new babies!

FeatherHarp · Post by **FeatherHarp** » Tue Dec 09, 2008 8:02 pm

Thanks for sharing those photos.....such precious little pink babies!

jamezyboo21 · Post by **jamezyboo21** » Tue Dec 09, 2008 8:02 pm

My goulds are the same when i have to move them to check the babies. I think i made a boo boo though. yesterday one of the goulds hatched out a baby. They had been feeding it and staying in the nest with it, but when i checked last night no one was in the nest so i freaked out an immediately moved the baby and 2 eggs in the society nest. Luckily the 2 baby societies fledged an fed on there own now for a week so i removed them back into the flight. Anyways this morning and a few minutes ago i saw the gould parents checking the now empty nest and they been chirping as if they are calling there babies. Another egg hatched today and the societies are feeding the 2 new goulds and the 18 day old gould as well. I feel bad now cause i think if i left them the goulds would've tooken care of them. I am moving the male and female gould pair in a cage together so they can bond better and this time i am not gonna do nest checks until i see babies fledge from the nest. Nothing bad happened i just feel bad that i removed the goulds from there parents cause they have been checking the nest all day but i dont want to move the babies back since the socities are already doing a good job.

dfcauley · Post by **dfcauley** » Wed Dec 10, 2008 6:07 am

L in Ontario wrote:As long as you know who the parents are - that's what counts so they don't get cross-bred with sibs. (IMHO)

I won't be keeping the sibs long enough for them to cross breed. When they molt..... they get new homes!

L in Ontario · Post by **L in Ontario** » Wed Dec 10, 2008 11:08 am

Same thing here Donna. I sell mine too... unless there's a particular different baby that I do not have an adult version of - for example a blue, pastel blue or dilute with a purple breast. Those I would keep for future breeding.

MalditoGorrion · Post by **MalditoGorrion** » Wed Dec 10, 2008 2:03 pm

Your goulds must be very good parents. Congratulations !!!!

dfcauley · Post by **dfcauley** » Wed Dec 10, 2008 2:30 pm

L in Ontario wrote:Same thing here Donna. I sell mine too... unless there's a particular different baby that I do not have an adult version of - for example a blue, pastel blue or dilute with purple breast. Those I would keep for future breeding.

It is so strange to me that I keep getting so many dilutes. I had never had one before. They are pretty, but I really like the normals best. I have seen prices where the dilutes cost more. I found that odd too because they are not as pretty to me as the normals.

I am getting either dilutes or yellows. So far.... no normals.

dfcauley · Post by **dfcauley** » Fri Dec 12, 2008 12:02 pm

Another baby hatched yesterday so now there are seven. The nest is going to be very crowded. They chose the smallest one this time. It is a wood nest with a top that lifts off, but not so big. There are still two eggs in there and they look fertile, but haven't hatched so far. I am almost hoping that they don't.

FeatherHarp · Post by **FeatherHarp** » Fri Dec 12, 2008 12:45 pm

All those babies....hatching!

Donna, I think you need to rename your location to "Finch City" Georgia.

jamezyboo21 · Post by **jamezyboo21** » Wed Dec 24, 2008 12:34 am

So how many hatched in the end and are they fledging yet?