Funniest read in a long time!!"thermometer with a yellow duckhead: Im still laughing.
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2 black cheek zebras and 5 CFW zebras, one A&M pied coturnix hen, my darling cream/lavender coturnix roo, and his attitude.
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Re: Inexperienced and surprised
MisterGribs
That is such a great story. And I love your thermometer/Pez dispenser. . .
Good luck!
Nicole
That is such a great story. And I love your thermometer/Pez dispenser. . .
Good luck!
Nicole
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2 red cheeked cordon bleus
2 owl finches
2 seagreen parrot finches
All yet to be delivered
Non-breeding (all male) mixed community
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Re: Inexperienced and surprised
Nicole R. They had a frog head one, too, but that would have been going too far.
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Re: Inexperienced and surprised
MisterGribs
Hi,
You might find this old thread interesing....
http://www.finchforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=29717
Hi,
You might find this old thread interesing....
http://www.finchforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=29717
~Elana~
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Re: Inexperienced and surprised
lovezebs Thanks for sharing! If these little ones make it to hatching day, they will be the smallest birds I've had to handfeed. Before now, the smallest I've hand fed from probably about day 5 was a house finch! All others have been starling size or larger.
The eggs are still alive by the way! There are two confirmed alive. The suspected blastocyst with no embryo was starting to darken, so I threw it out. I opened it first to confirm, and it was indeed just a clear bubble with no growing fetus inside.
I've got my incubator to stabilize at a constant 37.5, although I still have to wake up and feed my paranoia-beast every half hour just in case. I'm adding a drop of water to the bottom of the incubator away from the nest so that it gets steamy, but not moist.
I'm planning to not candle for a few days, since they're at a critical stage of development and I don't want to rupture the membrane by accident until the connections get a little stronger, but I'll keep you posted!
I can't believe they've made it this far, and I've already learned a ton from them, so even if they don't make it, their tiny lives improved mine by heaps and I can apply my experience later!
The eggs are still alive by the way! There are two confirmed alive. The suspected blastocyst with no embryo was starting to darken, so I threw it out. I opened it first to confirm, and it was indeed just a clear bubble with no growing fetus inside.
I've got my incubator to stabilize at a constant 37.5, although I still have to wake up and feed my paranoia-beast every half hour just in case. I'm adding a drop of water to the bottom of the incubator away from the nest so that it gets steamy, but not moist.
I'm planning to not candle for a few days, since they're at a critical stage of development and I don't want to rupture the membrane by accident until the connections get a little stronger, but I'll keep you posted!
I can't believe they've made it this far, and I've already learned a ton from them, so even if they don't make it, their tiny lives improved mine by heaps and I can apply my experience later!
2 black cheek zebras and 5 CFW zebras, one A&M pied coturnix hen, my darling cream/lavender coturnix roo, and his attitude.
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Re: Inexperienced and surprised
MisterGribs
Dont forget to turn the egg or the membranes will get stuck to one side of the shell. ;)
Dont forget to turn the egg or the membranes will get stuck to one side of the shell. ;)
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Re: Inexperienced and surprised
Babs I turn the eggs every 3 hours and clean my hands with alcohol before every time!
2 black cheek zebras and 5 CFW zebras, one A&M pied coturnix hen, my darling cream/lavender coturnix roo, and his attitude.