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Hand-raised Purple Grenadier chick
Posted: Mon Jul 06, 2015 2:10 pm
by Sunbay
One of my youngest Purple Grenadier (Uraeginthus ianthinogaster) pair, hatched their first clutch of 3. Only one was fed and alive the day after hatch. The parents were a little freaked out, at these tiny alien creatures, and not sure what to do. So, I pulled the baby, and hand-fed.
I learned many things from trying to hand-feed these guys last year. It was not an easy task, and there was pretty much no sleep for the first 10 days.
I can't swear by it, but the chirps and begging sounds seemed to stimulate another young pair, into nesting, and now they have 3 5-day old babies themselves! Chirps from that nest are getting louder, and the parents eat Phoenix worms (black soldier fly larvae), as fast as I can dump them in!
I will detail what I used for rearing and feeding this little one, in a separate post.
Enjoy the photos of growth progress!
Re: Hand-raised Purple Grenadier chick - Rest of the pics
Posted: Mon Jul 06, 2015 2:13 pm
by Sunbay
Here are the rest of the photos - I could only upload 5 at a time.
Re: Hand-raised Purple Grenadier chick
Posted: Mon Jul 06, 2015 3:13 pm
by debbie276
Wonderful pictures!
Thanks for sharing
Re: Hand-raised Purple Grenadier chick
Posted: Mon Jul 06, 2015 6:41 pm
by Sally
Re: Hand-raised Purple Grenadier chick
Posted: Tue Jul 07, 2015 8:36 am
by cindy
I enjoyed watching Skye grow up.... great Job, Lauren. Congratulations on your new PG babies!!
Re: Hand-raised Purple Grenadier chick
Posted: Tue Jul 07, 2015 10:25 am
by carcoozie
Oh my goodness - how tiny! Terrific job!
Re: Hand-raised Purple Grenadier chick
Posted: Tue Jul 07, 2015 10:44 am
by MiaCarter
Wowee!
I know this is a super tough species to breed and even more challenging to hand raise!
Big congrats to you! So rewarding!
What a dark colored baby! I can't get over the super dark complexion. So cute!!!
Re: Hand-raised Purple Grenadier chick
Posted: Tue Jul 07, 2015 10:16 pm
by Colt
Yay for posting Skye! I just love that you're having luck with this species Lauren. Hopefully you and other dedicated breeders will be able to offer parent-raised, captive-bred Purple Grenadiers in the years to come.
I love you were able to close-band the little one. Are you going to try that with the chicks the parents are currently feeding or are you just going to wait until fledge?
Re: Hand-raised Purple Grenadier chick
Posted: Wed Jul 08, 2015 12:50 pm
by jonvill
Congratulations breeding and hand-raising this challenging species!
Re: Hand-raised Purple Grenadier chick
Posted: Wed Jul 08, 2015 4:03 pm
by Gráinne Barrett
Congratulations on successfully breeding this species. I love purple grenadiers, their colour is just fabulous, wish I had them!
Re: Hand-raised Purple Grenadier chick
Posted: Thu Jul 09, 2015 1:54 am
by cjkrit
Fantastic job!
Well done and congrats.
Re: Hand-raised Purple Grenadier chick
Posted: Thu Jul 09, 2015 7:23 pm
by Ginene
Yay Skye!!! Growing up into such a gorgeous Gren
Re: Hand-raised Purple Grenadier chick
Posted: Sun Jul 19, 2015 8:50 am
by Colt
How is Skye doing
Sunbay?