[DyArianna]

This morning baby weighs a good solid 13 grams with nothing in her crop! She was holding up her head like she was checking everything out .. (eyes are still closed of course). Again, an increase and baby is looking really good.. so we'll take it. You can hear mom and dad feed every hour to hour and a half so we're ...content right now.

 

[lperry82]

Aww thats good to hear

 

[srtiels]

The eyes have a grey ring on the outside.. then a lighter ring and then there is definitely plum in the center where the pupil would be.
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Now it is a wait and see as to the mutation. With cinnamons it takes a couple days for the melanin (dark pigment) to be pronounced in the eye. As it gets distributed it also masks the red that is shown which is actually a reflection from the blood vessels in the eye (simple explanation) The hardest area for the melanin to mask is the pupil which with females will have deeper distribution and the males will have less allowing a deep wine red to reflect back when they are older, and adults.

 

[RexiesMuM]

Sorry to hear about the last two babies , And glad that the little one is doing so well . Sounds likes they will be such good parent's

 

[DyArianna]

Baby is still doing well and we still have weight gain. This morning the scale couldn't decide between 17 and 18 grams.. but settled on 17 at 5 days old. Wish he/she was a bit bigger but again, we'll take it! So, he/she is doing good. Baby is looking a little dry on the skin though. I will try to post pics tomorrow. I had stopped spritzing the side of the nest box after the last egg was removed. I think I'm going to continue doing this and see if that helps with the dry skin. Everything else looks perfect though on baby. Feet are still pink but a few toe nails are starting to get a slight tinge to them. I can see the small line of coloring (either gray or cinnamon) starting to come through on the wings. Still nothing yet where the crest will be. Eyes seem to be evening out more with color.. not so much the defined dark ring, light ring, plum center so who knows! lol

 

[srtiels]

Increasing the humidity in the nestbox will help with the dry skin, and keep the little one hydrated. Humidity promotes good pinfeather growth as they emerge from the skin. Normally parents will wet the babies in the nest til they are just about feathered.

 

[DyArianna]

Got it. Thanks! Will also make sure mom and dad are lightly spritzed daily. I have only been doing that a couple times a week as it is winter here. But will up it.

Addition: Next morning.. baby is up to 21 grams. Feet are not pure pink any more, almost look like they are taking on a bit of a tinge of very, very light grey. Can't wait to see what little one looks like!

 

[DyArianna]

25 grams this morning. Baby is doing well, motivating around, hissing! We have now officially ruled out cinnamon. However, I think it will be split to cinnamon based on the eye color in the beginning. Baby is 1 week old today and it is now just a waiting game to see if baby is pearl or grey with splits.

 

[srtiels]

motivating around, hissing!
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LOL....they look so cute and seriously looking at that age when they hiss and rock. I'm working on a collage showing what to look for as the pinfeathers are emerging if it is a pearl.

 

[DyArianna]

I'm wondering if it's a Pearl because so far there are no signs of dark pins at the butt.. just some little yellow ones so far. But it's still early.

 

[srtiels]

Yes... a pearl will have the yellow pinfeathers to the tail, and as pins emerge on the shoulders it will at first glance look like black-heads. A normal pearl will have dark/black toenails and a cinnamon pearl brown. Feet will be pink with a faint grey wash coming in after 10 days of age.

 

[DyArianna]

Do you have all the pics you need for your collage? Hahahhahah.. of course you do. You're a pictorial encyclopedia. I was just thinking though.. I might have some pics that are half way decent of when McGee and Nel were babies.

 

[DyArianna]

Okay well this little one is proving to be interesting. Maybe it's because I only have the one and so baby is under a microscope so to speak. lol Anyway, 28+ grams this morning.. and more coloring coming in. Still just yellow on the butt area... but feet are a bit more shaded than yesterday. More coloring in the wing areas and starting on the shoulders. Eyes are starting to open up today! This baby's weight matches up with my pearl at her age.. but the development matches up with my grey at this age.

 

[lperry82]

Hope to see pics

 

[Harleysgirl]

hows this little one going

 

[Sunshine2009]

So glad to hear the little one is doing so well! Sounds like will be a beautiful bird!

 

[DyArianna]

This little one is no longer little! He's weighing in at 102 grams, 28 days old, little boy, at the very least a grey. His name is Callen or Baby G.

 

[Harleysgirl]

AWWW what a cutie! hes beautiful x

 

[Sunshine2009]

He is so beautiful!

 

[lperry82]

Aw he is adorable