Crazy Lovebird Baby Explores Shopping Bag

This nosy little fellow was checking out what mommy bought at Mountain Equipment Coop...no bird toys or food :o(

Where did she hide that toy bag???

Babies Play With Quinn

These guys were having fun using Quinn as a play structure =o]

Fully weaned Lovebirds

These babies are between the age of eight and nine weeks. They are all beautiful and healthy and ready for their forever homes.

I've been using a new nutrition program for my birds for the last few months.

Healthy eating and a varied diet has always been my focus.

Fresh vegetables, brown rice, pasta, sprouted seeds and legumes make up a big part of the birds' daily diet. Commercially available bird formulas including seed, pellets, avicakes, nutriberries and spray millet are also fed to the birds every day.

Recently I have started using herbal mixtures and nutritional supplements both on the parents before egg laying and on the babies in their formula. The results have been amazing. The parents of these babies laid six eggs. They were all big and pearly white. All six eggs hatched and survived. This is a first for us. The babies were all a good size from the start and they all feathered up earlier than usual. The feathers , feet eyes, and black on the beaks were more vivid in colour than I've seen before. They also fledged early.

It's been very interesting to watch this happen.

Lovebird Babies Are Ready For Forever Homes

Three months to go from tiny to fully weaned!

Another Clutch Ready to Go...They Grow Sooooooooooo Fast

Three Little Lovebirds

Three little ones are hangin' out on the deck. It's so warm outside and we needed a little fresh air. It looks like the two oldest of this clutch are Dutch Blues and the littlest one is Australian Cinnamon. They can't fly yet so it's still pretty easy to take them outside. These babies are starting to eat some solids so we are working on the weaning process.