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Cookie and Bailee - Breeding Journey

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Yes, i have surrendered to the persistent mating of Cookie and Bailee (and obviously i wouldn't have done if i didn't want the babies and any consequences). Gracie has moved into her old cage (her bachelorette pad) and Cookie and Bailee have been granted a (rather massive) nest box. I have to say that compared to a budgie nest box, the bulk of a tiel one is pretty surprising!! :lol:

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Cookie thinks it's just brilliant. She's right into checking it out, nibbling it, peeking inside.

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Bailee thinks mummy's shoulder looks much more inviting, but i'm sure when he figures that this gives Cookie even more reason to mate with him he'll like the nest box just as much. :rofl:

So everyone, here is where i'll update the journey of Cookie and Bailee as they (hopefully) raise a little family. Look out world, baby Bailee's are in the making. :eek:
 
#577 ·
I've been told by somebody else that the plum eye thing is true to cockatiels as well as budgies, and Snickers has definitely never had plum eyes so i guess he's a regular pied! :D

Here's what i can tell you about his patterning so far based on pin feathers (which seem to be popping up by the minute, it's crazy):
- yellow crest, obviously
- dark tail, possibly with two middle feathers yellow
- grey face, or at least grey cheeks
- mainly grey wings with odd patches and flecks of yellow
- mainly grey chest
- and looks to be a yellow tummy

We'll see how accurate that is in a few more days! ;)
 
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Kfontan said:
Concerning the plucking, is that common for a parent to do?
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Well it's not uncommon, and it is more likely with first time parents. I've taken a short video of Snickers having a hiss, i'll post it a bit later cause right now, at 8:30am on a Saturday, mum decided to book a doctors appointment, and i'm the taxi.:mad: Who goes to the doctor that early on a Saturday...grrrr... :p
 
#585 ·
Who's ready for some day 17 cuteness?? ;) Snickers is spikey, noisier and bigger today, he's now a whopping 49g compared to the 17g he was a week ago, it's just amazing! And he's got the attitude to go with that weight too!
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Cute baby?? Me???

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You watch what you say woman!!

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I'm a tough guy, not a itty bitty cutesy baby!!

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*hmph*

And here's a video of the little guy having a hiss. You can see he made the nest box sufficiently messy, i cleaned it two days ago, and again today. The amount of poop Snickers produces is just unbelievable!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4N3RZGoq08
 
#590 ·
Awww he's soo cute! Plucking seems pretty normal for first timers. Cleo and Meco (my babies parents) pluck my guys. Only issue now is because they did it to them, if my guys were to raise babies chances are they would pluck them and i already know hugs would as he plucks his sister. Not much anymore cause they are hardly out together.

Such a great weight gain. keep going little one and you will be huge! Can't wait to see him feather into a pied little screaming monster. Going to have so much attitude lol.
 
#595 ·
Wow!

Wow! He just about tripled his weight in a week!! That must be a relief.

He is a little cutie. :love: And look at that crest!!!

The video was hysterical. What a big attitude for a little bird. Snickers must be a male, carrying on and on like that. :p

Does he make that much noise when he sits in your hand? Also, how do Bailee and Cookie react when he is sitting in your hand.

I hope you don't mind all of the questions. But I find this whole experience fascinating.
 
#596 ·
Kfontan said:
Does he make that much noise when he sits in your hand? Also, how do Bailee and Cookie react when he is sitting in your hand.
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He was making that much noise in my hand yesterday, you can see from the photos that he had a lot to say. :p More often though he just snuggles in and looks around.

Cookie and Bailee couldn't give a stuff that he's in my hand. Lately they're only feeding him and very little else. I think that's normal though. This morning for example, i gave him a quick cuddle while Cookie and Bailee were having breakfast. Snickers was having a little whinge cause he was hungry, and all Bailee was interested was snatching pieces of corn out of Cookie's beak. :rofl:
 
#600 ·
Day 18 photos!
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*yawn*

He hisses like crazy at any one except me, i feel so loved. If he sees my brother he goes crazy, and if he sees my dad he's even worse, hehe. ;)

He's doing runny poos today, or at least he is out of the nest box. There appear to be normal poops in the nest box so i'm not sure what to think. The vet is supposed to phone tomorrow about Cookie and Bailee's runny poops and what we should do next, so i'll add Snickers onto my list of questions for dad to ask (i'll be at school, stuck in exams...ewww).

I'm starting a project today which i will share with everyone at the end of all this! :D I'm making a desktop background with a photo time line starting from an egg and including a photo everyday until he's a fully feathered cutie pie! Hopefully it'll look good, and it will be interesting to be able to look at the progress all at once!
 
#603 ·
Oh, doesn't he change! I'm loving the teeny, weeny crest...how cute! :D
 
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