Parrotlets Chillin'

Parrotlet Babies Coming Along

We're growing like weeds..cute,sweet,adorable weeds .

Two Little Brothers

Still a Little Scruffy Baby That's a smile.

Two Parrotlet Babies

And then there were two...I think that two of the five eggs are all the babies we will get this time. I may be surprised tomorrow but I don't think so. The first two babies hatched on Friday 23 and Saturday 24 July. It was a wonderful Birthday surprise for me (July 25).
So far Alfred and Lucinda are doing a great job parenting. Parrotlets are huge eaters to begin with but now...woa. I'm delivering the fresh veggies, rice, pasta, soaked whole wheat bread two to three times a day. When Ipeaked into the nest I could see that the crops on the teenie babies are nice and full. So far - so good.

Also today three English budgie pairs got their nest boxes back. They seem to be well bonded and in the mood for baby making-fingers crossed here.

Cooling Down in the Heat

Ozzie likes the sink.

Babies like the cage top bath.

Tabitha and Olivers' Babies

Yellow looks like Tweety bird and the other two look like dolphins LOL

Youtube Video

I've uploaded a short video to youtube you might like to look at. Just go to www.youtube.com and put heartsongaviary in the search box.
Life has been quite crazy lately but I will do some proper blog updating very soon {:>}=

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.

Six in the Weaning Cage

We're all in the weaning cage. It's very hot outside here and we're staying inside with the blinds closed-keeping cool ;o]

Baby Lovebirds Go Outside

The first sunny day in ...forever -we went outside for some fresh air =

We can't fly yet but we sure can climb