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| Day4 |
I've put a second hand reared Spreo starling into the bird room this
morning. Its been eating well on its own for a couple of days now. The
parent have reared 2 in the first nest and 2 in the second but they refuse
to feed the youngest chicks in a nest. In each nest they have had 1 or 2
eggs hatch a day after the others and these chicks have little chance of
surviving. I have another speckled mousebird chick about to fledge, this
makes 5. I put the 4 chicks from previous rounds back in with the parents so
I could witness co-operative breeding. 2 of the young have helped incubate
and all 4 have helped their parents feed chick number 5. I tried to stop the
mousebirds breeding by removing nests but they made a scrape on the aviary
floor and laid eggs there. I guess they will stop when they want, not when I
want.
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| LadyTech |
"Toucanldy" <toucanldy@aol.com> wrote in message
news:20040616100804.13659.00000066@mb-m12.aol.com...
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| >From: "Day4" mybirdsnot@home.com
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| >I've put a second hand reared Spreo starling into the bird room
this
| >morning. Its been eating well on its own for a couple of days now.
The
| >parent have reared 2 in the first nest and 2 in the second but they
refuse
| >to feed the youngest chicks in a nest. In each nest they have had 1
or 2
| >eggs hatch a day after the others and these chicks have little
chance of
| >surviving. I have another speckled mousebird chick about to fledge,
this
| >makes 5. I put the 4 chicks from previous rounds back in with the
parents so
| >I could witness co-operative breeding. 2 of the young have helped
incubate
| >and all 4 have helped their parents feed chick number 5. I tried to
stop the
| >mousebirds breeding by removing nests but they made a scrape on the
aviary
| >floor and laid eggs there. I guess they will stop when they want,
not when I
| >want.
| >
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| Now, that's what I like to hear about. :)
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| Regards
Me too! Great story! :-)
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