Little Bird House 4 My Soul: Day 26 in the Big Mutha House!!

Well its 26 days since Phoenix hatched by the fire.... is it that long already its gone sooo quick... i seem to have done nothing else! I solved the ear query though..!!! yeah... they do have ear holes lol... just very small ones.... and lower down than Kakariki ear holes

Showing Ear hole of a Kakariki Chick about 2 weeks old

Showing Ear hole of a Green Cheek Conure Chick about 3 weeks old

Im thinking maybe the reason for smaller ears is so they dont go deaf when they are screaming for food....!!!

Phoenix's Tail feathers just showing through

So thats the Ear thing cleared up!! as for the Chicks progress you can see from the ear pic that Phoenix has grown somewhat... he weighed in at 35grams today his eyes are almost fully open and he's getting a lot more fluff and the start of some feathers. You can just see some reddish tail feathers and some dark feathers beginning to show through the skin on the head.... im thinking he/she will be a yellowsided or a blue yellowsided as these look to be darker than on a pineapple.

Snuggly now a massive 10 grams

Snuggly on the other hand has not grown much.... and im not certain why... not showing any feathers coming through and eyes are not yet fully open today's weigh-in was 10grams so he is growing but not very quickly, im thinking snuggly may be a bit stunted. He/She is feeding much better now and i have been able to feed a mixture with less water added... therefore it has more nutrients.... so this is bound to help... i have also decreased the amount of feeds a day so im getting some sleep ...YAY... They are now going through the night. Its easy to check the crop to see if they have food in it still... the crop sort of acts like a fuel tank and drip feeds the food as they need it so a longer gap between feeds, now they can take more at a time, is fine.

Snuggly

Although Snuggly is small he is strong and gets about in the brooder and stands his ground up against Phoenix for the best snuggling spots. Snuggly does get a bit cold when hes not in the brooder which is now running between 30-35 C but he likes snuggling up in your hand.

"hello hand... can I get up on you please?"

Phoenix's eyes opened much wider this weeks and he can definitely see! he looks out of the window in the brooder when I come to feed them, and he looks about when hes out, taking in the surroundings.