They all hatched at once...

[Kristy]

Oh my goodness that is pure amazment to me!!

Look at all those fuzzy heads except the newest hatchling.

So a bratty grey male hey? LOL
So sometimes two Tiels will lay eggs in the same nest?

Please keep us updated ok??

 

[srtiels]

Kristy...yes I have had hens share a nest in the past. There are 4 other boxes hung on the flight and no one will use them.

The surprising thing is that with that many eggs ususally 25-50% don't hatch...so since they obviously were incubated at the same time that must've accounted for the higher success in the eggs hatching. Normally an egg hatches every other day and the unhatched eggs get chilled or pooped on from the older hatchlings...thus they don't hatch.

 

[itzmered]

oh wow what a big bunch of cuties! I look forward to seeing them as they grow.

 

[waterfaller1]

Wowzers! Amazing cute cottonpuffs! I never knew mamas would share a box. You would think they would defend it from everyone. SO cute Susanne, thanks for sharing!

 

[srtiels]

Right now both Mommys are in there. The lutino looking Mommy is super friendly, and the other one is being real defensive, so I'll have to wait til one of them is out. But a quick glance they looked fed.

 

[Micki]

WOW! Such cutie pies! I learn something every day!

 

[J*M*L]

What a great pic! The mom is so pretty!

 

[Kristy]

Carole don't forget at Susannes place everyone must help make the village. lol

You sure have some nice birdies there.

Well I hope all the babies make it and fledge out well. Luckily I don't live around you or I would have a Mousebird and now a Tiel.

 

[dayjamyers]

BABIES WITH YELLOW FUZZ IM IN LOVE

 

[srtiels]

Kristy, my little village always has something interesting going on. I have some oversized eggs (larger than normal cockatiel eggs) that I candled, and they didn't look double yolk when candled, but might be a possibility of fraternal twins in the egg. I sure hop not because from past experiences 2 embryos sharing the same yolk have a slime chance of sucessfully hatching , whereas with 2 yolks the sucesses are higher. I'm hoping they just hatch out to be one large baby per egg.

 

[akijoy]

What an amazing picture! Such a proud looking mama and her beautiful babies. How fun to watch them grow!

 

[Andee]

Yes please keep updating us... very sweet little things

 

[srtiels]

The chicks are doing great! Full crops, and huddling nicely together for warmth. Thankfully the last egg is infertile, but thats OK...9 chicks are more than enough.

Hopefully tomorrow or the next day I can take them out of the box for a little bit to get some better photos showing them as they grow.

 

[waterfaller1]

Hehehe..they are so cute. They look like girls with those feather boas on.

 

[srtiels]

Here is a quick pix of daddy coming out from feeding the babies....

 

[srtiels]

Look at those crops. The parents are feeding all the babies well. Tomorrow I'll try for a group shot.

And, the last pix is the busy-bodies that have to watch everything I do in the yard, and add their 2 cents

 

[CrashSmAshley]

How adorable!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I love the geese pic

 

[Kristy]

Susanne thank you sooo much for the photos and update!

So all 9 are that ones babies??
The boy is a cutie, sure hope he is a good provider with all those mouths to feed! lol

Look at that crop on that one baby!
That is one full baby there.

Any albinos??

 

[Bokkapooh]

What beautiful birds and cute babies!!!

 

[Kristy]

Any new updates on this brood??