more fledglings & hatchlings

10 Apr 2009, 19:59

had another four gouldians fledge this morning. parents are both rh normals so am hoping that all 4 young will be rh. be nice to have a geneticly clean adult pair.
found 6 baby societies in the patio aviary, only look to be 3 or 4 days old but all had crops full almost to the point of bursting.
rccb's are building again. orange breasts have doubled their mealworm intake so am hoping that means a nest with babies somewhere.
still have 3 pairs of gouldians sitting tight.
been a great season so far am hoping it continues

10 Apr 2009, 21:30

I finding the same Mick with the breeding

10 Apr 2009, 21:47

good to hear both of you are breeding a few well ive got pr of goulds with babys, zebs with fledglings orange breast nesting hopefully ruddys with babies now and then 2prs of double bars nesting one pr pieds so am hoping they produce some babys pr of aust yellow goulds sitting and also 2prs of plumheadsthink thats about all
thanks chris

11 Apr 2009, 05:38

Sounds like it's been a very good year for everyone allround.

11 Apr 2009, 18:11

Got the odd one fledging.A few sitting.a few have been tosed aswell.Maybe because its getting cold at night.

11 Apr 2009, 19:22

havent had any tossed so far this year (touch wood). my rccb's did their usual nest abandon trick a couple of times though

12 Apr 2009, 20:39

We had 4 fledglings today. 1 can fly beautifully already but the other 3 don't seem to be able to fly yet. Unfortunately we went out for the afternoon so didn't get to keep an eye on them. When we got home, close to dark, I thought i better quickly check that all the fledglings were ok. Could only find the 1 that could fly so had to get the torch out to find the other 3. I found 1 quickly who was looking very tired and weak huddled in a corner. she had an empty crop. I finally found the other 2 together and they looked reasonably perky. I put them all back in the nest but feel terrible about the 1 with the empty crop. I've never hand fed before and do not have any hand rearing food. I'm so worried she'll be dead by morning, and I'm a little concerned about the parents keep feeding the other 2 still that i put back. Any suggestions would be appreciated. thanks

12 Apr 2009, 21:42

hey melby theres not much you can do if u dont want to try to hand feed. but a good idea is to put some old branches down low that basically sit on the floor (but not on the floor if u know what i mean ) so the liitle ones can get of the ground by a few cm around 5 or more because the cold ground will kill them as quick as not being fed...pete

13 Apr 2009, 07:04

good idea, i will try that, I don't mind trying hand feeding, just never done it and don't have any special food. Can I try babies rice cereal??

13 Apr 2009, 07:55

well I just went and checked on them. The 2 with food in their crops last night are out and happy as larry all perched up, but the poor little 1 with the empty crop last night is dead. Probably could of been avoided had we of had some hand rearing formula. At least it's prompted me into being ready now.

I just noticed in our other cage where the blue babies are, there's 1 fledgling sitting on the stick of the nest box. So they will all be emerging today and tomorrow. Better get down to the pet shop asap, it's not nice to loose any bird but I definitely wouldn't want to loose a blue. Hope that doesn't sound shallow ;)