The NFC B-Day Chat Thread

[sourland]

Hi, Jae.

 

[N F C]

Hello everybody! I'm sorry I disappeared. DH managed to bring home a bug and shared it with me. It's mostly just an awful nose that runs back, not out, and I still can't shake the cough but at least I'm feeling better as it laid us flat. Thankfully the kids avoided it.

My babies are ok, but not quite as grown up/big as they should be. I'd left them in the incubator thinking that was the best place for them (and being sick I hadn't felt like finding the bits necessary to put together a brooder), but turns out it wasn't. It was just a bit too warm and apparently being too hot is as bad as being too cold. Now that they are set up in their own brooder they are putting on weight and starting to grow feathers. With one I have been agonizing over it because its crop never empties completely (and everywhere on the internet I've read that's a death sentence as it leads to sour crop). But I've now stopped worrying about it and so far he's been absolutely fine, because otherwise he's not getting fed often enough to get the correct nutrition.

We also have chicks hatching in the aviary. One is a surprise as it's a lutino. It should be a pearl pied lutino so it will be very pretty. But that pair have 8 more eggs in the nest! I'll have to take the older ones to finish because I know all the other eggs are developing and that's just too many babies.

The local petshop would love some hand reared cockatiels to sell (they can have the more common colours and I'll sell any special ones myself) and they also want some quail, so there are quail eggs in my incubator.

Now I'll just go and catch up on what you've all been up to.

Hi Jae ,

Glad you're feeling better you were missed!

It sounds like little birds everywhere for you That's great you can sell some of the cockatiels at your local petshop!

Love to see some pictures (when you're up to it).

 

[JaeG]

Hi, Jae.

Congrats on your new pup. Maggie sounds like an amazing companion already. Is there a photo somewhere?

 

[sourland]

Me, photo ?

 

[Grammy60]

Hello everybody! I'm sorry I disappeared. DH managed to bring home a bug and shared it with me. It's mostly just an awful nose that runs back, not out, and I still can't shake the cough but at least I'm feeling better as it laid us flat. Thankfully the kids avoided it.

My babies are ok, but not quite as grown up/big as they should be. I'd left them in the incubator thinking that was the best place for them (and being sick I hadn't felt like finding the bits necessary to put together a brooder), but turns out it wasn't. It was just a bit too warm and apparently being too hot is as bad as being too cold. Now that they are set up in their own brooder they are putting on weight and starting to grow feathers. With one I have been agonizing over it because its crop never empties completely (and everywhere on the internet I've read that's a death sentence as it leads to sour crop). But I've now stopped worrying about it and so far he's been absolutely fine, because otherwise he's not getting fed often enough to get the correct nutrition.

We also have chicks hatching in the aviary. One is a surprise as it's a lutino. It should be a pearl pied lutino so it will be very pretty. But that pair have 8 more eggs in the nest! I'll have to take the older ones to finish because I know all the other eggs are developing and that's just too many babies.

The local petshop would love some hand reared cockatiels to sell (they can have the more common colours and I'll sell any special ones myself) and they also want some quail, so there are quail eggs in my incubator.

Now I'll just go and catch up on what you've all been up to.

Hi Jae So happy your feeling better, can't wait to see more chicks

 

[JaeG]

Hi Jae ,

Glad you're feeling better you were missed!

It sounds like little birds everywhere for you That's great you can sell some of the cockatiels at your local petshop!

Love to see some pictures (when you're up to it).

Here are my 3 little slightly stunted babies. They are really starting to put on some weight so I'm sure they'll catch up to where they should be. The oldest one should be fully feathered by now and the youngest should at least be covered in pin feathers. The youngest one is not from the same pair as the other two as it's far too grey. The older two look like they'll be mostly yellow with only a small patch of grey on one shoulder. They are Cracker, Jingle and Jangle. Jangle is the youngest and I often call him a little bulldog as he yells even after he's been fed and he will almost savage the other two trying to get them to feed him more!

Here are the 2 little babies in the aviary:

There was another egg pipping when we checked on them this morning so there will be a third baby soon. I'm hoping the babies will stop the hen from laying anymore eggs, but this pair actually have another male helping them. They tolerate his presence and let him sit on the eggs and chicks, just kicking him out when they want a turn. It's really funny.

I have another pair on eggs, though another hen was also laying in their box as well so they have a good number of egg to incubate too.

Here are the parents of the hatched chicks so you can see how beautiful these babies should be:

They are Cracker and Jingles parents too.

Are you all moved into your new home now? How's the weather been treating you?

 

[ronott1]

@sourland and Ron

This little guy hung around my back garden for over a year, then just moved. This will be his second year on new years day at 10pm.

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I took this picture with great difficulty as he sat on my lap

It is funny how pets find us!

 

[Marie2020]

Hello everybody! I'm sorry I disappeared. DH managed to bring home a bug and shared it with me. It's mostly just an awful nose that runs back, not out, and I still can't shake the cough but at least I'm feeling better as it laid us flat. Thankfully the kids avoided it.

My babies are ok, but not quite as grown up/big as they should be. I'd left them in the incubator thinking that was the best place for them (and being sick I hadn't felt like finding the bits necessary to put together a brooder), but turns out it wasn't. It was just a bit too warm and apparently being too hot is as bad as being too cold. Now that they are set up in their own brooder they are putting on weight and starting to grow feathers. With one I have been agonizing over it because its crop never empties completely (and everywhere on the internet I've read that's a death sentence as it leads to sour crop). But I've now stopped worrying about it and so far he's been absolutely fine, because otherwise he's not getting fed often enough to get the correct nutrition.

We also have chicks hatching in the aviary. One is a surprise as it's a lutino. It should be a pearl pied lutino so it will be very pretty. But that pair have 8 more eggs in the nest! I'll have to take the older ones to finish because I know all the other eggs are developing and that's just too many babies.

The local petshop would love some hand reared cockatiels to sell (they can have the more common colours and I'll sell any special ones myself) and they also want some quail, so there are quail eggs in my incubator.

Now I'll just go and catch up on what you've all been up to.

Hello Jae
Congratulations, you managed to keep these babies going with that horrible bug you've been battling.

 

[Marie2020]

It is funny how pets find us!

It sure is Ron. The dog went on a hunger strike after he'd stayed with me for a week, so he had to move in with me, then years later this cute cat decided he wanted to live with me and the dog. They are great to live with, I wouldn't be without either of them

 

[DigMyChicks]

Good morning all. The calendar said winter yesterday and it’s going to hit today and tomorrow here. I’ve sure enjoyed our fall other then our 3 snows in October.