How exciting!! I hope you take pictures everyday, so we can watch that baby grow! That will be so much fun!
Congratulations to you and the mama and the papa!
Willie:)
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How exciting!! I hope you take pictures everyday, so we can watch that baby grow! That will be so much fun!
Congratulations to you and the mama and the papa!
Willie:)
Whoa!
I sat here and read thru your thread with my mouth OPEN!!!!!
What a shock!!!
But congratulations!!!! Who would have thunk you would be a grandma to a FID!!
Just thought I'd try to answer this :). Tiels you really can't definitely tell until they are adults unless DNA testing is done. The differences in adult hens and males is sort of dependent on their coloring. Regular grey females are usually not quite as bright as the males. Non-lutinos tend to have little bars under their tales that fade on the males but stay on the females. On pearled tiels, females keep the pearl look while the males tend to lose the pearling on their backs, it just turning into more large blotchy patches than the "pearls."Quote:
Originally posted by QueenScoopalot
How do you tell sexes in cockatiels?
That is a great explanation, Jessica. Being new to Cockatiel ownership, I had to read a lot when we got Roger. When Milly came along, her name was Willy. I'll bet if I did a search back I could find posts here on Pet Talk where I told her (his) story. The more I read, the more I realized that the people who told me it was a boy were wrong. Now I can prove that for sure! ;) But she has the bars on the underside of her tail, and it is also obvious because her orange cheeks are very muted in comparison to Roger's.
I know there are some more questions people asked, but the only other one I remember is that Popcornbird asked if Milly continues to sit on the baby and the eggs and yes, she does. It is interesting to look at her because she is holding herself differently, much more puffed up and spread out. I'm sure that is to help shift her weight to not hurt the baby. Their instincts are remarkable!! :)
So far, only the one baby, but as Jessica mentioned, there could be several days between hatchings because she laid the eggs over a week long period. :)
Logan
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Originally posted by gini
I just made myself chuckle...........
"Logan - Mother of Many" should now be........
"Logan - Mother of Many More"
or Gini,
"Logan - Mother of Many" and now
"Logan - Mother of Many and Granny of one" (so far anyway!) LOL!
Oh, I am so glad I did not miss this thread and got to see the picture of the latest member of the family. Pam is right about the size of the eggs. Wow, how did Milly ever push those things out?
Does Baby Bird have a name yet? I'll have to forgo the *cute* adjective for the time being, from my experience the little ones who start out challenged on the cuteness scale are often the most beautiful as they start to grow.
Anyway, thanks for taking the time to share these pictures, but now that you've started, we'll all be clamouring for more. :)
Mark came running when he hear my whoooop! Logan, that is sooo AWESOME!! What a beautiful baby bird! Please, please, please please keep us updated?? (New digi. camera just in time, huh?)
Congratulations!!!! :D:D:D:D:D
p.s. I would have definitely rated this thread a 5 star!!! ;)
:DBabies!!!:D Oh, CONGRATULATIONS!!! I can't wait to hear more, if the others hatch, and how the baby is progressing. Keep us updated!
It must be so exciting!:) The little thing is so tiny, and adorable!
How about some pics of the little guy with its momma:p;)
We came home from church tonight and we have two new babies! :) I'll post pictures later. :) :)
Say a little prayer for our babies. I want them to be ok. :)
What a good Mommy Milly! She's a goooood egg warmer to make two babies!!!
Congratulations (x2) again!
:D
TWO new babies? So now there are three? :D Yippee!!! I'm sure #4 will hatch soon too. More pictures please!!! I will definitely be praying for all of your little babies! What a good mama Milly is!Quote:
Originally posted by Logan
We came home from church tonight and we have two new babies! :) I'll post pictures later. :) :)
Say a little prayer for our babies. I want them to be ok. :)
:eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek:Quote:
Originally posted by Logan
We came home from church tonight and we have two new babies! :) I'll post pictures later. :) :)
Say a little prayer for our babies. I want them to be ok. :)
PICS PICS PICS!!!
These are the two new babies, born tonight:
http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/4...bedd0000001610
This is baby #1 (born on Friday):
http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/4...be810000001610
Baby #1 and one of the new babes:
http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/4...bea90000001610
A couple more coming!
YAY! YAY! :D
Two more babies!
And you even posted some new photos before I could even ask!:)
Good luck with all the babies now! The photos are great!:)