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Lilac on eggs; Pass, 5 fertile
Topic Started: Jan 20 2011, 06:26 AM (1,240 Views)
Crazy Bird Lady


Ok Pass, got the pics of the gapes this am, what do u think of the chick bottom left, less pigment on mouth markings in and out.

Pass I couldnt get a very clear gape as I didnt want to even waste one and not get the feed brush in there.
I think u can tell well enough tho.

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Yes, one is definitely different. A dilute for my money :)

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Maryann so little, how do you handle them
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VERY carefully lol.

Actually I grab them by their back legs as I figure a bird can still perch with a bum leg if I damage it, but I dont like to pick them up by their wings as I want them to be able to fly when they grow up.

As they get bigger, I can use my hands to roll them into my palm but for now, when so tiny, if you twitch you will squish them dead.

I try to handle them as little as possible, I feed right in the nest with a LONG teeny weeny paint brush. Even when I have to change the bedding, I just roll them off the soiled ones and onto the new one.

I will try to get a video clip or two of the procedure then.

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Oh Maryann ... they are so beautiful. What a great job u have done. I pray that they all make it...I can only imagine how much work that must be. But than again u r the "Bird Whisperer."
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Thanks Vi. I gotta tell ya tho, this trio is proving more difficult to feed.

They are 4 days old today and still small. They are undersized for the normals.

I can usually by day 3 start crop feeding with the canulas but they are too small. I tried and cannot get the canula past the throat and into the crop. So it is still the paint brush which makes it harder to get the crops filled as they dont gape long enough, they get tired and I have to try to do the feedings in stages.
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Pass Im sure I read in my gouldian book that mutations are weaker than normals. This is a struggle but I will do my best to win.
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Well they were hatched LATE in the day 5 and 9pm so really they didnt get fed till next day, so two full days and today will be the 3rd full day, so really its only 3 days, so I guess I can wait another two and hope they grow a bit lol.
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Well.....will you just look at them! :wub: I don't know much but they look real good to me. Very cute.
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