Baby Caique hatched tonight

[EkkieLu]

Heard peeping from the incubator. But I just checked ten minutes ago, his crop is half full?

Looked in. Baby climbing out of his little dish. Eyes still sealed shut. Quite determined.

Is this a sign of things to come,?
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that baby is just too adorable!!!

 

[Irishj9]

Update end week 2.Baby getting a huge bum. He's taken to shredding the paper napkins I've been using as his bedding, so it's back to cloth again. Lol

Eyes still tightly closed.

 

[Irishj9]

Lunch time for baby

 

[Begone]

Omg! Look at that cute big feet!

 

[zoo mom]

Awwwwwwwww. Look at that adorable little piggie. This one is gonna be trouble. I can feel it in my heart.

 

[iamwhoiam]

He/she is a good baby and so cute and you are a wonderful dad. When will the eyes open all the way?

 

[Irishj9]

I expect the eyes to open this week. I can see development behind the eyelid and baby is already sensitive to light.

 

[MommyBird]

It takes a very special person to take care of a little baby like that.
nerves of steel and patience to fill an ocean.

 

[Irishj9]

It's easy now baby is 2 weeks old end eating huge almost solid meals off a spoon.

Imagine my nerves when he was the size of my thumbnail and hungry

 

[EkkieLu]

I love your videos! You are such an amazing daddy! Nik Nak is just too cute!!!

 

[EkkieLu]

I look forward to seeing Nik Nak grow. This is the first baby I've been able to see right from the egg. Makes me smile watching her thrive!

 

[Irishj9]

Mama is looking fine tonight

 

[EkkieLu]

She's beautiful! Can't wait to see Nik Nak's colors come in!!!

 

[Dartman]

We raised that house finch we rescued and it's a wonder she survived with us filling her up till her crop was bulged out all over but she did and actually thrived. We'd never fed a baby bird before buy she loved her formula and luckily would sleep all night once topped up. If your somewhat carefull about stuffing it in them and don't overheat it you'll probably do fine. We now keep some of the powdered baby food in the fridge in case another baby has lost their parents and needs help.
I spooked a baby ground dweller out of his nest I destroyed when cleaning up my back yard many years ago and mama was doing her best look at me I have a broken wing and would be easy to catch routine behind me. I finally caught the baby, topped him off with formula, and put him in the strawberry barrel we had in the yard, making sure to show mama as I did. Got up the next day and there was baby poop all over and evidence he'd spent the night snoozing and getting fed by mama but he was gone. I later heard him peeping all around our yard all summer and the parents looked after him and he stayed hidden till he grew up.

 

[finchly]

Imagine my nerves when he was the size of my thumbnail and hungry

Yikes try finches!

I later heard him peeping all around our yard all summer and the parents looked after him and he stayed hidden till he grew up.

Awww that’s so sweet!

 

[Irishj9]

Wow. I love finches but no way I'm gonna try handfeeding a finch baby l

 

[finchly]

Wow. I love finches but no way I'm gonna try handfeeding a finch baby l

You initially have to use a toothpick. But the stuff should be thin so you sort of shovel and drip it in

 

[Dartman]

Well, Beeper had feathers and all that and was about your baby Caique size so a bit easier then that tiny finch. She was a fun critter to deal with and like said, was happy.

 

[Irishj9]

Baby opened his eyes a slit and looked at me, yesterday. Like a teenager awakened at noon by his papa throwing open the curtains.

Aaaaaw papa, I'm sleeping!

Definitely unimpressed with the world, he went back to sleep.

 

[metalstitcher]

Congrats on the new addition @Irishj9 He is going to be one moving little dude once he gets bigger