My bird's eggs hatched today!!! She had babies!!! Pic.

Kathy116 Posted: Dec 09, 2003 11:35 AM

My bird's eggs hatched today!!! She had babies!!! Pic.

I'm so excited, this is her third set of babies! She's a Gouldian Finch, this is what she looks like:

and this is what her mate looks like:

This is what their babies from their first clutch ended up looking like (we still have them):

The male and female take turns in the nest with the babies! I can actually see the feeding their little ones! It's so amazing to watch these little guys!

These babies are no bigger than my thumb nail, they're the size of a thimble, but I hear them chirping for food!

YAY, I'm a grandmother

Kathy116 Posted: Dec 09, 2003 11:40 AM

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Let's try this again, here's a pic of what the babies grew up to look like:

allure Posted: Dec 09, 2003 12:05 PM

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OMG How Beautiful
Congrats Granny

Kathy116 Posted: Dec 09, 2003 12:05 PM

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This not actually her nest (she only had 3 eggs), but it's an idea.

And this is what the babies look like after about 4 days (kind of ugly but sweet!), their crops are filled with food that's why the bulge!

Okay, I'm done with being LIW's resident National Geographic!

halloweenbride04 Posted: Dec 09, 2003 12:06 PM

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Sooo pretty!

ss2002 Posted: Dec 09, 2003 12:17 PM

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Congrats! What a beautiful bird!!

P.S. Is that your cat in your avatar picture? (S)he looks exactly like my little guy!

allure Posted: Dec 09, 2003 12:18 PM

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Wow thats amazing

Kathy116 Posted: Dec 09, 2003 12:50 PM

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Yes that's my cat, Knuckie!

Marcela1654 Posted: Dec 09, 2003 12:56 PM

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How great...Congrats!

wc0143 Posted: Dec 09, 2003 01:00 PM

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How cool!! Congrats!

Kathy116 Posted: Dec 09, 2003 01:02 PM

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I just hope they do well...these birds are known for being bad parents, they tend to abandon their babies...and finches are extremely difficult to hand raise!

WIsh them luck!

dawnie Posted: Dec 09, 2003 01:04 PM

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Congratulations on being a grandmother. Those are beautiful birds.

MrsTC Posted: Dec 09, 2003 01:21 PM

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that's so exciting i love animals!

what will you do with the babies? Sell them, give them away?

Cindy Posted: Dec 09, 2003 08:26 PM

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How precious!

Kathy116 Posted: Dec 09, 2003 08:34 PM

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We keep the babies, we have a large enough cage so that it's more like an aviary, with hanging ivy (all plastic, so these soft billed birds can't eat it) and all sorts of plastic plants.

We've kept all so far...and out of all the babies, they've all been male...only one female in the entire aviary! And, she only mates with the same male (and these birds weren't supposed to be loyal!!!)