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I have a lot of young goudians in a large enclosure, and I recently observed something I didn't expect - an adolescent gouldian feeding a younger sibling from a newer clutch. Seriously... the adolescent is still in its green-gray juvenile plumage and there it was without a doubt - feesing a younger, begging sibling.

Instinct is a hell of a thing, eh?

I've seen that many times in my aviaries. It's great to see the young taking care of the young, good learning tool for adulthood too.

Isn't it incredible?

I've seen this a couple times as well and it's just so precious to watch!

As Sally mentioned, it's good training for parenthood too!

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I've seen it with Societies and Zebras, but so far not with Gouldians.

Has the youngster being fed completely weaned?