NOW 3 BABIES! and some sad news

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Now to leave them alone, see how they do:)

Congratulations on your Christmas Eve hatchling!

hes still ok, im not looking much but they were both out eating so i peeked, he doesnt make any noise, i thought hed be noisy, he was looking for food, ive seen them taking egg in and out but he doesnt look full in his crop, i looked online they say if after 3 or 4 days its still alive then yes its being fed enough, guess ill have to wait and see, if they screw this baby up theres another due in a week or so, they say trial and error for new parents:]

Interesting. and i would leave them alone also and let mom and dad do their parenting. 

That's so exciting! I hope it's okay. It will be great to see updated pics as it gets older.

Maybe the parents ate it. ?? hope the others are ok. nature seems to know how to take care of it animals.

The breeder thinks it most likely died and they tossed or buried it, she thinks Ill find it once I take the nest out, Im not so sure, I looked everywhere, she did say its a shame they are hatching so far apart so deaths are more likely, but they are first time parents so learning.

NHG thats horrible, I am tempted to do the same as you but they are hard to hand feed and keep warm without an incubator although I heard if you turn the oven light on and keep them in there in a well packed box it can work so if it happens again I might just do that with the one after, think for sure Ill buy some hand feed formula and make an incubator as theyre so pricey.

I know a breeder who had collie pups and the parents ate the first litter, ugh, I would have died, she removed the next litter thankfuly, cant believe how yukky animals can be.

The breeder is loving my pictures, she says she cant get decent close up ones as they wont let her, I just wait till the dad leaves the nest and open it from outside, the female is flighty so takes off, as soon as I close the lid one of them goes back in, she says thats unusual, I think its as hers are purely breeding birds, mine are more like pets so laid back, I know when I first get birds from her they are crazy nervous for weeks, not used to people walking by or vacuum cleaners, they dont like strangers either, my friends come round and look in the flight and the birds all go nutso, my friends like how do you get to look at them, but if its just hubby or me they sit nice and listen to you, we have a few that even interact if you call them by name, they tweet back lol!

just another picture, ill take another tomorrow as you can see a few tiny pin feathers forming on the wings!

thats its head poking out from under dad

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Just another picture, you can see it starting to get little pin feathers!

I was a bit worried it was going to die last night, it was screaming for food and they werent feeding it, but this morning its fine, a bit lazier than normal which can be due to lack of protein so I added some bee propolis to the soft food which you can see in its crop, thats what the little balls are!

I am pretty sure one died in the egg, it should have hatched and Im sure I heard it tapping away but it never hatched, the parents are supposed to help out, next time I might intervene.

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