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31 December 2011
Green Cheeked Conure - Chicks
23 December 2011
Green Cheeked Conure - First chick out of the box
My first Green cheeked Conure has emerged from the nesting box. I caught it peeking out the entrance hole last night and then he was out this morning. Not quite fully feather yet but flying.
Another Death!!!
20 December 2011
Mystery Death
16 December 2011
Cage maintenance
I also always keep cuttle bone in the cages for chewing and calcium intake (at least I believe it good for that).
I have had to do some repair work to the rear of the main aviary as some wood rotted and fell away. If I still had my smaller grass parrots in the aviary it could have created a perfect escape opportunity.
The two Scarlet Chested Parrots that sat on eggs have never fully left there boxes and on inspection today I noticed that they both have new eggs. I will see what happens with these new eggs but I probably should have removed the boxes to give each of them a rest.
15 December 2011
Worming
I have wormed only my Indian Ringnecked Parrots and Princess Parrots as they are the only ones without young in or just out of the nest. I didn't know if it was recommended to worm birds with chicks and the only advice I could get is from a forum advising to to not.
14 December 2011
Green Cheeked Conure - Chicks progress
05 December 2011
Green Cheeked Conure - Feathers
28 November 2011
Green Cheeked Conures - Progress
Scarlet Chested Parrots - Chicks
22 November 2011
Chicks Progress
12 November 2011
Scarlet Chested Parrots - Progress
10 November 2011
Green Cheeked Conures - Progress
03 November 2011
Green Cheeked Conure - Chicks
26 October 2011
Scarlet Chested Parrots - Chicks
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.
22 October 2011
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.
13 October 2011
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.
09 October 2011
Nesting box
Green Cheeked Conure on eggs!!
07 October 2011
Colours
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.
01 October 2011
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.
30 September 2011
IRN Chicks Colours
As I have been focused on the new chicks I had not even noticed that two of Scarlet Chested Parrot females are sitting on eggs. One is sitting on three the other is sitting on just one, the male is very immature so I'm not sure if the eggs will be fertile.
24 September 2011
Cleaning out the nest box
22 September 2011
IRN chick progress
20 September 2011
IRN Chicks Progress
There parents "Nippet" and "Nelly" quickly devour any fruit or vegetables I put in the cage to keep up the food supply to the little guys. They should be fledged by eight weeks of age.
17 September 2011
IRN chicks progress
The Indian Ringnecked chicks continue to grow rapidly. There eyes are open now. I have been told you can tell the sex by the colouring of the eyes (more pink is female), by this I would have one female and two males. I'm not sure how well that works I would still get the DNA tested for sure.
14 September 2011
IRN chicks
I will keep post up as they grow and develop feathers. I will handle them when they get a bit bigger as there mother lets me get fairly good access to them.
08 September 2011
Baby Ringnecks
Nelly seems to be more aggressive towards my neighbouring Princess Parrots trying to attack them when they are too close and Nippet seems to be strutting around the cage displaying.
My female Bourke Parrot has abandoned her eggs unhatched again. The Scarlet chested Parrots are already trying to use the box she was in. All my smaller parrots prefer the larger parrot box as apposed to the smaller budgie size boxes for breeding.
05 September 2011
Ringnecked Parrots
The male also seems to be spending more time in the box with her and even with out her.
02 September 2011
Rescue Mission
01 September 2011
Update
The female Bourke Parrot also continues to sit on her eggs although she is now spending time off the four eggs. I fear it has been too long and the eggs are infertile again.
I have separated one of the females from the Scarlet Chested Parrots cage. She seems to be the lowest on the chasing game to achieve "pecking order" for the new males attention. I will give her a rest and put her back in a few days.
31 August 2011
New Addition
15 August 2011
Progress
My female "Nelly" has laid three eggs, as of today she is starting to spend more time in the nesting box than out. I suspect this is the start of her incubation of the eggs.
The female Bourke Parrot continues to sit on her eggs. If she is going to hatch any eggs I would suspect that will happen within the next week.
All the other bird have shown no interest in using the nesting boxes.
26 July 2011
Nesting Boxes
The Ringnecks boxs dimensions are 45cm high x 25cm length x 25cm width.
The Princess Parrots boxs dimensions are 40cm high x 40cm length x 20cm width.
I introduced both boxes on the 24th July. My female Indian Ringneck has already started working the box.
Bourke / Scarlet Chested Parrots
25 July 2011
New Aviary
09 January 2011
Ringnecked Parrots
Both my Ringnecked Parrots have gone through a malt. Firstly my pastel blue female went through one with she seems to have completely recovered from but now my albino male seems to be going through quite a heavy malt. Usually he is a very beautiful bird but at the moment he is just scruffy with the loss of a lot of his tail feathers.
I have never attempted to house my Indian Ringnecks with any other parrots but I have seen them housed with Alexandrine Parrots, Cockatiel's, Galah's, Crimson Rosellas, Sulfur Crested Cockatoo's and Corella's.
Bourke / Scarlet Chested Parrots
I removed the larger breeding box from the Ringnecks cage and introduced it into Princess Parrots cage to try and get them to breed. However to my surprise both a Bourke and a Scarlet are in the box sharing the duties of sitting on four eggs.
My three species of parrot in the larger centre area of my cage seem to be getting along well. I have witnessed some minor fighting been my Scarlet male and one of the Princess Parrots but with no real intent by either party.
Green Cheeked Conures
The conures continue to sleep in there breeding box but still have not laid any eggs.
They are very aggressive to other parrots of a similar size. When I first introduced the Princes Parrots next to them they would attempt to attack them through the wire. Now they seem to have gotten used to them but I have notice that when the Ringnecks are in a similar position during cleaning they will attempt to retaliate on the aggression.
I have seen them housed with cockatiels in a pet shop. I would like to know how they would go with other conure species