*sigh* what a cutie!

Kirby

 

Here is Mr Persnickety on day 23!

This afternoon Snickers and i lay down on my bed, and i stroked his crest for a full 15 minutes. His eyes went droopy and he lay down on my hand and went to sleep. I can just tell he's going to be a little cuddle monster! You'll all be pleased to know that his "yawn button" is fully functioning. I would have hated to have to send him back to the manufacturer to get that fixed, lol!!! If i stroke his ears he does a big yawn. I would've taken some photos of our cuddle time, but i only have two hands - one for Snickers and one for cuddling.

 

Haha, what a cutie he is Bea

 

Oh how fantastic Bea, he is going to be super tame. I can't get over how much he has grown in 23 days.....from egg to handsome baby!! When you stop and think about it, it really is miraculous that something could grow and mature so fast, all the inside workings and feather growth etc etc in just over three weeks! Nature really is wonderful.

 

Oh, simply adorable

What a great little family you have there Bea.

 

He's adorable! I can't wait to have a bub of my own to cuddle with, lol

 

He is such a cute baby bub Glad to hear you don't have to send him back to the manufactor

 

I got a special treat for you ..... CUDDLE PICS!!!

And just a couple of full body shots so you can see his pretty feathers.

I brushed his "hair" with a toothbrush (bought specially for him) for a while during our cuddles and he loved that. I think he prefers fingers though.

 

awwww he is gorgeous Bea

 

Aww!! He looks like he loves cuddles!! It must be so great to hold him! Snickers looks so cute in the pics, and his crest is looking all big now

 

We had a bit of drama last night, but i would say it's all alright now!

At about midnight Cookie and Bailee had a night fright, dad informed me of this as i was watching tv in the front room (furthest from my bedroom). So i went and calmed them down, checked on little Snickers and went back to watching tv. At 2am i went to bed and Cookie and Bailee hadn't been back in the nest box. Bailee was guarding the entrance, as usual, but Cookie was sitting as far away from it as possible. I read for an hour and when Cookie still hadn't gone back in i went and got my brooder, sat it on my bedside table and plugged it in. I got Snickers out and put him in my top while i read for another 45 mins while the brooder heated up (i think he's a boy by the way, he seemed to enjoy snuggling into my chest... ) and then i popped him in there with a teddy to snuggle up to and i then i read for another 15 mins to make sure Snickers was neither shivering or panting. He was happy as anything, laying down with his teddy and sleeping. I finally went to sleep a little after 4am...and woke up at 7:30am. Snickers went back in the nest box and has been fed by both Cookie and Bailee....i don't even think they know he was gone! Of course this happened on the coldest night we've had this year...it was only 1 degree celcius, and with the heating off in my room to keep Snickers from getting dry skin...brrrr!!!

 

Those are some super cute cuddle pictures I love how Snickers has a yellow crest and than yellow under his chin aswell Glad to hear everything is ok with them all now, good thing you have a brooder.

 

So, have you brushed your feathers today? I know Snickers has!

And once he was satisfied that his feathers were brushed to his liking he had some cuddles from Tim (brother).

I swear he's getting cuter by the minute! LOL!!

 

Cute overload

 

He's so beautiful!!! What a drama though Bea, glad everything turned out ok in the end. It's funny isn't it what starts them off having a bit of a "do"

 

I plan to have the brooder on approx. an hour before bed tonight, just in case. I have to be up early for school tomorrow, so if Cookie's going to refuse to sit on her baby i need to have something ready without staying up an extra hour.

 

I am glad he went back ok, and got a feeding! It is better to be ready than not to be!
Good Luck!

 

Cookie is spending the night out of the nest box again, so it looks like Snickers will be having another sleep over with his teddy in the brooder.

 

Aww poor baby. Hopfully they don't keep this up.

 

They will, i know what the problem is. The second batch of eggs have been given up as duds. That's why she would spend the night in the nest box, to sit on her eggs. She's sick of them, and in fact i tossed them today cause they were just getting buried under the nesting material, so she won't sit in the nest box at night anymore. I'm confident they'll keep feeding him.

 

Looks like he has a bed of his own from now on! At night that is! Poor Snickers!

 

Snickers has a big boy bed now How long do they usually sit on their chicks for?

 

I think it's normal for them to be off the chicks at this stage, but then there are usually more than one so they can cuddle up to each other for warmth.

I bet he looks adorable snuggled up to his little teddy bear friend

I will see if i can get a photo tomorrow morning before i get him out of his bed. I think our new routine will be feather brush and cuddle, bed, and feather brush and cuddle again in the morning. I cuddled him for 15 mins in bed this morning, it was so nice. I was preening his little feathers and gently rubbing the keratin off them.

 

Poor Snickers! Isn't he growing up fast.

 

Ya, he is, but like Bea said, getting cuter and cuter by the minute.

 

Snickers is beyond cute I bet he looks adorable snuggled up to his little teddy bear friend