[Plukie]

Oh my goodness!! Snickers going to be such a handsome little birdy!!

 

[Bea]

I'm 90% sure he's pied now, i was inspecting his pin feathers closely (you can see them under the skin on his wings) and it goes dark, dark, dark, light, light, dark...these are where the flight feathers will be. If he was a normal then all these would come through dark!

 

[Bea]

Super dad Bailee has gone over board, i'm surprised Snickers hasn't burst at the seams with the amount of food that been stuffed in his crop. He seems to have a bruise from the stretching, poor bub! Bailee is banned from seeing his child until he's emptied a fair bit. So he's down here with me chewing everything he can get his beak on, while Cookie is keeping Snickers warm. I was holding Snickers for a little while to keep him from Bailee, and the over eager daddy came over and tried to stuff MORE down the poor babies throat!!

 

[Plukie]

Sorry for laughing Bea, but I can just imagine Bailee "Come on son, eat up, you'll never get curly feathers!"

 

[Sarin]

Haha that's pretty cute. It's a good thing you're keeping such a close eye on them.

 

[Bea]

Bailee's back with his family, standing guard at the nest box entrance. But i've threatened him with a restraining order if he tries to pop Snickers like that again.

 

[Rosie]

Well you can't say that Bailee is a bad dad, just a little, well....over enthusiastic!

 

[Kfontan]

Poor Bailee!

Well, you do have to give him an "A" for effort.

 

[huskymom]

awww. hi there Snickers!!..... peek a boo I see you.....LOL

I bet he´s 100% pied .... just can´t wait to see the pattern...... is he/she gonna be cute 10000% guaranteed

 

[xxxSpikexxx]

Glad to hear that Snickers crop emptied out ok Bailee must be trying to win Dad of the year award

 

[birdieness]

Lol bea. I nearly died reading this. At lease he is being a good dad.

 

[Bea]

Snickers was completely empty this morning, and i've heard him be fed since then. I'm so glad he managed to empty that massive crop!!! It's such a relief!

 

[Laura]

Phew!!!! thats good that he emptied it

 

[Bea]

Here's baby Snickers at 14 days, can you believe it!! Time sure does fly when you're having fun, right?

"Dude, enough with the photos already! Put me back with my mummy!"

Spiky little crest is popping through, it's going to be yellow!!! PIED PIED PIED!! I can't wait to see what he looks like with all his feathers.

 

[feathers]

Great to see his eyes beginning to open-its a face only a mother can love!! When do they start to get real feathers?? We are very happy for you that things are looking on the up and up!! How are Bailee and Cookie feeling today? When will they be given the all clear?

 

[Laura]

Aww look at those little eyes opening I am glad you got your pied Bea, now to see if its a boy or a girl

 

[Bea]

Great to see his eyes beginning to open-its a face only a mother can love!! When do they start to get real feathers?? We are very happy for you that things are looking on the up and up!! How are Bailee and Cookie feeling today? When will they be given the all clear?

Well the pin feathers should come out properly and start opening into pretty feathers in the next week.

Cookie and Bailee seem to be feeling good, but their poops are really really watery and i'm not sure why. I'm going to give them a few days on probiotics before ringing the vet about it though, because it could quite likely just be that the good bacteria in their tummies got wiped out with the bad.

 

[Abigail Jad 123]

hopefully its nothing. Im glad to hear snickers is doing ok, and i cant wait to hear if its a boy or girl!

 

[Bea]

Here's another photo of Snickers which i forgot to get off the camera earlier. I'd just cleaned the nest box (which was quite poopy after 2 weeks) and Snickers was running about complaining. It was the first time i'd seen both his eyes open at once though!

 

[Kfontan]

What a cute little bub.

He really complains that much?