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Post by Sarah on Feb 28, 2014 22:15:14 GMT
If you want to look in the nest, you can check for yourself if the baby is being fed. If the baby's crop is full, then it is being fed. The crop is a small, yellowish pouch on the neck/upper chest under the throat. It should be a pale yellow, and you want it to be bulging a bit.
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Post by Perla MV on Feb 28, 2014 22:23:36 GMT
I just did it haha, I made a modification on the nest not long ago, now I can check on the chicks/eggs the baby is so tiny!!!!!! I couldn't see much because of its posture but I took a picture, I didn't want to touch it because maybe the parents would get mad , I think it's well fed though, what do you think?
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Post by Sarah on Feb 28, 2014 22:24:10 GMT
Yes, it is being fed Touching the baby will not make the parents angry, or make them reject it, contrary to popular belief. I actually highly recommend taking baby chicks out and touching, holding and playing with them as they grow up. It will make them imprint on people as part of their family. HOWEVER! Don't just yet. This baby is new and super delicate. At a week and a half to two weeks, you should start handling them on a daily basis, to make sure there are no growth defects and that the bird will be tame and cuddly.
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Post by Perla MV on Feb 28, 2014 22:32:59 GMT
AWww I can't wait!! Yeah I'm gonna do that, I don't want it to be scared of me like Poki or Leelo when they first arrived ... I'm dying to know how it's going to look like
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Post by Sarah on Feb 28, 2014 22:34:15 GMT
I see that there is no or very little bedding in there, do you have something you could give the baby to help hold it up? Even a cloth would be better than the bare wood, although wood shavings are a much better idea all around.
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Post by Perla MV on Feb 28, 2014 22:37:34 GMT
there are too little wood shavings, they only didn't show on the picture, Poki has spent her days sweeping away everything that is not eggs haha I'm gonna try to put a piece of cloth, I hope he leaves it there... Any advice on what material I should use?
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Post by Tohru1529 (April) on Mar 1, 2014 0:08:49 GMT
Perla MV love your baby. Can not wait to see more. I raise baby conures in 2011.
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Post by Pammy on Mar 1, 2014 1:07:28 GMT
Oh Perla! I am just in love! Your tiny newborn chicky is sooooo sweet.
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Post by Sarah on Mar 1, 2014 3:16:06 GMT
Cloth is a tricky question, because you can't use anything that might snarl in the babies claws. It would be better to just add a pinch of wood shavings every day
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Post by Perla MV on Mar 1, 2014 3:24:45 GMT
Ohhh I see, the thing is that I don't know where I could get the wood shavings I think I remember seeing a kind of nest like mine but that is already done, and it's full of shavings, I could buy one of those and use the shavings... I could save the new nest for next year because this one is already all dirty with poop on the outside eww
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Post by Sarah on Mar 1, 2014 3:36:23 GMT
How about shredded paper then? No ink though.
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Post by santinoandmondo on Mar 1, 2014 3:48:46 GMT
You can tear up bits of corrugated cardboard too...
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Post by Perla MV on Mar 1, 2014 4:03:07 GMT
ohhhhhhh thats perfect! I have tons of corrugated cardboard also clean paper haha, I can use any of those thank you so much!
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Post by ange on Mar 1, 2014 4:08:55 GMT
Oh how exciting! Congratulations! we have babies at the same time I have 3 in my clutch, 1, 6 & 8 days old now. I am very excited to see how many you have hatch and what colours they might be!
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Post by lisamarie on Mar 1, 2014 4:40:16 GMT
This is so cute!!! I can't wait for me to have baby birdies!! And I can't wait to see how yours grow up!
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