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Zara

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Hello, my name is Zara, it has been 41 days since I last spent more than 1 hour out of the house. I think I'm going cuckoo... Me and my man walked to a local restaurant for dinner and as soon as I got home I change into snuggly pj's so Adélie can snuggle in to his favourite spot.

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He's the cutest. I just wanted to share how adorable he is.
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He's now 6.5weeks old but so small still, his brothers (1day older) are already flying and have now weaned onto solid food but Adélie is still having 4 formula feeds a day.
He doesn't like sleeping in his nest, he cries, he only likes to sleep on me... I think he actually thinks I'm his mum :(

He's just a little fuzzy fluffy ball of sweetness, I have to share how adorable he is with the world ❤
 

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Oh my! He is the cutest!
 

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I agree, he’s so cute!!:heart:
 

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@Ripshod He was originally to go to my boyfriends pal. The first 2 were for my friend, the second 2 for his.

By day 21 I had fallen in love and was thinking up excuses to not hand him over. I had already observed that he was growing super slowly. His friend later backed out. It was bittersweet. I had my baby, but I also had a homeless baby and I couldn´t keep both.

Luckily there was a happy ending.❤

@sunnysmom @Tiel Feathers thanks :) He´s a little warrior
 

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He's enchanting! If someone had been asked to draw the cutest baby bird they could imagine, they'd come up with Adélie. He's like something out of a Disney movie. Except that photo of him at a couple of days old...that's more Jurassic Park :)
 

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Except that photo of him at a couple of days old...that's more Jurassic Park :)
Funny, thats what my mates on facebook said about Nube and Lapis. I cut back posting pics of the chicks this time on social media after my issues with facebook last time flagging me for posting ¨porno pics¨... :(
If i post that story here I´ll tag you in it
 

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He is one cute birb!

....that face....:heart: :heart: :heart: :heart: :heart:
 

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Such a lovely Adélie :xflove:

I get into worried mother hen mode whenever I am raising chickens, and chickens are much more independent. I always want to give them stable and loving upbringings. It is a lot of work.

I couldn't imagine how difficult it is to raise a young parrot.
 

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It is breeders like you who make the rest look better. You take the time to evaluate & do what’s right for your babies - instead the money. Keep on flying high @Zara & I’m sure Adelie will have a wonderful life :heart:
 

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@Ripshod He was originally to go to my boyfriends pal. The first 2 were for my friend, the second 2 for his.

By day 21 I had fallen in love and was thinking up excuses to not hand him over. I had already observed that he was growing super slowly. His friend later backed out. It was bittersweet. I had my baby, but I also had a homeless baby and I couldn´t keep both.

Luckily there was a happy ending.❤
What was the happy ending? Do you get to keep him? I hope so!
 

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He is one cute birb!

....that face....:heart: :heart: :heart: :heart: :heart:
he's such a cutie!
Adorable and so dainty. Birds just dont come any cuter.
Thanks guys, he´s the sweetest... I Know we all say that about all of our birds hehe

Such a lovely Adélie :xflove:

I get into worried mother hen mode whenever I am raising chickens, and chickens are much more independent. I always want to give them stable and loving upbringings. It is a lot of work.

I couldn't imagine how difficult it is to raise a young parrot.
There has been a lot of worrying - waking up in the night and panicking. That gut wrenchng moment before checkin on him and hoping he hadn´t fallen to the bottom of the pile of chicks or worse :(

hehe

It is breeders like you who make the rest look better. You take the time to evaluate & do what’s right for your babies - instead the money. Keep on flying high @Zara & I’m sure Adelie will have a wonderful life :heart:
Where I live these birds cost less than a pizza. So it was extra worrying and difficult to find a home for the third chick. I´d listed him online but I didn´t feel good about the people contacting me. So I removed the adverts.
I gifted the 3 birds I gave away. So I didn´t make 0, I made minus, plus all my time. but It´s ok. They are in good homes and I can keep in contact with all 3 birds, Petin, Saatchi and Blue.

In saying this, Aldora won´t be keeping any more chicks for now. I can´t keep anymore, and I don´t want to go through the ordeal of looking for homes.
Maybe when I move to a bigger house, but I´m at my limit at the moment. I wan´t her to have a super long break from laying while we can just enjoy her as a bird, not sat in her box all day not wanting to leave.


What was the happy ending? Do you get to keep him? I hope so!
Aye, he´s staying. That was for sure from early days for me. I knew I wasn´t going to let him go. But I waited and let my man suggest it, he reads me so well ;)
 

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That face! So, so sweet. I love your story and devotion to your flock.
 

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Thanks @Dona they are my family.

I´ve always thought of myself as a dog person. I´ve always had dogs around me, and never thought that there could be a day where I won´t have a dog in my family.
But over the years with my birds, I´ve have changed how I am labelling myself. I know that when the dreaded day comes and I lose my beloved Jacob, it will destroy me. And I can´t imagine bringing another dog into my home. I just don´t see it happening. I feel like, that will be when my life shifts, and I will probably only ever have birds in my home. ❤
 
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