I am wondering if someone can give me an idea on how long after the chicks are hatched they will start eating seed. Also, the parents can be removed once they are eating by themselves??

 

Thanks

 

:parrot:

I am wondering if someone can give me an idea on how long after the chicks are hatched they will start eating seed. Also, the parents can be removed once they are eating by themselves??

 

Thanks

 

:parrot:

 

Babies are best left for parents to feed and raise. You can handle them daily so they get hand tamed and used to you, but I dont feel the need to remove chicks from parents if I handle them daily. Parents feed their babies up to point of fledging and afterwards for about a week. Babies fledge at around 4-5 weeks and are eating seed probably up to a week after fledging, some on the same day. Don't be too quick to remove parents from babies as they need to learn to forage for their seed by watching the parents eat.

Did you mean hatched or fledged ?

Edited May 15, 200718 yr by Kaz

Thanks for the info Kaz.

 

Umm I meant hatched... as in how many weeks (just to get an idea). But can I have a definition of fledged??

 

Loren

Thanks for the info Kaz.

 

Umm I meant hatched... as in how many weeks (just to get an idea). But can I have a definition of fledged??

 

Loren

 

Fledged is when they leave the nesting box at around 4-5 weeks of age.

Cheers!