Floyd the Galah chick is doing well and is 20 days old today. How quickly time passes.
 I have taken him out of the brooder and placed him in a cage where he can see and hear the other birds. He still has his container and gum leaves. The temperature is 31c in the room so is a good transition.

Please Note: This chick has been sold.

The Masked lovebirds are now sitting on eggs. The Hen is in the box or building the nest so I won't disturb them more than necessary.

Galah, Lovebirds

The Galah chick is growing at a very fast rate. What a difference to raising Lovebirds LOL.

He  is 12 days old today and his eyes are opening.

I have a stainless steel leg band being made, so he is not thought to be wild caught. He will be DNA'd for sex and PBFD (Beak and Feather ) and all being well offered for sale.

The Masked Lovebirds are busy in the box, so I expect there will be eggs soon.

The Blue Quaker's 2 eggs were clear. Before I had the chance to remove them they disappeared. The parents are still in breeding mode so watch this space. The Green / Blue pair might just surprise me, let's hope so.

Galah chick

What a nice surprise to get yesterday 2 January. The Galah egg hatched and a new life and journey begins. This is our first Galah chick so it will be a journey full of discovery.

Our Blue Quakers are now sitting on 2 eggs.

The Alexandrines are nearly finished their moult and will be in full adult colours in the next few weeks.

The King Parrots Continue to enjoy each other company.

Eggs and Chicks

Kel Biddle  came for a visit today and brought some ponytail palm frond for my Quaker nest boxes. Great to chat about all things Avian as well as the new Bird Club Website


Galahs :
Kel gave me a second opinion on the galah eggs and confirmed one was infertile but that the other one is looking good. :)))

 Quakers:
The Blue Quakers have started laying eggs again so lets hope all goes well.

December 20 update

I think the Masked Lovebirds have had a nice break from breeding so I have given them a nice empty box and some golden cane fronds. I wonder how long it will be before we see some activity.

The Galahs are still sitting on two eggs but I have a felling they are clear.

No eggs from the other guys but that's ok.

Feeding the flock

I picked up some supplies of Passwel Crumbles for my smaller birds, Parrot Pellets for the big guys and some Vetafarm Macaw nuts for Andrew's Sulphur Crested Cockatoos.

All the birds have been feasting on corn, mangos, apples, oranges pears, sprouted seed  and an assortment of greens.  (Spouting Seed Link)

I am finding it nice to have a break from hand raising chicks, although in saying that I do love doing it.

Our Masked Lovebirds are having a well earned break from the box at the moment, but are likely to get back into breeding any time.

Our Quakers are showing all the good signs of getting back to a less frantic life after the snake episode, so fingers crossed.

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Today I tried to give my Blue Quakers a bit of incentive to not build a new nest in the corner of the suspended Aviary. Some background..... they had 5 eggs eaten by a carpet snake, so I switched flights with my Blue / Green Quakers.

So.... I put another box in the flight to give them a choice. We will see how they go.

I received my new Solar Snake repellers. These are the Beez kneez so we will see how they go.

On a high note I discovered a second egg in one of the galah's boxes. Will they be fertile ?  Time will tell. :)