in the morning after a very cold night.
This just shows that Gouldians are hardier than people think!
All 7 chicks have now left the nest, all able to fly and perching - still a week of 4 degree overnight temperatures to get through - a few smaller chicks in this batch and definitely a couple more blues, just taking one day at a time!Birdy43 wrote: ↑01 Jun 2017, 08:31 Got through the first night of 3.2 degrees - can hear the chicks at feedtime so presuming all made it through the night - the suns just hit the avairy now.
Will do a headcount later this morning when in the avairy. I can count them through the nestbox hole from a distance now.
Spent most of the evening going through all the threads on cold nights/freezing/temperature etc.
Now to get through the next week...
Good on yer mate, well done, hope all chicks will be ok, as long as there's low cover in yer flights I'm sure they'll be okBirdy43 wrote: ↑09 Jun 2017, 22:01All 7 chicks have now left the nest, all able to fly and perching - still a week of 4 degree overnight temperatures to get through - a few smaller chicks in this batch and definitely a couple more blues, just taking one day at a time!Birdy43 wrote: ↑01 Jun 2017, 08:31 Got through the first night of 3.2 degrees - can hear the chicks at feedtime so presuming all made it through the night - the suns just hit the avairy now.
Will do a headcount later this morning when in the avairy. I can count them through the nestbox hole from a distance now.
Spent most of the evening going through all the threads on cold nights/freezing/temperature etc.
Now to get through the next week...
My 7 fledglings - just the one blue in this clutchBirdy43 wrote: ↑09 Jun 2017, 22:01Birdy43 wrote: ↑01 Jun 2017, 08:31 Got through the first night of 3.2 degrees - can hear the chicks at feedtime so presuming all made it through the night - the suns just hit the avairy now.
Will do a headcount later this morning when in the avairy. I can count them through the nestbox hole from a distance now.
Spent most of the evening going through all the threads on cold nights/freezing/temperature etc.
Now to get through the next week...
All 7 chicks have now left the nest, all able to fly and perching - still a week of 4 degree overnight temperatures to get through - a few smaller chicks in this batch and definitely a couple more blues, just taking one day at a time!
Pucka mate, well done to youBirdy43 wrote: ↑11 Jun 2017, 09:25Birdy43 wrote: ↑09 Jun 2017, 22:01Birdy43 wrote: ↑01 Jun 2017, 08:31 Got through the first night of 3.2 degrees - can hear the chicks at feedtime so presuming all made it through the night - the suns just hit the avairy now.
Will do a headcount later this morning when in the avairy. I can count them through the nestbox hole from a distance now.
Spent most of the evening going through all the threads on cold nights/freezing/temperature etc.
Now to get through the next week...
All 7 chicks have now left the nest, all able to fly and perching - still a week of 4 degree overnight temperatures to get through - a few smaller chicks in this batch and definitely a couple more blues, just taking one day at a time!
My 7 fledglings - just the one blue in this clutch20170610_154037-1992x1494.jpg
This is their night time roosting site, all snuggled up together again this evening - I put a cover up by this section overnight and take it off first thing in the morning for their sunshine