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Post by jeremy on Nov 8, 2004 8:54:19 GMT 10
I thought i should tell someone what birds of mine are breeding at the moment.
I have a pair of lovebirds with 2 babies
Another pair of lovebirds with 3 eggs
A pair of masked lovebirds with 5 eggs
A pair of Red Collared Lorikeets with 1 egg
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Post by AussieBirds on Nov 8, 2004 10:14:15 GMT 10
Sounds like it's all go at your place Jeremy, good luck with all the babies.
John
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Post by jeremy on Nov 8, 2004 17:32:47 GMT 10
Thanks John, i didn't think that any of them would breed as the weather usually starts to get really hot but the recent rain has got them going ;D
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Post by jeremy on Nov 29, 2004 17:26:31 GMT 10
Well the pair of lovebirds with 2 babies are making great parents of themselves and the babies should be out of the nest in the next two weeks. The father is a whitefaced violet pied and the mother is a normal heavy pied as she is mostly yellow
The pair of lovebirds with 3 eggs have hatched two babies and the babies are going well at this stage, i'll have to keep an eye on the babies as last time they bred, the babies died because the mother is a messy feeder and all of the food got stuck to the babies beaks and they suffocated
The pair of masked lovebirds with five eggs hatched two babies and at the moment things are looking great with the mother feeding properly etc.
The red collared lorikeet with the egg unfortunatley didn't hatch but hopefully next time she will
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Post by fischer on Nov 29, 2004 19:09:03 GMT 10
Hi Jeremy, your lovebird's are breeding well, better luck with your lorikeets next time, Cheers Tony
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Post by AussieBirds on Nov 29, 2004 19:17:02 GMT 10
That's great Jeremy My mask lovebirds have hatched two babies also they are 22 days old and starting to feather up nicely. They will be split to pied as mum is a pied, but thats another story. I still have 2 babies from her last clutch and they are as healthy as can be, thier colour is normal mask however I did notice today that one of the birds is starting to change colour to look like mum.
John
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Post by jeremy on Nov 30, 2004 15:57:24 GMT 10
Thanks Tony
That's good news John i hope your little one turns out to be a pied
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Post by Smiley on Nov 30, 2004 20:00:46 GMT 10
Hi Jeremy,
I would love to see a photo of your whitefaced violet pied.I have to clean up faces as well on some of my tiels.And some time find seed that is two big for them to swollow..grrr I have to dig it out of the throut..I use a feather to do this...It does not hurt them one bit.Lucky the birds are molting...
Natalie
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Post by jeremy on Dec 13, 2004 13:35:03 GMT 10
Well the masks are about 31 days old today and are very lively, they are just starting to feather up and should be coming out of the box in the next 2 weeks.
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Post by jeremy on Jan 2, 2005 12:37:36 GMT 10
The pair of lovebirds (Whiteface Violet Pied and Heavy Pied) with the two babies have done well, the babies have fledged and the parents are taking full advantage with this beautiful weather and have laid again.
The other pair of lovebirds (Dutch Blue and Pied Seagreen) have raised their young and the babies are sticking their heads out of the box etc, one was actually out this morning (Sunday) for a few minutes.
The masked lovebirds are doing good but the mother has been plucking the babies feathers so they won't be out for a few weeks
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