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Post by birdeatcat » Fri Aug 17, 2012 9:06 pm

I found that only 2 were fertile when I candled them, So we kept the two fertile ones, and the rest are plastic. and well, I am indeed running out of space to place cages, plus it'll be easier for them to handle 2 babies rather then more.

XD but they are very happy with them, and Haru is such a good mommy =DDD

And their really tiny too! XD
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Post by L in Ontario » Fri Aug 17, 2012 9:48 pm

Two is a fine number of chicks for first time parents. =D>
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Post by birdeatcat » Sat Aug 18, 2012 4:56 pm

XD, maybe they'll be twins! he he he!
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Post by birdeatcat » Tue Aug 21, 2012 10:14 am

Good news, I believe the babies are about 6-7 days old, Haru was nice enough to let me get a picture of one of the little babies!

The other one is under her so Yes! there is 2 babies! I hear them peeping every so often, their soo darned cute.

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Haru has a tendency to move nest material a bit, there isn't anything actually hurting the baby around it's neck, it's just a piece of nesting material over the baby. Ah yes the left over eggs are plastic XDDD
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Post by Sally » Tue Aug 21, 2012 10:45 am

Congrats on the babies! It is always so exciting to get to see and hear those little ones, never gets old. My favorite time with babies is from fledging to weaning, get to watch them explore their new world, sample new foods--it's wonderful. :D And I agree with Liz, it is great to hear about our babies having babies!
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Post by debbie276 » Tue Aug 21, 2012 11:30 am

Beautiful picture, congratulations!
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Post by birdeatcat » Tue Aug 21, 2012 11:41 am

^^ thank you very much everyone, I hope Liz see's them too! =D
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Post by L in Ontario » Tue Aug 21, 2012 11:44 am

Well you can rest assured that Liz WANTS to see them sooo bad!! But can't while I'm here (at work - shhhhh). Darn firewalls!! :evil:

I'll be racing (almost) home to see them tonight. Awwww, I just can't wait!!!
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Post by birdeatcat » Tue Aug 21, 2012 12:38 pm

XD poor Liz lol!
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Post by DanteD716 » Tue Aug 21, 2012 1:09 pm

Omg how cute! Congrats!!

Liz hurry!! :lol: :lol:
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Post by L in Ontario » Tue Aug 21, 2012 3:50 pm

birdeatcat wrote: Good news, I believe the babies are about 6-7 days old, Haru was nice enough to let me get a picture of one of the little babies!

The other one is under her so Yes! there is 2 babies! I hear them peeping every so often, their soo darned cute.
Ahhhhh just look at my baby's baby!! Wooooohoooooo - that's a beautiful sight (now that I can see them)!! Congratulations Erica! I love it! Thank you so much for sharing them. :mrgreen: =D> =D> =D> =D>
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Post by birdeatcat » Tue Aug 21, 2012 4:43 pm

Heh ^^ you should also be thanking Haru cause she was nice enough to show and let me take a picture. But thanks Liz. I'll let her know how pleased you are XDD
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Post by birdeatcat » Sat Aug 25, 2012 9:45 am

Hi all I got some blurry pictures of the Babies, but XD I believe they will be Choco pieds like their parents XD
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Sorry their so dark but if you really look, their starting to grow Pin feathers!
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you can also see them and other pictures of all the little birds I own XD here at http://hiroandono.blog.fc2.com/
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Post by L in Ontario » Sat Aug 25, 2012 11:46 am

Awww they are growing and looking good. I could be mistaken but when I go back to the first pic of the chick, I think they may have been actually around 3 - 4 days old due to their size. At about 6 - 7 days of age they start getting pin feathers poking through on their wings. I am guessing they would be around 10 days old now. Can't wait for when they fledge when they are about 21 days old. =D> :mrgreen: =D>
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Post by birdeatcat » Sat Aug 25, 2012 12:44 pm

Yea, I've lost count yet I have their birth dates in a book XD So I should go check that and start counting lol!

^^ I saw Ryuu feeding them earlier today, the pin feathers are much longer today, then when I took the photo's and that was yesterday
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