Mrs Featherton
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The one next to your bird looks like a sibling; should have the same amount of feathers, no?I wouldn’t think so, as he’s such a young baby.... but I have nothing to compare him to! This was a pic from a week ago.... to me, it looks as though the feathers were just coming in, but I want an expert opinion. Could he be younger than the breeder claims? View attachment 274037
I don’t think all 3 babies would be plucking, especially in exactly the same manner. To me it just looks like immature feathering.... will know better when I lay eyes on him tomorrow and after vet visit Mon. Will keep you posted!Definitely plucking. Looks self-inflicted, based on where the feather destruction is located.
I agree.Sometimes the parents will pluck the babies - I've run into that with one pair of tiels in my flock. So all three could look the same even though they were not the ones plucking. The bird world is as strange as ours is sometimes.
The breeder says that her blues seem to take longer to fully feather. She doesn’t know why.
Is your baby supposed to be completely weaned or has the breeder told you that you will have to hand feed him? Based on cockatiels & gccs (green cheeked conures) 8 weeks would be the minimum age I let a baby go to a new home and then only to someone I know does really know how to hand feed. And at this point in time, that is exactly one young lady only.
My few babies are parent raised and completely weaned, fledged & usually flying before they go to a new home. Emily (young lady above) is the only one I trust unweaned babies to. Sometimes babies regress from eating on their own to needing hand feeding (because of the new home, etc.).