Ugh, I know, 23° and it was snowing earlier. Have to start my annual mantra that "cold is good,cold is normal,cold kills bugs, we want cold.."3 month update! All juveniles are doing well. Lil Bit is filling out and catching up with its siblings, which eases my mind! That’s LB there in the front. LB is still a little lighter colored than the violets, but nowhere near as light pinkish colored as I’ve seen in pictures of pastels…
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The rest of the keets still get deferential treatment and guarding from the adults, at least by day… Sometimes they group together, like here where 8 of the 10 keets are being watched by Scout Orange. The white in the front is Dot, and the White in the back is Monroe, named by @Sydney65. Surplice the pinto RP has her beak open proclaiming that she’s a girl and must buckwheat call!
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I’m still not quite sure what color Cinnamon is. Here’s a pic of her alone:
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And standing tall in the back next to her clutchmates, with a royal purple just to the left of her and a violet in front, with adult lavender Ghost between me and the keets:
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Other fun pics are of Welch with Monroe and Starla in the future run, which I haven’t had time to work on:
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And one of a likely boy, violet juvenile Merlot:
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We’ve had a long, warm and very dry fall, but it’s suddenly gotten cold with a low of 23 F tonight, so wish the birds luck!
Mama Rose wasn't impressed, either. She'll come out for mb 10 min then hightails it back to the coop.
Looking at GF pic to compare to pic I found of Lil Bit under red heat lamp, mb blonde? I still think Bronze for Cinnamon. Surplice is gorgeous.
You truly have stunning birds. The older gran stayed home from school yesterday; his consolation was sitting on my lap looking at your last set of keet pics. You rated anywhere from "oooh" to "WOW!!!". From there it got awkward, bc I had referred to them as "a friend's birds," and he wanted to know,"how do YOU have FRIENDS?"
Numi's head outgrew the feeder I had made,which is hilarious considering she used to go inside of it. So I made a new one & set old one on trash can to clean. Himself huffed & puffed when he saw it in trash,& said if I was throwing it away, that meant no more keets. I assured him I was going to clean & put it away, which he approved of,reiterating that if I threw it away that meant no more keets. - - aaand that's when he learned there'd be 20 arriving next spring.
Thankfully Numi still manages to control that sphincter, bc she hates the diaper. She went to sleep in my lap today while I "brushed" her with a baby toothbrush. I don't remember where I got that idea, but she loves it. I thought it might help w/the dander and down. Right now her neck,belly & patches above the wings are bare.