Green Cheeked Conures - Progress

The Green Cheeked Conures are now getting there pin feathers. I'm checking on and even handling the chicks now as the parents allow me good access and I'm sure that I'm not upsetting the parents looking after the chicks. The pair seem to be good parents and hope this a start of many clutches to come.

Scarlet Chested Parrots - Chicks

 The Scarlet Chested Parrot chicks have came out of the nesting box earlier than expected. They should be able to be sexed after the first malt around four to six months when the get there adult plumage. They are not the best fliers but a lot better than the Ringnecked parrot when they started. They also seem to be working out a "pecking order" with the Bourke Parrots in the cage.

Chicks Progress

The Scarlet Chested chicks now have most of there feathers. It should still be a couple of weeks before they are ready to leave the box. I'm hoping that there is at least one male as all I have had in the past is two females.

The Green Cheeked Conure chicks seem to be doing well. The mother has been leaving them in the box alone during the day now. I took the opportunity to clean out the box and handle the chicks. I have been more closely monitoring the chicks since the mother has vacated the box during the day. 

Scarlet Chested Parrots - Progress

My Scarlet Chested Parrot chicks are growing well, there mother unfortunately doesn't look any better but she seems healthy enough. I have removed all the un-hatched eggs from the other nesting boxes to stop the females sitting on them as it is waste of there time and I'm sure it won't be helping there health.

The first of Indian Ringnecked Parrots has been sold. The turquoise coloured one has gone to a breeder that hand rears different colour mutation of Indian Ringnecks, so it appears it went to a good home.

Green Cheeked Conures - Progress

The Green Cheeked Conure hen now has four chicks. On first inspection I thought she had three but after looking at the photo there are actually four. They all seem to be staggered when hatching by a few days by each as can be seen by the size differences.

Green Cheeked Conure - Chicks

The Green Cheeked Conure female has hatched her first egg. Hopefully this is the first of a few but a good result no matter what. The only thing I have done differently this year is I wasn't expecting anything and I put a branch that partially covered the nesting box, including the entrance. This possibly made the box feel more secure.

The Scarlet Chested Female continues to raise her two chicks. They are now getting a lot larger and sit to the side of her uncovered most of the time. Both my other Scarlet female and Bourke female continue to sit on there un-hatched eggs. They have been on them too long and expect they will soon give up on them