I want to introduce my new baby Mabel!

I have a new baby dyha named Mabel. She is about 6 weeks old and an absolute sweetie! She is eating like a champ, in fact as I have told Wendy she is the easiest baby I have fed for sure! She gained about 14 grams in a day! She already weighs more than my cag Dorothy! I am just astounded that she already is emitting the wonderful amazon "perfume" I never thought they would do it as much as little/big babies! She is a wonderful new addition to our family! I have put a lot of thought into our last bird. I have been looking for a female dyha as they are my favorite of the amazons! I am hoping that my cag Dorothy will grow to like her. Dorothy usually is very interested in babies. She loves to watch me feed the gcc's I breed and is such a gentle little lady. Saying that she absolutely does not like our rb2 Nigel, a bit too much energy as he seems to annoy the heck out of her. He is her bothersome little brother. I rescued a very neglected amazon years ago, Dorothy became quite friendly with her while we worked with her to get her to the place that we could find her a forever home. I think she would enjoy someone to hang out on her tree with from time to time!

Mabel is TOO gorgeous and TOO cute for words!! I'm sitting her cooing and cahing over here, remember when my Sam was a wee one.

I am SO happy for you, Lynn!!!! I think there's a good chance that Mabel and Dorothy can become friends, especially because Dorothy is such a well behaved, calm lady. Sam and Hunter got along right from the start, too.

Take LOTS of pictures of young Mabel because they grow up WAY too fast.

She will be a knock out! Just wait and see...and she will be a BIG, colorful girl, too.

wow! That's so cool!!!! What a sweet baby Mabel is.
And yes, take lots and lots of photos

I hope Mabel and Dorothy become friends, and maybe Mabel will also like Mr. high energy Nigel too lol

I am so surprised at the size on her. She already weighs 389 grams and she is still so young! I love big, bold amazons!

I'm just going to say it out loud: I truly believe you got yourself a MAGNA baby there. Her size, the amount of yellow AND red on her shoulders speak volumes.

JerseyWendy said:

I'm just going to say it out loud: I truly believe you got yourself a MAGNA baby there. Her size, the amount of yellow AND red on her shoulders speak volumes.

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That is so exciting Wendy! I was looking around for one to no avail! You should see her brothers, they are huge! They were hatched 10 days before her and they are gorgeous! I wanted a female however the males are still available and there was one with so much size and color that I was a bit tempted! I am such a fan of a big amazon that their size almost got me! I am so happy however that I stuck with my original plan and got Mabel. She is just so darn cute! I laugh at her expression every time I get her out of her bed. She is such a chow hound! My goodness, it amazes me!

Lynn, you ought to tell everyone how much Mabel weighs already.

My guesstimate is that when she is fully grown, she'll weigh right around 600g.

JerseyWendy said:

Lynn, you ought to tell everyone how much Mabel weighs already.

My guesstimate is that when she is fully grown, she'll weigh right around 600g.

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Ha! my little porker! Mabel weighed 389 grams this morning before breakfast! As Wendy told me "amazons live to eat!" She is certainly a great eater! Not sure what Dorothy is going to think about this, she is a petite little girl and only weighs 363!

Congrats! Where did you find a baby at this time of the year? I can't seem to find a dyh here in Georgia to my liking and am leaning towards a baby in the spring.

I live in Dayton Ohio, the breeder currently has Mabels clutchmates. Two big beautiful boys available!

SOOOO adorable, i can't stand it!! I want to hold her!!

She's absolutely adorable! I love her name, too. Congrats!!

Congrats on such a good looking baby. Can't wait to see what she looks like in another couple of weeks. keep posting pics as she grows.

Shes wonderful !! Love her name also I think zons are great additions to flocks.

Absolutely adorable!

But they are so fragile at this age, I prefer to wait until they are older to hold them...

Mabel is soooo cute!!!! Congrats on your new baby!

congrads on your new baby

Birdman666 said:

Absolutely adorable!

But they are so fragile at this age, I prefer to wait until they are older to hold them...

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Oh but so hard to resist cuddling the little ball of green, yellow & red feathers!

She's so cute! I would love to have one.