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Diane
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I seem to be having a quite a run of babies at the moment.
The emblema quartet are now fledged, emblema hen is already back on yet another nest (this time she went for ready built! :lol: )
OB built their own nest and now have babies in there, can hear them.
I also have two gouldian young, will be RHs there is still a couple of eggs in the nest too.
The two BFPF young shouldnt be long in fledging and it seems that the cock bird is already chasing the hen.
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Jayburd
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wow, everyone's getting off to a quick start! looks like a bumper year, folks!
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Two White-Eared Masked Finches hit the perch this morning :D .........been stuffing around for the last hour with a photo but cant seem to resize it to post it :x ......
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Well done Mick, how are the PC's doing
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Ta VR,

PCs are working the boxes so fingers are crossed......refined the feed routine a little.......trying Peter Odekerken's wet mix formula......very simple.....they seem to go for it...........new suspended's going up next week ;) .......how many Littles will you have left over?
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My quail FINALLY has an egg!!!!!!!
not particularly exciting to anyone I know, but still, BABY QAUILS!!! :D :D
Julian

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Diane
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This fine morning has enticed one of the OB young out of the nest, there is still at least two more waiting in the wings. Got four gouldians due out this weekend too.

Edited...looks like three OB young..all out on the perch. :D
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4 quarrion chicks in nest and 3 eggs unhatched , finches nuffin , neophemas still sitting . New aviary starts build next week they would want to start sucking up coz Im putting whoever is favourite in the next avairy ....so far its team Quarrion by a mile.
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Diane
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:cry: strike one of the OB young. I guess the combination of being the last egg laid and trying to fledge on the same day as your older siblings was too much for the little guy. :cry:
He had been tucked in between his siblings last thing yesterday, with Dad on sentry duty.
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iFledged more yellow painteds yesterday...seem to have them going nuts at the moment breeding like zebra finches!!!
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