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  1. Any suggestions on how long to leave the other eggs? I will remove the cracked one tonight after everyone leaves,she flipped the egg over so I can't tell which one it was, I will some how block them from the opening but they are sooooooooooo fast! Going to be my Christmas challenge!
  2. Yesterday, Squacker,the male nailed me good as I was filling the food dish with mixed nuts.......whomever has that saying on their post about give blood, own a bird is soooo right! lol I was dripping blood all over, he nailed my middle finger good! Just checked on the nest and there is one cracked egg with stuff oozing out, I didn't see a beak so am wondering if mom cracked it while moving the eggs around. She seems to be moving them a lot the last few days and rarely comes out. She came out today,stretched, sunned herself awhile, ate some food and drank, its the most I have seen of her for a few days.
  3. sniff sniff, NO! I will wait till Christmas, but not sure how to take eggs away.........
  4. nope, just checked this morning.......December 18th would be 28 days from the last eggs arrival. Maybe I will see a chick on my birthday(17th). Not knowing what their diet was like and not knowing the total upheaval they had from living with an elderly lady to some how getting to the humane society and me adopting I believe within two weeks time I imagine their world was pretty shaken up. Just being out in the main area of the humane society and being on full display with tons of people staring at them could have effected them big time. Add to that my own crazy world of almost 24/7 daycare, my own dogs, cats, fish and foster animals! Oh well, it was exciting just to see the five eggs and getting to know and bond with these guys has been a great experience! I am still trying to learn all I can. I have fed all my birds better and used veggies I have never heard of! lol
  5. wow! That would be awesome! I would love for that to happen! I wish I had a nanny cam or something similar hooked up in their box! Mrs. Pretty has not come out of their box today. Was barely out yesterday too though!
  6. the eggs are eggs.......bah, no babies yet! It is exciting though, Mr. Squacker is still trying to kill me when I change the food and water and Mrs. Pretty Girl is sitting tight on the eggs, only comes out when she hears the treat box being opened and she can't resist coming out so the male will feed her.(that's when I take a quick peek at the eggs through the sliding door). Mrs. Pretty races back inside when I do that so I do mean just a peek! Squacker has been talking up a storm though and talks quite a bit when I change the water in the afternoon at the daycare's nap time. I think he likes the quiet.
  7. Yes, they are back in my bedroom, away from the daycare chaos,they do not like the new foster dog so he is banned from the room also! I keep a baby gate across the doorway as I don't want them to be totally blocked off from day to day noise. I only bother them when I clean the bottom of the cage and change their food and water dishes. They have also for the last week been dropping food in their water dishes, so I change it more often during the day. Any suggestions on foods to feed them if I do have hatchlings, they are on fortified pellets, an egg/seed mix and fresh fruits and veggies.
  8. so far nothing this morning......both birds are very testy though! Its hard to put in fresh food when they want to attack! I have been spraying both with aloe vera juice for their morning baths, I am wondering if I should continue to do this with the mom or switch to plain water? On a side note, its so funny when I walk in the room the male barks at me like a small dog and then growls when I take away the old food dish to replace with fresh food or water. Then calmly says hi after he lunges at me!
  9. They laid five, possibly one to hatch today, but there was a total of two weeks exactly between the first and last one laid.
  10. well, now she moved the egg back into the clutch, guess I will wait and see.
  11. I have a clutch of five eggs, one due to hatch possibly tomorrow, the parents have pushed one egg aside, would that mean the egg is no good? They have slowly been moving it away from the clutch. Can any one clue me in on what's happening? Should I leave it or take it out?
  12. its a boy! Just had him sexed today and he is now five months old and doing great! His weight was great, wings, beak, feet, all great! lol I feel like a proud mommy! Ok, make that grandma! I am just so happy he did so great!
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