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Post by skysmum on Oct 27, 2017 14:30:10 GMT
This is very exciting  , i too cant wait to see how they develop colour wise, its like a box of chocolates, you never know what your gonna get We watched a highland calf being born in September in the lake district, i cried, it was so beautiful and he was standing and trying to suckle in minutes, still steaming and wet from the birth, the miracle of life  |
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Post by clt80 on Oct 27, 2017 21:01:13 GMT
No 1 is a week old today! Eggs 4 and 5 have not hatched, well as of this morning when I looked. I want to look all the time, but i am doing it once a day to check what's going on and that is ok. Shirley and John don't want me constantly looking even though I want to. If I am able to I will take a picture, all depends if Shirley is out the box and as long as she isn't stressed out. Baby no1's is very big now. I can see little, tiny pinnies of what must be the first baby feathers. I read they get them around 10 days old. In my head I think there will be a mix of the colours of Shirley and John. But who knows. I have tried to get my head around mutations and can't even decipher my mutations my own birds are, never mind what these babies will be. Will update in the morning |
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Post by clt80 on Oct 28, 2017 8:59:47 GMT
 Baby no.4 has hatched. I presume it's under the bundle that is the lovely Shirley. |
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Post by Marianne Marlow on Oct 28, 2017 9:11:53 GMT
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Post by clt80 on Oct 28, 2017 9:46:19 GMT
Oh thanks Marianne for enlarging. Whatever size option I choose for uploading they always come out the same small size I worry the two little ones under here won't be able to breath. They must be squashed .... I hope they are ok. |
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Post by Shirls on Oct 28, 2017 9:48:00 GMT
This is so exciting clt80! I can imagine you wanting to have a peek several times throughout the day, I know I would. |
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Post by clt80 on Oct 28, 2017 10:52:53 GMT
Do I now need to be getting them out and checking for splayed legs and food getting stuck that could cause an underbite? Or is it too soon to do this and I'm just being pedantic?
I have an overwhelming urge to check all is okay, and there is a niggle inside me saying let Shirley do what nature intended and don't interfere.
For all the reading up I've done about this, it's all still new to me and I'm second guessing myself all the time.
What do you all think?
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Post by Hezz on Oct 28, 2017 11:03:30 GMT
I don't know really either, but I do feel leave alone until all eggs have hatched. But then again splayed legs need to be seen to asap .... is there plenty of nesting material in the box? Lack of purchase seems to be the main cause of splayed legs in budgie chicks.
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Post by clt80 on Oct 28, 2017 11:35:30 GMT
I've more nesting material, I was going to start changing it when the babies started pooping. But yes, maybe I should put more in and Shirley can distribute it how she wants it. Thanks.
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Post by rose on Oct 28, 2017 20:38:46 GMT
So cute Beautiful beautiful Shirley! |
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Post by samwiseg on Oct 29, 2017 8:05:19 GMT
Oh my Shirley, John and you clt80 are doing BRILLIANTLY! This is so why I love this forum, for the sharing of information, experience and most of all other peoples joy and delight! Marvellous |
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Post by skysmum on Oct 29, 2017 10:16:31 GMT
Ohhhh look at those pink babies, adorable . As Hezz said once the last egg has hatched you can start to clean the box |
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Post by clt80 on Oct 29, 2017 12:11:45 GMT
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Post by clt80 on Oct 29, 2017 12:13:07 GMT
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Post by Marianne Marlow on Oct 29, 2017 12:51:14 GMT
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, i too cant wait to see how they develop colour wise, its like a box of chocolates, you never know what your gonna get 
