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So my lovebirds have hatched 3 eggs. The eggs hatched around the last and first few days of May and June, I’ll insert photos as to how they look (photos taken a few days ago when I cleaned their nesting box) the blue is the oldest, then the middle and youngest, I guess you can tell which one is which.
My concern is now that I’ve taken them out and touched them, I’ve been hearing squawking coming from inside the nesting box. It’s the kinda noise you hear from birds fighting each other. I’m not sure if it’s the momma bird fighting with the babies or if she’s fighting with the dad since both the mom and dad go in the nesting box with the babies. The momma bird has shown signs of being territorial against the father in the past so I suppose that would be an explanation but I can’t help but think that she is aggressive with the babies. Another concern is that the last time I removed them from the nesting box, their crop wasn’t as full as I’d like it to be. As if the mom doesn’t feed them enough. Now thinking about it, I hardly ever hear the babies crying compared to my baby budgies. Baby budgies cry all the time from being fed by their parents so it’s odd that I’m barely hearing anything like that from the lovebirds. I also noticed that every time I took out the budgies from the nesting box their crop was ALWAYS full.
Eventually, I will separate the babies from the parents so I can hand-feed them since I want to form a loving and caring bond with the babies. however, I’m not sure if it’s a good idea to do so sooner rather than later. I’ve hand fed before but I purchased that baby from a breeder which the breeder incubated and hand-fed the babies since day one so I’m clueless on how this situation would work out differently.
My concern is now that I’ve taken them out and touched them, I’ve been hearing squawking coming from inside the nesting box. It’s the kinda noise you hear from birds fighting each other. I’m not sure if it’s the momma bird fighting with the babies or if she’s fighting with the dad since both the mom and dad go in the nesting box with the babies. The momma bird has shown signs of being territorial against the father in the past so I suppose that would be an explanation but I can’t help but think that she is aggressive with the babies. Another concern is that the last time I removed them from the nesting box, their crop wasn’t as full as I’d like it to be. As if the mom doesn’t feed them enough. Now thinking about it, I hardly ever hear the babies crying compared to my baby budgies. Baby budgies cry all the time from being fed by their parents so it’s odd that I’m barely hearing anything like that from the lovebirds. I also noticed that every time I took out the budgies from the nesting box their crop was ALWAYS full.
Eventually, I will separate the babies from the parents so I can hand-feed them since I want to form a loving and caring bond with the babies. however, I’m not sure if it’s a good idea to do so sooner rather than later. I’ve hand fed before but I purchased that baby from a breeder which the breeder incubated and hand-fed the babies since day one so I’m clueless on how this situation would work out differently.
