Babies

Jeremy · Post by **Jeremy** » Wed Oct 12, 2005 9:33 pm

I thought i would let everybody know i currently have 3 pairs of Ringnecks with a total of 10 babies soon to be 11.

Pair 1 - Grey Cock x Grey Hen - 4 babies with another one pipping
Pair 2 - Pastel Skyblue Cock x Silver Hen - 3 babies
Pair 3 - Blue Cock x Pastel Blue Hen - 3 babies

They are all only a few days old, all three pairs hatched babies on the same day :shock:

How's that for good timing :lol:

webvixen · Post by **webvixen** » Wed Oct 12, 2005 11:53 pm

WOW .......10/11 babies all at once!!! thats so cool.
they must have been something in the air one day

are you going to handraise any? if so you'll have to post some pics or some of us will be very upset. even if you dont pull any some pics would be great.

sounds like you are going to have your hands full for a while.
the best of luck

Jeremy · Post by **Jeremy** » Thu Oct 13, 2005 2:11 am

Yes, i will be handraising ALL of them :shock:

Lots of pics too, don't you worry about that

Yes, there must have been something in the air on that day

Neokireina · Post by **Neokireina** » Thu Oct 13, 2005 3:38 am

I wish my pairs did that well. I have two maybe three pairs that can breed.
One pair didnt go down, One pair had eggs that got cold and the other pair had 4 eggs that just vanished.
Needless to say I think I'm going to give up on breeding IRNs

Jeremy · Post by **Jeremy** » Thu Oct 13, 2005 9:08 pm

Don't give up on them just yet, if it was their first season then stuff like that usually happens. They will get things right.

BTW i have put some pictures in the photo forum

Melika · Post by **Melika** » Fri Oct 14, 2005 7:52 pm

With our lovebirds new pairs sometimes took three or four tries before successful hatching. We preferred it when they learned from their mistakes. And we always leave the chicks to be fully weaned by the parents for the first clutch.

As lost quite a few babies but in the end the parents always turned out great.