Posted: Sat Sep 22, 2012 6:34 am Post subject: i have babies whoop
i went in to do my normal morning checks to hear the little sound of cheaping,mom came out the nest box so i had a quik peek,and i have so far 2 cute little baby kaks..5 to go :)
Cool...
get good diet in, veggies , chopped cooked meat and bones, apple, kiwi fruit....
Fresh 2x a day...
This produces nice big healty birds...and birds that have been raised on good diet... which in the long term cuts right back on the cost of seed, uses up the kitchen scraps....and have off spring that done need to have the long worry of converting to good diet.
5 to go....expect at lease 2 eggs not to hatch....
I have had a therory for a very long time, not all eggs are meant to hatch, be it kakariki, kings what ever.
When u look at the new chicks they have very weak necks and legs, they huddle around the left over eggs to stay upright.
Also it gives the hen more time to leave the nest without the chicks loosing body heat, the left over eggs act as hot water bottles.....
And along similar lines, if a cold frost comes in makes keeping the good eggs or checks easier for the hen at good tempitures.
We do not remove eggs
When the chicks are bit bigger the hen then buries the old eggs. _________________ My Spelling is Not Incorrect...It's 'Creative'
what exciting and fun with kids :)
I have to agree with Steptoe, I also let my eggs not hatched remain.
Of all hatched so have all survived - so they do not hatch is probably not supposed to hatch. Though it's just as well, otherwise it would be an enormous number Kaks and I think they are relatively unknown here in Sweden anyway, unfortunately, in general.
Here, the father's mother for 3 weeks and then feed the young mother (mother comes out occasionally for a while) but at about 3-4 weeks so take Dad over feeding and feeding them alone until they are about 2 months and maybe a little more, do not know exactly - but the mother feeds nothing more since she left the nest completely - anyway, I have never seen it on all the hills. Dad Babbles is hugely talented with his kids, he has never lost someone and have even been a stepfather to a girl - the world's best dad Babbles :)
However, I do not know if it is always so, but this has always been so iallfall :)
1. male feed female in 3-4 weeks
2. female feeds the kids in this time of the first 3-4 weeks
3. the male take over the feeding from this 3-4 weeks until around 2 months
Yep we know exaclty what u are saying , and 3 of our pair have been doing that all year round for just over 4 yrs...non stop.
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so take Dad over feeding and feeding them alone until they are about 2 months and maybe a little more, do not know exactly
We where talking about this a few yrs ago here, Peter following what Peter does
We remove the chicks after a few days to the holding flight where there are single males....within 30 seconds there where couple these males making sure they where ok, others feeding up and feeding these chicks.
This takes the work load off the father, and better feeding weaning of hen , new chicks and weaning into the flock.
And less work for us. _________________ My Spelling is Not Incorrect...It's 'Creative'
Posted: Mon Oct 08, 2012 6:59 am Post subject: chicks
as i said i had 7 eggs in my kaks nest,well all 7 eggs hatched to my amazement..well a couple of weeks on i lost 1 chick,the smallest which was to be exspected i think,the other 6 are doing great eyes open moving around,i have put in a second nest box,parents are brilliant.
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