Kathryn
02-06-2006, 01:18 PM
I'll be out of pocket for a little while with some shoulder surgery, so wanted to give you an update on the birdies.
Midget and Mollie are currently hatching their second too-soon clutch. So far one baby split the egg this morning and there is a lot of beak grinding and soft chirping encouragement going on in the nest box. Midget comes out and puffs up that little green chest of his....so cute! :rofl: Four more eggs to go. By the time they are two weeks old, I'll should be ready to start handfeeding the babies.
Sophia and Zipper are still in quarantine and are singing to each other from side by side bedrooms. Their music can get pretty loud! :happy: Their vet checks were A+. Zipper has escaped his cage a couple of times and finds his way to the kitchen. Gracie, the australian shepard, has been herding him under the kitchen table and then yips for me to come get him. :lol (She is trained to herd chickens and cows, so a little precocious birdie is nothing new for her...she knows not to touch the birds.) Sophia is so sweet, takes sunflower seeds from fingers, but won't touch millet.
Still have the three babies from Midget and Mollie's first clutch. Cutie is turning into a little acrobat with her little tootsies missing (DNA tests prove she is a female, so we dropped hubby's name Trooper.). Sunshine is all queen bee...she rules the cage. The last green birdie has no name yet...I'm trying not to get attached. Chances are it's a male and I am really trying to find a good home...especially with the new clutch hatching out. The green birdies sleep in one cozey and Sunshine has one to herself....she won't let anything in there with her...I have a feeling she may end up being a spinster if she doesn't have a change of heart. I'm still leaning towards a lutino mate for her or maybe one from Zipper and Sophia's first clutch.
Will try to post some new pictures soon.:happy:
Midget and Mollie are currently hatching their second too-soon clutch. So far one baby split the egg this morning and there is a lot of beak grinding and soft chirping encouragement going on in the nest box. Midget comes out and puffs up that little green chest of his....so cute! :rofl: Four more eggs to go. By the time they are two weeks old, I'll should be ready to start handfeeding the babies.
Sophia and Zipper are still in quarantine and are singing to each other from side by side bedrooms. Their music can get pretty loud! :happy: Their vet checks were A+. Zipper has escaped his cage a couple of times and finds his way to the kitchen. Gracie, the australian shepard, has been herding him under the kitchen table and then yips for me to come get him. :lol (She is trained to herd chickens and cows, so a little precocious birdie is nothing new for her...she knows not to touch the birds.) Sophia is so sweet, takes sunflower seeds from fingers, but won't touch millet.
Still have the three babies from Midget and Mollie's first clutch. Cutie is turning into a little acrobat with her little tootsies missing (DNA tests prove she is a female, so we dropped hubby's name Trooper.). Sunshine is all queen bee...she rules the cage. The last green birdie has no name yet...I'm trying not to get attached. Chances are it's a male and I am really trying to find a good home...especially with the new clutch hatching out. The green birdies sleep in one cozey and Sunshine has one to herself....she won't let anything in there with her...I have a feeling she may end up being a spinster if she doesn't have a change of heart. I'm still leaning towards a lutino mate for her or maybe one from Zipper and Sophia's first clutch.
Will try to post some new pictures soon.:happy: