Scarlet Chested Parrots - Chicks

I firstly would like to explain the state of feather of my female Scarlet Chested Parrot. It is something that I have notice only in my Scarlet Chested Parrots. It happens to all my females are only around breeding times and has been caused by two different males. They always recover from there tatty appearance. I asked on a bird forum if it was normal and the only answer I got was "I don't think its normal" but it doesn't seem to affect there health. I thought I should explain because when I showed the picture to my wife her first response was "Is she dead?".

That out of the way one of my Scarlet Chested females has two chicks hatched, I didn't notice any broken eggs around my other female so I let her be and my Bourke female was out of the box and her two eggs are unhatched.

I helped my third Indian Ringneck chick out of the box and it ability to fly is much like the others but they are getting better. I opened the front section of my aviary to them to give them a bit more room to spread there wings. The colours of the chicks are albino, blue and turquoise also known as pastel blue.

The Green Cheeked Conure female continues to sit. I have not checked the box because I'm worried that she my go off the eggs if I interrupt her in any way. I have even been putting off cleaning the floor just in case.

Indian Ringnecked Parrots out of the box

I got a pleasant surprise today a week before I expected it two of my baby Indian Ringnecked Parrots came out of the box. First the albino then the blue a few hours later. They were both very awkward and clumsy flying around the aviary, I had to leave the aviary as I was worried that they were going to hurt themselves. At one point the blue one put itself in the corner where the breeding box is upside down and slid down into the branches below.

"Nelly" there mother appeared to be giving the albino one flying lessons at one stage flying to the bottom of the cage and up over and over. I expect the pastel blue one to make an appearance tomorrow. I'm glad it happened on a weekend where I could observe them.

Indian Ringnecked Parrot Chicks Progress

Feathers are coming in well for the chicks. They are just interested in pushing themselves into the corner of box and squashing the other chicks in the progress to keep warm.

Nesting box

 I have converted a hollow log into a nesting box. I introduced this into the Princess Parrots cage on the ground as a second option for a nesting box as they are now my only parrots not to nest this season so far.

Green Cheeked Conure on eggs!!

After waiting for what seemed like an age, I was begining to give up hope that my Green Cheeked Conures were ever going to breed. A couple of weeks ago the female was in the box and went into check but still no eggs but over the last few days she had not been coming out during the day. So I checked this moring and she is sitting on at least one egg. As this is this first luck I've had with her I will leave her be as much as possible.

Colours

The Indian Ringnecked chicks feathers are really starting to come in, the colour mutations I think I have are albino, pastel blue (center bird) and turquoise. I'm cleaning the box out weekly and handling the chicks every few days.

The grass parrots all now have three eggs each except the Scarlet Chested female that I moved with the L shaped box from the Princess Parrots cage. She has abandoned her non fertile eggs, I may look at moving the nesting box back to the Princess Parrots cage.

Eggs!!!

My grass parrot have just started laying eggs..

Small box 1 far right - Scarlet Chested female 3 eggs

Small box 2 second from left  - Bourke female 2 eggs

Small box 3 - empty

L shaped boxed - Scarlet Chested female 2 eggs (removed from Princess Parrot cage, definitely infertile as she was in the Princess Parrot cage while they were laid)

Large box - Scarlet Chested female 1 egg

The Scarlet Chested male is young (approximately 12 month) but he still knows how to do the deed as caught him in the act today. I have no idea how these eggs will go.