tori
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Post by tori on Sept 19, 2006 18:50:05 GMT 10
My ringnecks have hatched a baby its about a week old now. They have two other eggs that havent hatched so im thinking they wont hatch but ill leave them,(dont want to do that again after last year  ).I want to hand rear it later but should I . Ive heard new parents will morn for the babies dissapearence. I dont know if they have breed b4 i got them but they were only 2.5 so they probable didnt. They breed last year and i tolk the egges out and that was disarturious anywayz can I take the baby out @ bout pin feather stage will they morn and never breed again. ? tori |
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Post by agent44 on Sept 19, 2006 22:35:47 GMT 10
From my experience they shouldn't mourn, they will just go down again in a few weeks.
Do the other two eggs looks clear?
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Post by AussieBirds on Sept 20, 2006 10:14:18 GMT 10
My ringnecks have hatched a baby its about a week old now. They have two other eggs that havent hatched so im thinking they wont hatch but ill leave them,(dont want to do that again after last year ).I want to hand rear it later but should I . Ive heard new parents will morn for the babies dissapearence. I dont know if they have breed b4 i got them but they were only 2.5 so they probable didnt. They breed last year and i tolk the egges out and that was disarturious anywayz can I take the baby out @ bout pin feather stage will they morn and never breed again. ? tori They wont mourn Tori they will probably go down again within the next two weeks. If it were me I wouldn't remove the other eggs just yet, how long have they been incubated? I would keep a very close eye on them and check the eggs every day. If you pull the baby now be prepared for a few late night feeds and a lot of care for it. John |
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Post by tori on Sept 20, 2006 22:07:43 GMT 10
cool well i will rear the baby in a couple more weeks, I hav some friends who want a baby so I want to get the baby out fairly early so its is happy with human company and wants human company and i love to hand rear , ive only hand reared a canary so Im thinking this will be a bit easier. Can't wait till the baby old enough. I was thinking at pin feather stage cus ive heard thats the best age for less experienced reares. I have a worry these other eggs might hatch becuase if they do I was thinking they wont survive becuase the other baby is so old. I will leave the eggs their !  thanxz for clearing up that misconception. cheers tori |
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Post by AussieBirds on Sept 21, 2006 10:19:27 GMT 10
Tori hand raising is never easy and takes a lot of dedication, good luck and if we can be of any help just give us a yell.
John
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Post by vankarhi on Sept 23, 2006 20:34:52 GMT 10
there is no real reason to pull the baby too early unless it is in danger. I have raised a few birds from 3/4 weeks (presently a 4.5 week old alexandrine boy well he is 5 weeks old tomorrow but I have had him for 4 days) and they still become wonderful pets but have the advantage of the parents feeding them and giving them that natural bacteria they need in the first few weeks.
Have I explained it properly John???
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Post by AussieBirds on Sept 24, 2006 9:49:13 GMT 10
Yes that's pretty close Tracey, what you are saying is just about spot on. I like to leave them with the parents as long as possible and then hand tame them rather than hand raise them, the parents food is far better for them than any hand raising mix you can get and my experience is a parent raised bird is always bigger than a hand raised bird.
John
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).I want to hand rear it later but should I . Ive heard new parents will morn 
