Happy Bird Place Finch and Grasskeet Blog

creamino shaft tails - fledged but not weaned yet - "FEED ME!" normal split fallow, opaline, and lutino male baby o...

A few more babies growing up... creamino shafttail babies - being handfed since sometimes the parents will reject the more unusual lookin...

Some time ago at the invitation of The Splendid Bourke Bird Blog, I did a profile with genetic information on bourke grasskeets.  The articl...

Scarlet chested grasskeet aka splendid grasskeet is a popular species of parakeet from Australia. They are quiet birds in general but ma...

The little handfed parakeet is almost fully feathered out.

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

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...