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Kakapo defies the odds to be hatched from crushed egg
Posted: 10 Mar 2014, 08:54
by thehammer
Rare parrot defies the odds to be hatched from crushed egg that was stuck back together
• Egg laid by rare flightless parrot on New Zealand was crushed
• Carers managed to stick it back together with glue and tape
• Now the Kakapo chick has been hatched from the broken egg
A rare New Zealand parrot has been hatched from a crushed egg that was put back together using sticky tape and glue.
Conservation workers at the Kakapo Recovery Centre on Codfish Island, New Zealand, found the egg with its shell in pieces inside the nest of its mother, Lisa, but the membrane underneath was still intact.
After painstakingly repairing the shell, and a long wait, the Kakapo parrot chick beat the odds to enter the world.
Read more:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... z2vVXiLZPH
Re: Kakapo defies the odds to be hatched from crushed egg t
Posted: 10 Mar 2014, 10:07
by finchbreeder
This is the sort of good news story that newspapers should print to make our days. So thank you for doing their job. And good news it certainly is.
LML
Re: Kakapo defies the odds to be hatched from crushed egg t
Posted: 10 Mar 2014, 11:23
by thehammer
The tiny chick has been named Lisa One, for now, until the sex has been determined.
It is the first Kakapo to be born in New Zealand since 2011, and brings the total population of the endangered bird species to 125.
It will be several weeks before keepers know its gender, by which time the other four eggs, also kept in incubator care, are expected to have hatched
Re: Kakapo defies the odds to be hatched from crushed egg t
Posted: 11 Mar 2014, 06:56
by Diane
What a good news story.
Re: Kakapo defies the odds to be hatched from crushed egg t
Posted: 11 Mar 2014, 09:34
by finchbreeder
It will be several weeks before keepers know its gender, by which time the other four eggs, also kept in incubator care, are expected to have hatched
Disapointing to read that it looks like all the eggs are being taken and artificially hatched and raised. Yes the numbers will increase, but will any birds that know how to be parents then exist? Surely they can leave some with the parents while still increasing the numbers?
LML
Re: Kakapo defies the odds to be hatched from crushed egg t
Posted: 14 Mar 2014, 18:27
by Niki_K
finchbreeder wrote:It will be several weeks before keepers know its gender, by which time the other four eggs, also kept in incubator care, are expected to have hatched
Disapointing to read that it looks like all the eggs are being taken and artificially hatched and raised. Yes the numbers will increase, but will any birds that know how to be parents then exist? Surely they can leave some with the parents while still increasing the numbers?
LML
Not all eggs are taken and hand raised- in fact, most aren't. Eggs/chicks that are removed from mothers are usually taken away if they are likely to die e.g. the mothers have too many eggs to cope with, or if the chicks are sick/underweight, their natural food sources fail etc. Once they are in good condition, they are usually 'fostered' out to semi-captive hens (usually their natural mothers, which are still sitting on dummy eggs) so that they can learn correct behaviour etc, so they are partially hand raised, and partially naturally reared. Unfortunately, since the population number is so low (125 birds, the last I heard), every chick matters enormously.
Re: Kakapo defies the odds to be hatched from crushed egg t
Posted: 14 Mar 2014, 18:47
by SamDavis
finchbreeder wrote:It will be several weeks before keepers know its gender, by which time the other four eggs, also kept in incubator care, are expected to have hatched
Disapointing to read that it looks like all the eggs are being taken and artificially hatched and raised. Yes the numbers will increase, but will any birds that know how to be parents then exist? Surely they can leave some with the parents while still increasing the numbers?
LML
I've bred from many handraised parrots without issue and I imagine many others on AFF have too.
Re: Kakapo defies the odds to be hatched from crushed egg t
Posted: 16 Mar 2014, 11:15
by thehammer
Huhana Two has arrived and here the chick is aged 1 day alongside first hatched Lisa One (aged 14 days)...the good news is Rakiura Two is on the nest with its mum and doing well...
Re: Kakapo defies the odds to be hatched from crushed egg
Posted: 17 Mar 2014, 06:12
by Diane
Certainly has grown.
Re: Kakapo defies the odds to be hatched from crushed egg
Posted: 17 Mar 2014, 10:09
by finchbreeder
I've bred from many handraised parrots without issue and I imagine many others on AFF have too.
Being the offspring of a cockie and parrott breeder who handraised a small proportion of birds, and seeing how they almost always seemed to be inferious parents is what causes my concern for such.
But I am very glad to hear that it is only a percentage of the eggs that are being assisted.
The wording gave a different indication.
LML