crossfit Posted January 30, 2010 Posted January 30, 2010 Well, I finally found my baby. She is just over two weeks old and here is a videocam. Hopefully when you look it will be on the three baby african greys. I will know more later. Streaming Media
Luvparrots Posted January 30, 2010 Posted January 30, 2010 Congrats on your new baby grey!!!! Will you be getting first pick???
crossfit Posted January 30, 2010 Author Posted January 30, 2010 I got third pick of three but thats fine.
chelseaB Posted January 30, 2010 Posted January 30, 2010 Congratulations! You will be so excited anticipating the day you get to bring your baby home. The first time I went to see my baby Biscotti he was about 2 weeks old. It is so wonderful to watch them grow knowing that one of them will be yours! Keep us posted!
crossfit Posted February 2, 2010 Author Posted February 2, 2010 Tina at Flights Of Fancy Aviary just sent me baby pics of my lil fella:
Luvparrots Posted February 2, 2010 Posted February 2, 2010 What a sweet baby crossfit!!! Have you thought about any names yet???
crossfit Posted February 2, 2010 Author Posted February 2, 2010 the only one that has come to mind is Griffon. But I think we will come up with others in the next weeks. I hope to know if its a boy or a girl in about a month. The mom at the egg shell so Tina can't do the dna test for a bit longer just to be safe.
jessdecutie18 Posted February 2, 2010 Posted February 2, 2010 Cute baby pics... and that's really cool that you can see your baby anytime on the streaming thing online
Luvparrots Posted February 2, 2010 Posted February 2, 2010 Oh the right name will come to you once you meet your new baby. All the names I had been thinking about went out the window when I finally met my Ana Grey and got to personally know her!
crossfit Posted February 2, 2010 Author Posted February 2, 2010 I love the name Ana Grey. I thought of Dorian Grey but he wasn't someone I would want to name something after.
crossfit Posted February 9, 2010 Author Posted February 9, 2010 The video cam is turned on at the breeders for a little while if anyone wants to go peek at my baby and his siblings. Enterprise Video Content Management Mine is the smallest. The other two are just barely getting red tips at their tails.
crossfit Posted February 9, 2010 Author Posted February 9, 2010 Also I think if it does turn out to be a boy, as the breeder thinks, his name will be Hawkins.
Luvparrots Posted February 9, 2010 Posted February 9, 2010 How funny Crossfit!!!! That one baby was just sitting on his bottom. It was so cute!!! Thanks for sharing!
crossfit Posted February 9, 2010 Author Posted February 9, 2010 LOL. there are three in there but the other two must have been out of camera range.
Xtreme575 Posted February 9, 2010 Posted February 9, 2010 Congratulations on finding your new baby! And a beautiful little baby he/she is! As far as name goes, it does come to you, I wasn't able to decide between Paco and Anderson until I met Paco and realized he needed a real fun name, 'cause he is such a fun bird (he is currently on his playtop shredding an entire role of toilet paper off which I hung from the playstand, thanks for the idea Dan!!!). You must be going out of your mind with excitement!
crossfit Posted February 27, 2010 Author Posted February 27, 2010 Woot! got the DNA tests today and some more pictures from the breeder. He is a boy. We are calling him Hawkins right now. I will see how that sticks once he comes and lives with us. Here are the newest photos:
crossfit Posted February 27, 2010 Author Posted February 27, 2010 hit send too soon. The other photos:
crossfit Posted February 27, 2010 Author Posted February 27, 2010 and the last one: It seems he is starting to look like a tiny African Grey now rather than the little dinosaur of a short time ago.
katana600 Posted February 27, 2010 Posted February 27, 2010 This is such an exciting time in your life as you watch your little fellow grow and get ready to leave his nest and come home with you. I love the name Hawkins and am just thrilled for you to have the opportunity to get to know his personality and spend time with him as you prepare to bring him home. Congratulations.
Luvparrots Posted February 27, 2010 Posted February 27, 2010 What a great name for your little boy!!!! Hawkins is a cutie!!
crossfit Posted February 27, 2010 Author Posted February 27, 2010 Hawkins is a response to all those named Einstein. It is after Stephen Hawkings, the physicist. LOL. Hawkins is just easier to say. I bet I end up calling him things like "my lil hawk" and such as we tend to have all sorts of name variants for our other pets.
judygram Posted February 27, 2010 Posted February 27, 2010 What an adorable grey baby Hawkins is and yes he is starting to look like an actual grey, they sure are precious at this stage in their life, thanks for sharing some pictures of him with us.
rbpittman Posted March 10, 2010 Posted March 10, 2010 Hawkins is such a beautiful baby and will grow into such a fine Grey. Do love the name and his namesake. I know you are thrilled to be with him and watching him grow. Robin
crossfit Posted March 10, 2010 Author Posted March 10, 2010 Well, the breeder wrote me an email yesterday. Apparently my Hawkins matches his namesake in a bit of a birth problem as well. His back toe on one foot seems to have extra skin around it. The vet said it was purely cosmetic. The breeder offered to give us our money back, to give us another bird later when she has some more, or to take a discount on Hawkins. I am already too bonded to not take him so I will have a bird with a small blemish. I figure at worst he will have trouble holding onto things though the breeder says he holds on better then the siblings do. I also figured that with the assortment of knowledge we have here, that if something turned our wrong with him, I could handle it with all your help. While I am new to birds, I am not new to animals nor to loving. Here are some of the latest pics. You can see that back toe in some of the first ones. Isn't he a cute lil showoff with his new wing feathers? <br><br>Post edited by: crossfit, at: 2010/03/10 05:38
jessdecutie18 Posted March 10, 2010 Posted March 10, 2010 Sounds to me like you made a good choice It doesn't sound like a huge problem and if you are already bonded then you probably wouldn't want to have to start all over and wait for another I'm sure this forum can help you if you have any troubles... I love the picture with your baby's wings spread, he looks proud to have them
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