haggis

Hi all, removed egg from box yesterday;) Alls well and babies are doing fine...B)

Lol yes thanks still got the scar tho;)

A few years back i was about to go to bed,I turned the lights off and went up to the cage to say goodnight to Jack and Loui,Jack got a hold of my lip:pinch:and wouldnt let go lol,once he let go i turned the light back on and i had blood streaming down my lip:sick: He had bit rite thru my top lip:ohmy: Lesson learnt leave the light on before saying goodnite lol as Jack is a tempermental little sod

Quick update babies doin fine Jack and loui are proud parentsB) ,still got unfertile egg in box !should i remove it?

Hi all and thanks for making me feel so welcome.B) :woohoo: Another chick hatched this morning and seems to be doing well both jack and loui are feeding so alright so far:cheer: .Just one question there is 1 egg left and its clear should i take the egg away now?

Hi and thanks Caroline.

Cool your not that far from me are you. Hopefully the other egg will hatch tomoro :woohoo:

I have a video of my parrots that i took about 1 year ago please have a look. http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=tOUIQ-KA8oU

Hi thanks all,yes there is a scottish connection to my user name.I live in kent in england but iam originaly from Scotland and seemed to of adopted this name lol,Iam not planning on keeping any chicks but you never know lol theyre so cute.Thanks for the links i shall read thru them with interest.I shall take some pics real soon and keep you all posted. Cheers Haggis

Hi thought id join this forums as it seemed to be the busiest with the most users online. I have owned 2 congos now for the last 7 and six years.Having owned Jack for about 1yr my mother gave me her Bird Loui,Both birds took a liking to each other almost instantly. After pairing them for 2 years i decided to make a nest box and see if they would breed.After only two weeks Loui the female had laid her first egg. A few days later she was sitting on four.A month went by and no chicks had hatched this was before i knew how to spot the eggs.I removed the eggs and before long she had laid again but to no avail still unfertile.The third batch came and one morning i checked in the box Loui almost fell out it i thought she was dead.I took her along to my local vet.He said that she wasnt egg bound and that she had a calcium deficiantcy and gave her a shot.The next day she looked no better so i took her back for another calcium shot.Later that day she dropped an egg with a finger and thumb mark each side where the vet had checked her. Enough was enough i took the nest box away rather than going thru that again. At the beginning of this year i decided to put the box back on and once again she laid almost instntly but again the eggs were infertile,She has laid three batches of 3 eggs this year all unfertile i was beginning to think that jack was firing blanks lol so thought id best take the box back off her.Before i removed the box she had laid again.That was about one month ago and yesterday i checked in on her and to my suprise there was a tiny little baby squeeking away. All seems to be well and Loui seems to be a good mother and jack hasnt shut up lol.This is all new to me so i hope that there are some peeps out there that can help and guide me thru this.I plan on letting the parents rear untill about four weeks then i want to hand rear so ill keep you all posted. Regards Haggis