Fledged!

L in Ontario · Post by **L in Ontario** » Thu May 01, 2008 8:24 am

Though they still have a ways to go before being weaned and then colouring up - my two Gouldian babies fledged just minutes before I got home last night! They were so fresh out of the nestbox they couldn't fly well (crashing into the cage walls, ends and floor) but happily they were perched and the Society fosters were feeding them before nightfall. YAY!

Bonzo · Post by **Bonzo** » Thu May 01, 2008 10:23 am

Wow

I really love the white one $\:D/$

Kiko · Post by **Kiko** » Thu May 01, 2008 10:41 am

Oh my they are so beautiful - even in their toned down baby clothes!

atarasi · Post by **atarasi** » Thu May 01, 2008 3:15 pm

Liz, they look great! You mean to tell me that my two bald squirmy blind chicks will look that good?! Definitely something to look forward to. Thanks for sharing the pic.

FeatherHarp · Post by **FeatherHarp** » Thu May 01, 2008 5:00 pm

What a nice photo! Be sure to share more as their feathers change out.

dfcauley · Post by **dfcauley** » Thu May 01, 2008 7:16 pm

They are so cute! I raised 6 about 6 months ago, but please tell me about the one that looks white. None of mine looked like that. What color is it going to be do you know?

L in Ontario · Post by **L in Ontario** » Thu May 01, 2008 7:26 pm

Thanks all. I had paired up a RH-WB-sfYB cock with a OH-WB-YB hen who is slightly pied. So the green chick is a hen and will be a RH/OH-WB-GB and the white-ish chick does have some pale yellow on it and will be a RH/OH-WB-YB but don't know which gender. I also don't know if any of the pied-ness in the mother will come through to either of these chicks in some visible form or not.

These two chicks are being fostered as the parents abandoned sitting 1/2 way through incubation. Those same parents (above) have since laid another 6 eggs - 3 of which hatched yesterday and hopefully the remainder hatched today. I looked yesterday as it was the due date for hatching and saw the first 3 babies. I won't be looking again until May 6th when I take the babies out for banding. Hoping to find six healthy babies in the nestbox next Tuesday.

dfcauley · Post by **dfcauley** » Thu May 01, 2008 7:38 pm

wow! Your nest is full these days! Best of luck and keep us posted.

Post by **Sally** » Thu May 01, 2008 11:13 pm

Beautiful, healthy-looking babies! I notice the yellow one has a light beak already, instead of dark, like the other baby. Was it light from the start?

mickp · Post by **mickp** » Fri May 02, 2008 5:39 am

congrats Liz, thats great news and two gorgeous birds. cant wait to see pics of them after their moult. if only my goulds would show an interest again this season

L in Ontario · Post by **L in Ontario** » Fri May 02, 2008 7:56 am

Sally wrote:Beautiful, healthy-looking babies! I notice the yellow one has a light beak already, instead of dark, like the other baby. Was it light from the start?

Thank you, yes Sally, actually that is the first LG chick I've had with the light coloured beak. My other 3 all started with completely black beaks.

James · Post by **James** » Sun Jun 08, 2008 1:56 am

I don't have the room for babies, where can you find a home for them now.

30 years ago when I had spice finches in an indoor aviary the pet store that I bought the first 6 pair from bought all my jovenile birds.

James