Feed store chick with mutilated feet

Callista15 · 4/22/14

She's eating fully on her own. Now the problem is getting her to stop eating! She's been gaining twelve grams a day. She's also been helping Erin in terms of growth. She's also fledging, and now has beautiful, fully feathered silvery wings, shimmery with iridescence, and flecked with midnight blue and jet black. Not to mention a adorable tufty tail.

vmashley03 · 4/22/14

Awwww she sounds adorable! Def need more pics once you get a chance (seems like you have your hands full with all the babies)! :heart:

KimKim · 4/22/14

Do you know what kind she is?

Callista15 · 4/22/14

Here she is, with her buddy Erin. Erin is the smaller, skinnier white one with more feathers. Professor Bird is the larger, more silvery bluish one.

"Foooood!"

"Hey! Wait just one second! That isn't edible!" (She was attempting to eat the camera lens between pictures, and discovered it wasn't food.)

"This is a betrayal. A betrayal, I tell you!"

Callista15 · 4/22/14

Yes, I do. She's a splash Sumatra. They're a game bird, so technically she's a distant relative of Erin.

Callista15 · 4/22/14

You might google them. They're really pretty birds, and very intelligent.

Birdbabe · 4/22/14

Omg! Cuteness! Destined to be found by you and grow into a healthy beauty! :hug8:

gibsongrrrl · 4/22/14

Too! Much! Cute! :heart:

glad she is doing better. I was imagining horrible horrible things when you said they put tar on her feet. poor little :hug8:

meandmyfids · 4/22/14

Omg what a sweet baby

Callista15 · 4/24/14

She's lost the damaged portions of each toe since then, but she's doing fine. Only minimal balance issues, and it only really causes trouble for her in terms of perching, and that isn't much of a handicap. Heck, my adult Seramas prefer to sleep in their aspen shavings to perching, even though they do have plenty of branches in their cage.

kcbee · 4/25/14

Oh, cuteness!! Thank you for taking her in and saving her life :heart:

Callista15 · 5/5/14

Update: she's got two stubs, but that doesn't affect her much. She's still just as tame as ever. I'm pretty sure Professor Bird is female. She's a silly little escape artist, and she went all over the house in search of me after jumping out of her box. The Professor is mostly feathered out now. I bought her two little Dutch bantam friends around the same age. She adores them. Their names are Fuzzy and Wuzzy.

Callista15 · 5/5/14

Fuzzy is the larger one with the darker down, and Wuzzy is the smaller one with shorter, cream-colored down.

lupe · 5/5/14

awwww~~~ da baby!!! I'm so happy she's gaining weight and looking beautifully healthy..your a doll for taking her in...

Callista15 · 5/5/14

I'm happy, too.

Birdbabe · 5/5/14

Awwwww, glad shes doing so well. :heart:

CrystalLeo · 5/8/14

Awwww she's so adorable!!! They are all so cute together!!!

Happynme · 6/26/14

Bless you for rescuing her!that store should have thier feet butchered n tarred! Grrrrr
Glad she is doing so well

Callista15 · 7/1/14

She's gotten really big(about a pound) and looks like a skinny cross between a macaw and a pheasant. Still has a crazy love for waffles.

Birdbabe · 7/1/14

OMG! Shes precious, you did good!

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