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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:
 
#694 ·
Here are examples...

pastelface dirty faced light pied... like Snickers
http://members.optusnet.com.au/~geoffwatts/photogallery/Pastelface light pied.JPG

A normal pied (also pearl) with a dirty face (like Snickers). Note the bright ORANGE cheek spots... even though the grey is covering them...
http://www.pinfeathersaviary.com/usr/bird6.jpg

same idea as above
http://www.pinfeathersaviary.com/usr/bird3.jpg

Here is a pic of Memphis when he was a baby (pic is still on the breeders website)... Notice his bright orange spots even though his face is solid grey...
http://homesteadshatchery.homestead.com/cockatiel_grey_split_pied_3.jpg

Do you see what I mean? How pale Snickers cheek spots are, if he is a normal pied? I maybe wrong, and they may grow in much brighter than they currently look... I just see them as too light tobe a normal pied :)

Kirby
 
#697 ·
The little fatty was 81g tonight with a reasonably full crop...which is the same as Bailee. ;)

The family had a food party on my bed today. For some reason millet and cheerio dust all over my bed seemed like a good idea...dunno what i was thinking there.

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Oi!! Why's he getting all the attention???

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#701 ·
Cheerios?

You can feed them Cheerios?
:p You can indeed! A lot of people offer them as weaning foods for babies to try. You obviously wouldn't want them living on the things (which trust me, they would LOVE to do), but they're fine once a week (more if you're using them for bubs).

My little fatso gained 4-5g in the last 24hrs, the scales were hovering between 74-75g EMPTY! I'm so happy, he's almost big tiel weight (well, almost Bailee's weight anyway). He got fed more because i had put some seeds, millet and cheerios in the nest box for him to play with, so of course Cookie and Bailee spent all day in there eating and feeding him. I've done the same again, cause it's sure working for them. ;)
 
#703 ·
This is going to have A LOT of photos!!! ;) I had a hard time narrowing down my favourites from today's photo shoot, but i managed to stop at 18...

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*hmph* They're too busy stuffing their beaks to worry about me!

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I hope they don't expect me to eat on my own, i'm much too little for that!

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*rawr* I'm a pterodactyl!!

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DAD!!!! Don't walk in my shots!! You just spoiled a good one!!!

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*grunt* This is such a big hill to climb, but i must reach mummy and daddy.

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Gawd, mum!! Tell him to stop!! This is sooo embarrassing!

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So mum, how about some lunch?

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*glug glug glug glug glug*

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*glug glug glug* Grrrr....dad!! What did i say about ruining my photos!

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What's that?! (Cookie and Snickers stand up with interest as Mickey - dog - walks into room)

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*sigh* My tummy's a little more full now.

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Time to take care of some feather care 101 practice i suppose.

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Yeah? What? I know what to do with millet! Duh!! I'm just not hungry ok?

Fine, i'll show you then!
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*pounce*

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*lick*

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What?? I'm just warming up ....

You can see we had another fun food party on my bed today! The millet hulls from yesterday weren't enough to put me off the fun, lol!!!
 
#707 ·
I think it's time to look for some family resemblance...

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Bailee - 4 weeks old

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Snickers - 4 weeks old

I would like to announce that Snickers IS a male. :D Kirby explained to me why. Bailee is visually cinnamon, that means that no matter what he would pass a cinnamon gene onto all his babies - making any daughter of his visually cinnamon. ;) Snickers is clearly NOT cinnamon, so he is a BOY! I'm so happy to know this 100% for sure, and even more thrilled that i got my grey pied boy! That's what i was after when i got Bails (though i love him MORE than any grey pied i could've found back then, i'm sure!) and now i finally have one. Just think, two male losers to greet the day with silly songs and whistles! What more could i ask for.
 
#711 ·
how cute....and all big now... he looks so not a baby....

lovely wings he has... love the yellow tips LOL

and I think he´s gonna look like Georgie in the cheek department..... he´s so adorable... can´t wait for more pics!!
 
#714 ·
How adorable this little family is, I could not imagine there being more than 1 bub, I would honestly die of cute-ness overload :love: haha :p

ps- Yup he is a boy 100% and Snickers is 100% split to cinnamon, and whiteface. Cinnamon becuase cinnamon fathers pass down their genes (cinnamon) down to females visually, and males genetically (hidden splits). Whiteface becuase it is a recessive gene and since Cookie is whiteface, any babies will be for sure split to it (passed on to males and females).

This is perfect that he is a boy, as I stated before... now Gracie has a boyfreind for the future, and he was parent raised so he will know what to do ;) hehe

Kirby :)
 
#716 ·
Here are some day 30 pics of my little Snickers. I decided today that his colours remind me of a honey bee, so that can be one of his little nicknames "hello my little honey bee". I had a momentary thought of changing his name to Bumble (Bee) but then i thought about what i would abbreviate that to, and i do not want a bird called Bum, LOL!!!

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You can see that he's got the whole perching thing down perfectly. Though he can't put himself in that position. He sits up a lot more confidently on my finger now compared to a few days ago.

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And i took this one so you could see his little tail, so cute!
 
#720 ·
hipothetically writting... IF Gracie was bred to Snickers... they would throw... normal and cinnamon females split to pied and whiteface, normal males split to lutino and pied and ¿cinnamon? ...

how about getting a WF pied for him and get....
WF cinnamon pied??... that would be so cute!!!... ir Gracie split to anything btw?