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Post by Karen on Feb 23, 2009 10:53:58 GMT 10
I am so very excited about it! My gorgeous male & gorgeous female finally have a chick! I have perservered with these 2 for about 2 years and they didn't breed. Couple months ago they laid a couple eggs but left them. Yesterday when putting fresh food for them I picked up the box, saw through the hole the hen scoot to the side of the box and look up at me so I opened the top and lo and behold there is a little fluffy butt there! 3 more eggs to go - don't know if they are fertile or not but finally a bub! I've no idea what the bub will look like - at the moment I can't show any pictures as I still don't have my home pc and I cannot access photobucket at work. I think the male is Lime and the hen is an opaline of some sort. My birds just love to breed at the wrong end of the season.  |
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Post by madaussie on Feb 23, 2009 11:32:18 GMT 10
Congrats mine are like rabbits.
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Post by Karen on Feb 23, 2009 13:09:23 GMT 10
My bourke pair are like that. |
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Post by sypher on Feb 23, 2009 19:22:29 GMT 10
Congrats! I hope they go well for you.
Shaun
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Post by meandem on Feb 24, 2009 7:31:48 GMT 10
:DThat is great news. Good to hear that you perservered with them. Doesn't always work for humans the first time around! Birds are sometimes the same. I'm sure they will be great parronts and you will be a great grandparront! Now........ no spoiling them just yet  |
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Post by Karen on Feb 24, 2009 8:01:36 GMT 10
Too late!  I've been hunting around the yard for the wild seed grasses, gave them a branch off their favourite plant to munch on and for good measure snapped off a piece of the aloe vera for them. Can't give them much aloe vera anymore since my rosella's ate most of it, should have kept them - they were super strong and healthy! I've got some millet sprays at home, I'll give them some - hopefully the other red rump pair and the rosella pair will leave some for them. |
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Post by madaussie on Feb 24, 2009 8:26:01 GMT 10
I go down the road and get wild grass seed out of a paddock they love it.
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Post by meandem on Feb 24, 2009 8:26:01 GMT 10
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Post by Karen on Feb 24, 2009 10:44:28 GMT 10
hehe It's a point of contention with my family that my birds eat better than I do.  |
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Post by Karen on Mar 1, 2009 22:27:37 GMT 10
Checked the box yesterday and saw 4 fluffy butts in there! I am very happy about that, I have finally found where these 2 are happy to breed and I get 100% fertility. Here are the fluffy butts:  Here are the parents, dad on the left (any idea what bubs will be?):   |
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Post by meandem on Mar 2, 2009 7:17:17 GMT 10
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Post by madaussie on Mar 2, 2009 8:39:02 GMT 10
Aww they sre just so cute at that age .
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Post by Karen on Mar 7, 2009 21:32:06 GMT 10
They are at the squawking stage when you pick the nest box up. Mum couldn't be bothered moving for the pics. The eldest also pee'd on me when I picked it up!   |
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Post by Karen on Mar 15, 2009 11:21:51 GMT 10
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Post by madaussie on Mar 15, 2009 14:39:02 GMT 10
Good to see them growing.
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Post by sypher on Mar 15, 2009 18:49:56 GMT 10
They are growing really well! Look forward to seeing them coloured up!
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Post by Karen on Mar 23, 2009 22:15:55 GMT 10
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Post by meandem on Mar 24, 2009 7:19:59 GMT 10
Look good now you say  ....................they look excellent.  Their colour is really starting to show, and what beautiful colours they are. I just adore the way Joey is looking in, I love how rosellas always push their beak on the side of the nest boxes. |
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Post by courtzrocks on Mar 24, 2009 9:07:54 GMT 10
Awww arent they the cutest!!! Beautiful!!!! We just got a pair of red rumps in at work yesterday. Opaline male and blue pied female, very pretty...but not as cute as babies...but then again, what is?
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Post by Karen on Mar 28, 2009 22:12:49 GMT 10
Chick 2 had fledged when I went up today. She also had the bloodied face of a fledged Red Rump When I opened the nest box to check on the others Chick 1 jumped out of the box and started flying around (and crashing LOL). Chick 1:  Chick 1 with some of the other residents:  Chick 2:   Chick 3:   Chick 4 looks like he's going to be a cheeky boy! His colouring is a normal red rump which is confusing:   |
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I've been hunting around the yard for the wild seed grasses, gave them a branch off their favourite plant to munch on and for good measure snapped off a piece of the aloe vera for them. Can't give them much aloe vera anymore since my rosella's ate most of it, should have kept them - they were super strong and healthy!
....................they look excellent. 
