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5th Time lucky

Post by MariusStegmann » Sat Nov 28, 2015 10:51 am

I have a pair shafttails, that failed to raise chicks about 4 times. This time things looks to have gone further than the previous times. I have been hearing a racket coming from that nest for the last 2 weeks. Hopefully they will be successful in raising the chicks. I have been too scared to go near the nest and check. From experience I know that shafttail babies leave their nests like bats from hell if they get a scare long before they are due to leave. The problem is you can't put them back into the nest, they just go out again.
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Re: 5th Time lucky

Post by lovezebs » Sat Nov 28, 2015 11:20 am

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Keeping my fingers crossed for you and your Shaftail family. If there has been a racket the last two weeks, then they should be just about ready to pop out I would guess \:D/
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Re: 5th Time lucky

Post by Jen » Sat Nov 28, 2015 11:47 am

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Can't wait for pictures!!! Best of luck with them!


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Re: 5th Time lucky

Post by MariusStegmann » Sat Nov 28, 2015 11:53 am

Thank you Jenny and Elana. They might just prove me wrong, I almost made history and put their eggs under the Societies. I have never used my Societies for fostering.
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Re: 5th Time lucky

Post by lovezebs » Sat Nov 28, 2015 5:33 pm

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Hopefully this time they have it figured out right :-D.
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Re: 5th Time lucky

Post by MariusStegmann » Tue Dec 01, 2015 7:29 am

There is only one shaft-tail baby, and it actually changed nests. It is surely noisy for one bird. It still has not fledged yet.
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Re: 5th Time lucky

Post by lovezebs » Tue Dec 01, 2015 8:40 am

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How on earth did it change nests if t hasn't fledged yet :shock: ?
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Re: 5th Time lucky

Post by MariusStegmann » Tue Dec 01, 2015 11:09 am

lovezebs The new nest is directly below the old nest and there are branches in front of both nests. I put a finger into the old nest and felt a dead dried up chick inside. I think it moved because of the dead chick.
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Re: 5th Time lucky

Post by Babs _Owner » Tue Dec 01, 2015 11:34 am

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You must be very excited about the new baby! Hurray!
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Re: 5th Time lucky

Post by MariusStegmann » Wed Dec 02, 2015 7:09 am

The little shyster fledged today. Hopefully the parenting skills of the parents will improve now.
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Re: 5th Time lucky

Post by monotwine » Wed Dec 02, 2015 7:57 am

=D> well done. 1 done and many more to go. Once your pair have trialled breeding with this one, maybe they will go on to produce many more.
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Re: 5th Time lucky

Post by Jen » Wed Dec 02, 2015 9:07 am

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Yea!!!!!!!! How beautiful!!! I'm so excited for you. Hopefully this is the first of many more babies. Congratulations!!!!!!


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Re: 5th Time lucky

Post by lovezebs » Wed Dec 02, 2015 10:32 am

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Well congratulations !
He looks like a healthy happy baby :-).
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