Learning new things every day !

Bub # 1 - 3 wks, 3 days old

Playing with the ladder and sitting on a perch for the 1st time !

Bubba's reach 3 wks old !!!

All 4 babies are doing extremely well - apart from the heat that is so I've moved them to inside with the air conditioning ..

I sit them in their cage with a towel over the top .. the heat here for the past week has been unbearable and it's just too hot for them .. I have had them inside for almost a week now - Bub #4 still had his eyes closed when I brought them in .. but boy oh boy he's very bright eyed and bushy tailed now ! ..

He chases the spoon all over the place to get fed .. lol .. he's such a little cutie !

Bub #1 - 3 wks old 27-01-09

Bub #2 - 3 wks old 28-01-09

Bub #3 - 3 wks old 29-01-09

Bub #4 - 3 wks old 31-01-09

Video # 4 - babies are growing !

Wow ! .. I can't believe how quickly our bubba's are growing .. they just love being inside and are so alert now ..

Video #3 - Hand Feeding

Handing feeding 1 of our bub's

Babies are doing very well

The babies are growing so quickly - Bub #2 is already wanting to be picked up .. lol .. it's so cute .. they are walking all over the nest box and boy oh boy do they love their food !

We are hand feeding them now because Bub #4 is so tiny he wasn't getting enough from mum dad so over the past few days - I've been taking them from the nest during the day and hand feeding all 4 ..

Bub #4 is doing really well now - still very tiny - but god can the little bugger eat .. he stands up really tall and beg's like there's no tomorrow ..

Bub's 1,2 and 3 are fed every 4 hours - Bub #4 get's fed every 2-3 hours if required .. This morning they were fed 7am so next feed should 11am - maybe a bit earlier for Bub #4 ..

I have a bird cage that has a big door on it - so the babies are in that, inside a nest box lined with paper towel which get's changed every couple of hours if needed .. I leave them on the back verandah during the day ..

last night was their 1st night out of the nest box away from mum and dad so we put them in the computer room - on our filing cabinet .. I got up at 11.30pm and fed them ..

I'll have some hand feeding video's up soon ....

Bub # 2 - 2 wks old - 21-01-09

Bub #1 - 2 weeks old - 20-01-09

Bub # 4 - 1 wk old - 16-01-09

Video #2 - Charlie feeding the babies 15-01-09

This is Charlie (mumma) feeding her babies - you will notice she starts with bub #3, then #1, then #2 and finally the smallest of them all bub #4 ...

Bub #3 - 1 week old

# 5 and #6 don't make it ...

I am sad this afternoon as egg #5 and #6 didn't make it .. #5 started hatching way to early and I guess mum and dad were eager to get him out - he lived for approx 1/2 an hour .. #6 - the egg has got black patches all over it .. which is exactly what happend to the last egg in the last clutch ..

We moved the 2 remaining egg's from Charlie and Wally on advice from another bird breeder - as 4 was enough for them to handle .. and put them in with another breeding couple .. but sadly they didn't make it ..

Bub #1 and #2 eyes are starting to open

Phew ! .. what a HOT day in Brisbane today .. I went down to check the bubba's to find them puffing .. so I took the lid of the box for a while to let some cool air in and they loved it !

I also noticed that Bub #1 and #2's eyes are starting to open - so by next week they should all be open and checking out the BIG WORLD !

Bub #2 - 1 week old - 14-01-09

Video #1 - Wally feeding the babies - 9-01-09

The proud dad feeding his bubba's

1 week old today - Bub # 1

I can't believe how quickly the past week has gone ..

Bub # 1 is 1 week old today - just look at the difference !

Going LEFT to RIGHT

(L) 7/01/09 - 1 day after hatching
(R) 13/01/09 - 7 days after hatching



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Bub # 4 - 10-01-09

Hatched: 10-01-09
Colour: Yellow
Eyes: Black

Picture taken 10-01-09 a few hours after hatching

Bub #4 is the baby at the bottom of the picture - you can see his feathers still look wet

Bub #3 - 08-01-09

Hatched: 08-01-09
Colour: Yellow
Eyes: Black
Photo Taken: 09-01-09 6am

Going LEFT to RIGHT

Bub #3, #1 and #2

Look out world here I come !

Bub #3 is making a real effort to get out of his/her shell today .. by morning he/she will be well and truely out and hopefully have had a good feed !

Bub #2 - 7-01-09

Hatched: 7-01-09
Colour: Yellow
Eyes: Black

Bub #1 on the bottom - Bub #2 on the top

The egg to the RIGHT of bub #1's head is starting to hatch

Bub #1 - 6/01/09

Bub #1

Hatched: 6th January 2009
Colour: Yellow
Eyes: Pink
Picture taken: 7th January 2009