Two new Gouldian clutches !!!

[Jen]

Pictures of my two Gouldian clutches! I've been hearing cheep-cheeping a lot and finally got them out for banding. All are doing great and being fed by their parents. So proud of my bird babies!!! So far so good!!!

[Babs _Owner]

Jen

Congratulations! Those babies look very healthy!

[lovezebs]

Babs

Looking great Jenny, woo-hoo!!!

Not sure if you mentioned this in another post, but what colours are the parents, and what colour babies are you expecting ?

They look well fed, so parents are definitely doing a good job .

[Jen]

In the first photo, Hen is a BH PB green back and Cock is OH PB GB

Second photo, Hen is OH PB GB and Cock is RH PB GB split to Blue

Don't know what to expect. Most look GB so far except for one that looks a little lighter than the rest. Time will tell !!!

They are in my outdoor aviary and we have had a LOT of rain and actual flooding today. Last weekend, with Hurricane Patricia hitting Mexico, here in SE Texas we ended up having a lot of rain and up to 30 miles an hour gust of winds. OMG....could use a break in the weather!!! I probably would have won "Funniest Home Videos" if my daughter and I could have been videoed trying to wrap plastic sheeting around the aviary in the wind and rain last weekend. A few days earlier it was getting up to 90F during the day. So I definitely didn't need to enclose the aviary....yet... Texas weather....you gotta love it !!!

So far all my birds and babies are looking good.

I have Gold Breast that are on a nest of eggs. And my Senegal Fires are on a nest, but keep leaving it "unattended" for extended amounts of time, then go back on the nest and set. Not sure how many or if any will hatch. "Flame" and "Sparky" (from their first clutch) are growing and looking great. This will be another "wait and see"...

Tomorrow is supposed to be a sun shining day!!!! Yea! Don't know who will be happier, me or my feathered babies?

[lovezebs]

Jen

I hope you manage to keep dry, Jenny. Watching the news, I've seen pictures of terrible flooding in certain parts of Texas.

Keep yourselves and your birdlings safe.

[Jen]

lovezebs
Thank you Elana. No rain expected today. Thank goodness!!! I'm not looking forward to the winter time. I hate winter!!!! I could never live in Canada .....I'd never survive! Already counting the days till spring! LOL !!!

[lovezebs]

Jen

Wishing you a day of "SUNSHINE !"

I hate Winter too, but here I am, and don't have much choice about it.

[SocietyBird]

Congratulations!!! They're beautiful!

[Jen]

SocietyBird

Thank you Anne. I'm pretty proud of my little Gouldian families!

[Rox]

Congrats Jen, they are beautiful!

And so so glad you weren't too badly hit by the effects of the hurricane. Scary stuff!

[Jen]

Rox
Texas did not have a "direct hit" from hurricane Patricia, but we did get the residuals of the winds and rain as it made landfall and continued across the states. Then after that "exciting" weekend, this past weekend we had more rain than before, with no where for all the previous rainwater to go! I will post pics of the streets that run in front of my home. It was pretty incredible! But after all that, my birds seem to be doing okay. I'm keeping a close watch on them. Thanks for your comments.

[Jen]

Rox lovezebs Babs
A few photos of the weekend rains and flooding. These were taken standing on my front porch looking out on to the street that runs in front of my home and one standing at the end of our driveway looking out onto the road. Lots of rain to say the least!!! All of my neighbors were lucky and no one got water into their homes.....and I was able to keep all my birds somewhat "DRY"??!!?!?

[Rox]

That is a lot of water So glad that you and your birds are ok!