Little Battlers

[Cbone28]

Hi all,
Just thought i would update the little ones i am hand rearing. After a rough 24 hours, 1 of the 2 we are hand rearing has now strengthened up, and is feeding confidently. Initially i thought the little guy would leave us, but he has hung in there. For those who dont know, our pair of tiels hatched 6. The first 4 are growing quickly and becoming quite strong birds. The last two were lagging, so on the weekend i pulled them from the nest and began rearing them. I would say the youngest may only be 8-10 days old. The parents are both normal, except for the tell-tale sign of yellow patches on the baclk of the heads to indicate split for . 3 of the littlies have yellow down, 3 have white. Someone on the old forum suggested the white down indicates white-faced? Having never owned white faced, this would be great!

I will let you know how they all progress.

[parrotpotential]

Hi Steve, white down certainly does indicate whiteface, congrats. So both the parents must be split for whiteface. Good luck

[hillcresttiels]

And the tick markings on the back of the head generally indicate split to Pied hope all goes well ;)Frank

[Smiley]

way to go,Cbone28.Good work.Yes I have found some normal teils this year that have breed white-face for myself as well.It is such a shock when this happens..I have white-face already.But I did not now some others around have it in the either ..



Natalie

[Cbone284]

Update on the little fella's. They are both getting quite pushy and excited when i enter the room clinking the glass. Very confident little guys indeed!! I am very excited at the white-faced prospect. I have kept pieds, pearl-pieds, cinnamons, normals and lutino's, but never white faced!!!

By the way, Cbone284 and Cbone28 are the same person....

[pollyparrot]

there is nothing more rewarding than pulling a baby from the brink its a true miricle they way these little fellows adapt to being handreared i still am in awe of how small they are and how strong they are, like the little budgie who almost died a trillion times he is now big and noisy and perches ect as much as i love the others he will be special as he was a battler
way to go

[Cbone284]

Feeding still going strong. Bigger bird didnt seem to interested in tucker tonight. 4 out in box also going strong. Happy with progress so far.