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This blog is used to update any interested buyers about the progress of breeding. There will be updates on breeding, hatching, chicks, weaning etc. Please feel free to browse through the blog and see what is new at the aviary.

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First chick to hatch.

Posted by Bridget Wheeler on Tuesday, October 20, 2009, In : Breeding

I looked at the eggs this morning and saw a small crack in one of the eggs. I usually takes a chick a day or so to actually get out of the egg. Here are some photos.

Willow and Storm 10 eggs

Posted by Bridget Wheeler on Thursday, October 15, 2009, In : Breeding

Number ten was laid yesterday. I never thought Storm would lay so many eggs. Good thing she is getting plenty of calcium.
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Willow and Storm's clutch

Posted by Bridget Wheeler on Friday, October 9, 2009, In : Breeding

Storm is sitting on eight eggs as of right now. I candled them last night and six out of the eight eggs are fertile. The two that don't seem to be fertile might be to young to tell. The eggs should be starting to hatch in the next couple weeks. I'm going to hold off on the photos for now. Storm and Willow have been known to eat their eggs when stressed. So I wont be taking photos just yet. They both have a lot of work ahead of them if all of the eight eggs hatch.
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Willow and Storm

Posted by Bridget Wheeler on Friday, September 25, 2009, In : Breeding

Storm laid her third egg on the 23rd. Normally a female will lay an egg every other day. I will wait a couple days but it looks like three is the lucky number for this clutch.

Early Fall/Winter breeding season

Posted by Bridget Wheeler on Tuesday, September 22, 2009, In : Breeding

Storm and Willow have laid two eggs. The first egg was laid on the 10th and the second on the 20th. There where two other eggs laid in between but they where cracked. I have candled the eggs and it looks like the first egg is fertile. I'm expecting more eggs from Willow and Storm. Zeus and Violet are showing promising signs of mating. I'm hoping Violet will start to lay eggs soon. Also Diego and La fiesta are starting to flirt regularly . It seems like this fall/winter breeding season has sta...

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.

Royalty and Willow first sign of mating

Posted by Bridget Wheeler on Monday, March 2, 2009, In : Breeding

Royalty has been making small baby chirps and vibrating her head at Willow around feeding time. This means she will be ready to mate soon and is getting Willow ready to feed her and their newborn babies. This a great sign that Royalty and Willow will be mating soon. I predict they will be the first pair to lay eggs this season.

Spring breeding season

Posted by Bridget Wheeler on Friday, February 20, 2009, In : Breeding

I have been seeing some early signs of the spring breeding season. The boys are starting to sing their love songs and the girls are starting to rip up paper more frequently. Today I started to get ready for the spring breeding season. I have placed three breeding pairs into their breeding cages. They will be given more light for longer periods and I will start to spray them with water to put them in the mood. These steps ensure that the birds will get ready for the spring breeding season. In ...