ralstonka
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- Apr 10, 2011
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- Parrots
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Cleo & Sunny [Sun Conure Pair]
Opy [Cinnamon Pied Cockatiel]
Ella [RIP - Pearl Cockatiel]
So, would like to share my success. After about 3 years, my Cinnamon male Green Cheek Conure & my Pineapple Green Cheek have finally produced some chicks!
It's been a long wait. They had 2 nests last winter, all infertile. Chi Chi (female) pulled her breast feathers out and pouted. Took the box away & she regrew all feathers, with even more red.
This winter we were lucky, on January 26th we had our first chick hatch & I pulled him for handfeeding after 3 weeks. He (a total guess on gender) is a crazy spoiled little monster. Loves his head rubbed & sounds like a dinosaur.
Within the last week, 4 new chicks have hatched. There is only 1 egg remaining, but I almost hope that it doesn't hatch (haha). I plan to handfeed these as well, then will remove the box.
Wondering if there are any good links out there on breeding GCC's. I've never found much info, especially for handfeeding this particular species. I've handfed Sun Conures & Cockatiels before but am still surprised about the lack of information.
BTW, my tag is the baby.
It's been a long wait. They had 2 nests last winter, all infertile. Chi Chi (female) pulled her breast feathers out and pouted. Took the box away & she regrew all feathers, with even more red.
This winter we were lucky, on January 26th we had our first chick hatch & I pulled him for handfeeding after 3 weeks. He (a total guess on gender) is a crazy spoiled little monster. Loves his head rubbed & sounds like a dinosaur.
Within the last week, 4 new chicks have hatched. There is only 1 egg remaining, but I almost hope that it doesn't hatch (haha). I plan to handfeed these as well, then will remove the box.
Wondering if there are any good links out there on breeding GCC's. I've never found much info, especially for handfeeding this particular species. I've handfed Sun Conures & Cockatiels before but am still surprised about the lack of information.
BTW, my tag is the baby.