But wait, there's more
Posted: 11 Dec 2012, 23:13
Took this photo on Saturday - mum, dad and 3 bubs. Mum's a pearl, dad's not. Sunday the count went from 3 to 5 as 2 more younguns appeared. Not a bad clutch, all looking healthy, so we feel very prod as the grandparents. Today I had to get my glasses to do a re-count after their morning checkup, Yep, you guessed it - 1 more makes 6!
Not bad considering about 12 weeks ago dad, who was one of the "pet" birds, broke his wing. Vet said he'd likely never fly again but keep him warm and protected for 4 weeks and then see what he was like after that. Did as we woz told, and then put him out into the most protected aviary which just happened to house a lone hen who'd raised one young in March and hubby had died over the winter. Took him about another week to get enough strength to fly, well kinda anyway, he learnt to hop his way up through the plants and on to the perch. He can now fly but not in a straight line and he's not real good on landings so when he started courting the hen we didn't expect much.
Blame the cropped iphone image for the quality.
Not bad considering about 12 weeks ago dad, who was one of the "pet" birds, broke his wing. Vet said he'd likely never fly again but keep him warm and protected for 4 weeks and then see what he was like after that. Did as we woz told, and then put him out into the most protected aviary which just happened to house a lone hen who'd raised one young in March and hubby had died over the winter. Took him about another week to get enough strength to fly, well kinda anyway, he learnt to hop his way up through the plants and on to the perch. He can now fly but not in a straight line and he's not real good on landings so when he started courting the hen we didn't expect much.
Blame the cropped iphone image for the quality.