Tommy

"Tommy" as he has been become known is my Indian Ringeck runt. After the last of his brothers and sisters left the nest its was clear that he need at least another few weeks in the box.

He was actually the first to exit the box (not sure if he was pushed out) but I returned him and did not come out again until after all the others had left. Once he was on his own I was taking him and the box inside at night and comp feeding him with hand rearing formula morning and night. He never really took to the formula but one night witnessed him exit the box and try to get "Boe" to feed him. Boe being an unrelated male Indian ringneck I thought would have nothing to do with this actually looked as if he may feed Tommy but after providing some apple to feed Tommy with got more protective of his new food source.

I now leave Tommy out in the aviary. I take him out of the nesting box every morning and return him every night. He has slowly been climbing the aviary sides and is now sitting on perches. "Nippet" his father feeds him regularly but have not seen "Nelly" doing the same.

Galah's Breeding

The Galah's have started to gnaw around the entrance of there  breeding box which I thought maybe a sign that they will start to breed however no eggs are present yet. I expect them to need to settle in aviary so I'll hopefully get chicks next year.

I have found Galah's to be in general very destructive to any timbre in aviary. Chewing anything wood.

No Green Cheeked Conure chicks this year

After early breeding signs it look like one of my most reliable pairs aren't going to breed. After breaking their first egg and the second ended up in the water dish, there has not been any more eggs.

 The female has now started to malt a little and I do not expect a female that has lost condition to have a clutch. The one thing that I liked to do that I have not this year with the Conures is partially cover the breeding box with branch. Can't say for sure if this had anything to do with this years failure but I will certainly do it next year. 

Indian Ringneck Parrot - Chicks

18th September

My first year of hatching four Indian Ringneck Parrot's

23rd September

Rapidly growing and eagerly awaiting feeding time every morning

30th September 

Soon became clear that I had a definite "runt" as it was well behind the other birds in developing

  

8th October

Colour this year were 2x Albino, Creamino and Blue.

28th October

Expecting the first to leave the nesting box any day now.

And then there were four

My first year my Indian Ringnecks have produced four young. It appears three maybe a lighter colour via eye colour.

14th September

Green Cheeked Conure - First egg broken

My female Green Cheeked Conure had been staying in the breeding box and I assumed she had at east one egg but would not allow me a look. However yesterday morning I found her out of the box and thought it would be a great time to see how many eggs she had however I only found one broken one...

I have since removed the egg from the box and very hopeful that it doesn't affect their breeding season.

In good news my third Indian Ringneck hatched this morning!!

12th September 6.45am

First baby Indian Ringnecks

8th September 6.45 am

My first two baby Indian Ringneck's hatched on 9th September. I first noticed a chip in one of the eggs on the morning of the 8th of September but they were not hatched until the following afternoon.

9th September 5.30 pm

Taronga Zoo

We decided to take our son to Taronga Zoo (also my wife's and my first visit). 

It provided some great bird life to view. There was a free flight show that always fascinates me how they keep the birds from simply just flying away (It would have been a even better if I could view the birds after the show). It also had a large walk in aviary with many different birds but seemed to be a large amount of Scaly breasted Lorikeet compared to anything else but the highlight for me was being able to get very close to a Yellow tailed Black Cockatoo.

Indian Ringneck Parrot - Nesting

My ever reliable breeding pair of Indian Ringneck Parrot's "Nippet" and "Nelly". I seem to have down pact with breeding.

1. Introduce breeding box at start of August. Then breeding activities start such as removing nesting material from the box to suit and aggression toward me by "Nippet".

2. Mid August the first egg is laid and by a week all four have been laid. 

Bird Escape

I'm very dirty on myself!

I so very careful in regards to aviary doors but for the first time I must not have latched a door correctly and my female Red Rumped Parrot escaped. I found the door just a jar and my new female was gone.

Just not a good feeling knowing your mistake has lost the bird for good. First and last time hopefully.