okay THanks KAZ. WAs I right with the sexes?

Also, If the young baby (29 days) is in the bottom of the breeding cage and calls for food, will the mother go down and feed her?

Mostly at this age its the dad who does the feeding. Re the sexes...looks about right to me

Edited November 10, 200816 yr by KAZ

 

Love the transparent wings there! Great photo.

Thanks KAZ-Jimmy.

 

Chomper is dead so they have no father... The mother must be feeding them unless they are feeding themselves.

Make sure all food is at ground level, some spread on the floor and some in shallow dishes

Edited November 10, 200816 yr by KAZ

Hi

 

Summer has laid another egg.. I was planning to give her a break and then put her back in the aviary for a while. Should I let her lay another lot of eggs? I have no pairs to transfer to because all other pairs either have full grown chicks or do not have eggs at all yet. This is her first ever clutch so would it do harm to her to let her lay again? Chomper died 4 days ago and they would have mated on that day so that means that the first and second egg should be fertile doesnt it? What should I do?

 

Also, is it safe to remove all the babies from summers breeding box now? They are between 30 - 39 days old. I do not want her attacking them because she is laying again. The chicks actually feed eachother, I have seen it.

 

Thanks very much.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited November 10, 200816 yr by maesie

Also, Is french moult contagious? Genetic? If neon and thunder bred a french moult budgie, will they definitly have other ones? Or is it random?

They have had 2 clutches together before and not a single french moult baby...

Edited November 10, 200816 yr by maesie

There is fifty differnet theories on how french moult happens and everyone has a differing point of view. As we are not sure if your baby has a stress moult or french moult I suggest you adopt a wait and see and watch for new feather growth.

Throw away the egg and remove the hen for a rest or remove the nestbox. Its likely the egg will not be fertile.

The babies are very big and can eat and drink on their own now. The baby in neon and thunders nest box is still losing feathers, they are all in the nest box. Good news is the youngest in neon and thunders nesting box is blue.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Great pictures !! :party0011:

 

 

Nearly 4,000 posts on your topic !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thankyou KAZ

 

 

I have made 164 posts on this topic. Followed my KAZ with 89 then comes **Liv** and neat with 22. Followed by maesie at 21. I have just realised how to tell how many times people post in a topic

Edited November 12, 200816 yr by pearce

Thankyou KAZ

 

I have just realised how to tell how many times people post in a topic

You had better tell me how then coz thats one thing I dont know :party0011:

If you want to see how many times you have posted in my topic you click on breeding journals. Then look for my thread and next to it it will say:

Replies topic starter views Last action.

 

Click on the replies number and it will pop up.

 

If you want to see how many times you have posted in my topic you click on breeding journals. Then look for my thread and next to it it will say:

Replies topic starter views Last action.

 

Click on the replies number and it will pop up.

 

Very cool.... :bluesbros:

 

 

Thankyou Pearce :party0011:

Gorgeous photos Pearce. They are very cute chicks and looking great. You must be so proud :party0011:

Hi

 

I went to the vet today with scissors (Baby cockatiel with scissors beak).

He has taught me somemassage techniques that hopefully can fix the problem as he is only very young the beak is not too strong yet.

 

Both cockatiels are out of the nest box now.

 

The babies in neon and thunders nest are honestly looking abit worse for wear...

They are all losing feathers. I add shavings to neons nest box everyday but she removes them straight away, it makes the babies very dirty if their are no shavings in the nest box. The youngest baby is skyblue opaline.

 

The babies in summers breeding cage are all 5 weeks+ so they can be removed in one week. They are all very big, they take after their mother who is huge. It is funny because when I put my hand in the cage they all fly down and start nibbling me.

 

I will post pictures soon.

 

Bye

Hi

 

The babies range from 37 to 33 days old. Do you think I can seperate them into a holding cage now? What would you do?

 

Thanks

Hi

 

In 4 days the babies can be removed into a holding cage for a while then moved into the avairy

 

Pictures:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This is Beast. He would kill me if he had the chance but he is very caring towards his babies. If one of the babies cant get back to the perch he goes down to the bottom and guides him up. Here he is trying to swoop the camera.

 

 

See the skyblue opaline:

That must mean neon (grey green) is split for blue.

 

 

Thanks

 

Also, how Do registered users become guests on this site>? I noticed that Joel and Daz and keisha are now guests.

Edited November 14, 200816 yr by pearce

Also, how Do registered users become guests on this site>? I noticed that Joel and Daz and keisha are now guests.

 

When a member is deleted or asks to be removed... they become 'guests'.

okay Thanks very much Maesie.

No worries... Your bubs are looking fantastic by the way!

Hi

 

How can I change the title of my thread?

Hi

 

How can I change the title of my thread?

You cant but admin or a mod can.....pm one of us and let us know what you want it to be.

Thank you very much KAZ for changing my thread title.The babies are 36 - 39 days old now do you think I should put them in a cage by themselves now?

 

Hi I have just checked on all the babies and the babies in neon and thunders nest are not looking to good... The grey green opaline baby looks to be a feather dustuer.

and the green normal still looks to be a french moult baby..

I will post pictures soon

Edited November 15, 200816 yr by pearce

Thank you very much KAZ for changing my thread title.The babies are 36 - 39 days old now do you think I should put them in a cage by themselves now?

 

Hi I have just checked on all the babies and the babies in neon and thunders nest are not looking to good... The grey green opaline baby looks to be a feather dustuer.

and the green normal still looks to be a french moult baby..

I will post pictures soon

How can it be a feather duster when it has french moult or is missing its feathers ?

 

Waiting for pictures.

The grey green one looks to be feather duster and the normal green is french moult...

The grey green one is missing no feathers