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Browsing Archive: April, 2009

Willow is cracking the eggs

Posted by Bridget Wheeler on Sunday, April 26, 2009, In : Breeding

Sadly Willow has cracked two eggs thus far. I'm not sure why this happens but hopefully he stops this behavior soon.

Willow and Storm's second egg

Posted by Bridget Wheeler on Thursday, April 23, 2009, In : Breeding

Storm laid a second egg today. Willow is doing a great job keeping her fed.

Willow and Storm's first egg of the spring season

Posted by Bridget Wheeler on Wednesday, April 22, 2009, In : Breeding

Storm has layed her first egg of the spring season. Lets see how many she will lay.

More baby photos

Posted by Bridget Wheeler on Monday, April 20, 2009, In : Weaning

New arrivals

Posted by Bridget Wheeler on Monday, April 20, 2009, In : Other

I went to a local birdmart looking for a pair of English budgie. I came home with three birds. Athena is my normal cobalt English female. Zeus is a spangle cobalt chick. Kingsley is a bright normal violet American male. Here are some photos.

New baby photos

Posted by Bridget Wheeler on Monday, April 13, 2009, In : Weaning

These where taken a couple days ago. They are bigger now. It's amazing how fast they grow.

Time to start the feeding

Posted by Bridget Wheeler on Wednesday, April 8, 2009, In : Weaning

I start hand feeding the babies when they open their eyes. This is about the same time you start seeing their colors. I wait this long to start feeding the babies because this is also the time they have all of their baby down. This allows me to take them from their parents with out worrying about lowering their body temp to much. They are also big enough to eat from the feeding syringe. After I feed the babies I place them back with their parents. This will go on until they are weaned. After ...