Well Gilbert seems to be getting a little bit better..... hes getting some of his spirit back cuz he bit me today..!! Ive been keeping him away from the other birds incase he is contagious and feeding him baby bird food formula to try get some food down him. Ive seen him drinking and hes been pecking at some finely chopped broccoli shelled sunflower seeds some bits of egg biscuit and lots of grit. Today i mixed a tiny bit of garlic oil and cider vinigar in the formula these are both supposed to be natural antibiotics and hopefully will help him fight off any bacterial infection. All the birds in the Bird House look fine Big is still brooding her 5 eggs and nipping out for food n water when she needs to. Im giving her extra egg food along with her veggies to try to keep her healthy without her man to feed her. Dave is calling for Little..... but what can i do? He is close by the others but Petal and Big are both in the nest box most of the time so he only really has Bruce for company as well as Pedro and Eva the Conures....But he doesnt like them much since the fight!!
Pedro and Eva are eating loads and getting through a lot of oyster shell .... so maybe coming up to lay again.... i might have to invest in an incubator in case they dont brood properly again.... to have 6 fertile eggs the first time round was amazing.... and to actually manage to save 2 chicks without an incubator after the trauma the eggs went through is close to a miracle..... so id like to be prepared. The chicks are doing well they weighed in at 7 and 14 grams on Wednesday Phoenix the big one has had his eyes beginning to open for a couple of days and Snuggly the little ones eyes just started today..... one thing i noticed tho...... they dont appear to have ear holes ..... and Kakariki ear hole are quite noticeable at a few days old.... i will keep an eye on the ear thing..!!! Phoenix has had a bit of a voice breaking thing and now squeeks more than meeps..... and has some tuffty fluff breaking through on his crop.... he still has a bald head tho and veins on it a bit like a Klingon... hes looking very dinosaurish! Snuggly is still looking sweet... but can stand up now and is feeding real well and likes curling up on my hand after a feed. Phoenix is very lively but also curls up for a sleep on me when he has worn himself out climbing about. I caught Snuggly giving Phoenix a bunk up yesterday and he almost managed to escape the plastic tray they have been in inside the brooder...it might be time to rearrange it and give them a bit more room. Will try to take some more photos later ... they are growing sooo fast!
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