January 28, 200916 yr Author All good then HA ! I just put it back! :question: Maybe I'll wait a few more days... I was going off your photos which showed babies who werent fully feathered I better go take some new ones then! (Like I needed an excuse)!
January 28, 200916 yr :question: Glad to hear all is going well at your place. Hope the babies are keeping cool, we're in for a very hot few days... 43 tomorrow...
January 28, 200916 yr Author :question: Glad to hear all is going well at your place. Hope the babies are keeping cool, we're in for a very hot few days... 43 tomorrow... Awful isnt it? It is 41 here already. Yesterday I went to my onsite caravan, an hour away and took the air conditioner out and brought it home. All my birds are now in my didning room with it on in cages chattering away but nice and cool now, I dont have any eggs so no cahnce of eggs drying out. The others I rescued are in a hallway with an evaporative cooler! Edited January 28, 200916 yr by Trish
January 31, 200916 yr Author Two days ago I had to remove mum from "her" cage as she was being very nasty to her chicks. The babies have been picking at food, luckily because I have only seen dad feed one of them just once. Just now dad tried to mount his daughter so he has now been removed also. I hope the chicks are o.k. I have been giving them fresh foods and seed and a shallow bowl of water that they cannot drown in. Now I will hope for the best!
January 31, 200916 yr They should be fine...they are old enough....pop up on msn and ask me ANYTHING ANYTIME
February 1, 200916 yr Author A long awaited photo update , I have given up on getting my good camera that is being repaired back in time. So these will have to do! Time to guess the sexes! T.C.B. Chick 1 T.C.B. Chick 1 and Albino Chick 2 Chick 2 Albino Chick 3, hasnt perched yet and is missing parents, still picking at food and water though. Dad mounted her and had to be taken out and mum started to attack Chick 1 so had to be removed also. Chick 3 again, nicely feathered too! A bit messy from my attempt at giving her handraising mix from a spoon! Edited February 1, 200916 yr by Trish
February 1, 200916 yr Author great pics. They have come along great. You must be very proud. Does anyone want to take a unt on the sexes?
February 1, 200916 yr Yay! I have been waiting to see these and they are so beautiful!!! My guess... is that the TCB is a boy and so is chick 3. Not sure about chick 2.... it's purplish but I might still think it's a hen.
February 1, 200916 yr They are looking awesome. I hope the third little chick adapts and starts eating well on its own soon. The TCB is a cock for sure. The first albino looks like a hen and the third chick might be a cock too... not sure on that one. I love the TCB - The markings are so vivid
February 1, 200916 yr Hi. The chicks look very healthy. Well done. The tcb looks cock to me Albino chick 2 looks hen Albino chick 3 looks cock.
February 20, 200916 yr Author Just got my camera back, a bit late though! Just took some updated photo's without the flash, I'm pretty sure now that we have 2 Albino hens and a T.C.B. cock: Chick 2 Chick 3 Chick 3 and T.C.B. The middle one is Chick 2 and is much leaner looking than chick 3 who is more densely feathered. T.C.B. Chick 2 ans T.C.B. Chick 3, here you can see the heavy feathering.
February 20, 200916 yr Author LOvely photos The TCB markings are so striking Aren't they, I was so lucky for a first timer, only with great advice here from my friends!
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