Flock Update!!!

Okay I know I totally went MIA again, sorry about that, I have been and still am mega sick and so is my Mom now too whichs means I’ve had to do a lot more stuff than I feel like or should be doing, but anyway on to the flock.

The Budgies:

They had one fertile egg from their first clutch and the chick hatched on March 15, 2013, named Haven.

Before Haven was even out of the nest box, they decided to have another clutch, this time there are 4 chicks, the oldest hatched on 5/4/13, 2nd hatched on 5/7/2013, 3rd hatched on 5/9/13, and the last hatched 5/10/13.

The cockatiels:

Apparently my teils have decided to lay a clutch as well, I check the nest box and they have 2 eggs. You can see Sing-Sing here protecting them.

Tango:

I uploaded a couple new videos of Tango on youtube. He is such a doll, he’s come up with a few new nicknames for me, including pretty bird and honey, he’s such a sweet talker, he’s also decided that he likes me to rub his tongue as well as his head, lol.

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New additions:

Well after years of talking about it I finally bought me some chickens, 3 to be exact. They are just so cute and they are growing like weeds, I have already had to put together a new brooder for them cause they out grew there’s in a matter of a day. This one should last awhile though, its a 45 gallon storage tub for the bottom and a mesh screen lid I made for the top, easy access and the overhead lights work great on it.

In addition to the chickens, I will also be getting another cinnamon green cheek conure in a few days, I guess you could say its a late birthday present for my self.

And as for the rest of my flock they are doing great I will hopefully be pulling the budgie chicks in a couple of days for handfeeding 🙂

Finally Eggs…

I’m back again, hehe, sorry everyone, things went crazy and my health has worsened, so I’ve been MIA for a while. I do have good news to report though, after almost 2 years of trying, one of my budgie pairs (Angel & Onyx) finally laid an egg. Avitech’s Aviagra works wonders, hehe. The male is a rare Anthracate mutation. Now I’m just hoping they are fertile, I haven’t candled them yet and I might not for a while as Angel doesn’t come out much, lol I haven’t actually even seen her come out, but I’m not with them all the time since they are in my bird room. So far we are up to 3 eggs. Now without further delay its picture time.

The eggs and I

So far Lola my whiteface pearl cockatiel has laid a total of 5 eggs in two different clutches in the last month and none of them have been fertile, which doesn’t surprise me at all as I’m sure Lander has no clue how to mate properly, sigh I was really hoping for chicks from this pair, but it looks like I’ll have to try one of my other pairs instead.