Growing fast...

The little handfed grasskeet is growing fast.  Looking a bit like a hedgehog with all its pin feathers.

Handfed baby update

The handfed baby keet is doing very well.  It's increased from 1 ml of formula per feeding to 2ml every 3-4 hours, though sometimes it gets a bit in between if it gets particularly noisy.  A stuffed crop is a sure way to make babies sleepy :)

Handfeeding

While I do not normally hand feed any of my birds, sometimes if the parents do not feed for some reason and no fosters can be found, I will take over care.  For grasskeets, occasionally a very late hatching egg can lead to a baby being much smaller than the rest of its siblings.  It may not be able to get enough food at feeding time.  I found such a baby and had to take over.  While it was getting some feeding from its parents for a few days, it became dehydrated and weaker since its siblings are now 5 times its size.  So far it's looking a lot less dehydrated, so hopefully it will make it.

Downsizing some

Some of my birds have been very prolific - especially the societies, and due to space reasons, I must downsize some.  For anyone interesting in purchasing some, please see my ads (click on the links) on societies and gouldians.  I will also be sorting through my  shaft tails as well as scarlet chested parakeets, and ads for them should be up soon as well. 
Hoobly ad for societies
Hoobly ad for gouldians
Hoobly ad for star finches

normal shaft tail male

various gouldians

variety of societies

Sorting through last season's babies and new babies

I have been sorting through last season's society babies to see which ones to keep and which to sell.  Quite a few nice mutations, but can't keep them all.  A few new scarlet and bourk babies are still weaning.

marked white chocolate and ultra dilute fawn crested society

red brown society

black brown society chicks

par blue scarlet chested parakeet chicks

normal scarlet chested parakeet chick

cinnamon scarlet chested parakeet mother with her chicks

Gouldian youngsters

orange head lavender breast double factor yellow male gouldian (fawn shaft tail on the left)

 Young gouldians are coloring up with the warm weather.

black headed white breasted blue hen

black headed white breasted yellow hen enjoying swing time

black headed white breasted green back hen with black headed purple breasted single factor yellow & blue (pastel) male

black headed white breasted double factor yellow & blue (silver) male

red headed purple breasted green back male

New fledglings



par blue scarlet chested parakeet baby

Newly fledged young keets!

lutino elegant baby

opaline aka rosy bourke baby