New to the forum 1st time hadrearer of IRNs

jessicaz · Post by **jessicaz** » Tue Oct 01, 2013 2:06 am

Hi,

My name is jessica and I am new to this site but have been reading everyday since I picked up my 2new little indian ringneck babies... So cute!! I am from melbourne Australia

can't wait to upload the pics of my babies, picked them up on Friday (they were only 8days old) and have been handrearing them both since!

Skyes_crew · Post by **Skyes_crew** » Tue Oct 01, 2013 2:41 am

Hi and welcome

I thought in Australia you weren't allowed to bring home unweaned baby birds from a breeder?

Anyway, can't wait to see pics.

jessicaz · Post by **jessicaz** » Tue Oct 01, 2013 2:50 am

Hi skyes_crew,

Thanks for ur post! Well they aren't from a breeder as such, my dad has two pairs of IRNs, he had the yellow lacewing male and I bought him a blue lacewing female earlier this year and they bred within a couple of months to our surprise! From four eggs one was infertile and two hatched within a day of each other (19/9/13) and the other egg was squashed, it hatched but the mum neglected it and the third baby died

so I have the two eldest that hatched

Skyes_crew · Post by **Skyes_crew** » Tue Oct 01, 2013 2:54 am

Oh, ok. Well I wish you the best of luck with them. Keep us updated on their progress. I love to see the little ones grow.

Mel

jessicaz · Post by **jessicaz** » Tue Oct 01, 2013 2:58 am

Thank you

so not breeding them to sell, breeding them to keep! I couldn't give them up I'm so attached already!

Doodlebug · Post by **Doodlebug** » Tue Oct 01, 2013 3:18 am

Welcome Jessicaz, and to your little ones

Loo

jessicaz · Post by **jessicaz** » Tue Oct 01, 2013 3:50 am

Thank you loo I'm trying to work out how to upload pics but I'm on my iPhone and it won't let me for some reason!

SCB 22 · Post by **SCB 22** » Tue Oct 01, 2013 4:19 am

Best way to upload pics is create a free imageshack account, upload your pics there, and then post the link for forums into your posts here and your pics pop up

jessicaz · Post by **jessicaz** » Tue Oct 01, 2013 4:28 am

Here is the link I hope

9 day old lil munchkins

SCB 22 · Post by **SCB 22** » Tue Oct 01, 2013 5:24 am

nope no link showing, read through, and it gives you the specific option of the link to use in forums, then the pictures show up directly in your post, and we dont have to click on a link and go to a seperate page, we can view it right here in this forum

Madhuri · Post by **Madhuri** » Tue Oct 01, 2013 7:56 am

Oh that is very exciting. Looking forward to follow you and the babies. I am planning on handfeeding two in spring here in denmark - which will be april /may

so will look forward to hear how it goes and deffinitly see pictures.

About pics.. do they not need to be a certain size small to be able to upload on these pages ?

Skyes_crew · Post by **Skyes_crew** » Tue Oct 01, 2013 9:45 am

I have noticed people that are able to upload photos from the first day as members....I'm not sure how. But the forum rules are that you must be a member for 5 days and have at least 10 posts to be able to post photos. It's a security feature installed to prevent spam.

there is a sticky post all about posting photos somewhere around here lol.

Doodlebug · Post by **Doodlebug** » Tue Oct 01, 2013 10:26 am

I'm so utterly rubbish at posting photos I've had to keep going back to that thread to remind myself how to do it!

It's in the 'miscellaneous' section, at the top.

Loo

Skyes_crew · Post by **Skyes_crew** » Tue Oct 01, 2013 10:46 am

Thanks Loo....I couldn't remember where I had seen it

jessicaz · Post by **jessicaz** » Tue Oct 01, 2013 5:25 pm

My lil babies at 9days old

))

jessicaz · Post by **jessicaz** » Tue Oct 01, 2013 5:27 pm

They are nice and content in that pic after their feed! I'm am following a guide that Donna put on here in regards to he times and how much to feed etc and it is working really well! Babies are eating 6cc each feed every 4-4 1/2 hours crops are emptying nicely

they have character already it's amazing!

AlphaWolf · Post by **AlphaWolf** » Tue Oct 01, 2013 9:36 pm

Welcome Jezzika, your babies are tooo cute. Keep up the good work!

Doodlebug · Post by **Doodlebug** » Thu Oct 03, 2013 3:18 am

It must be so rewarding and satisfying to hand rear your babies, we did it with our first IRN (well my mum did, I wasn't old enough at the time) but the breeder I got my Doodlebug from wouldn't let him go before he was weaned. Of course I completely understand his interest in the safety of his birds and it's commendable, I just wanted that bond from the start and I fully understood the commitment needed and I had the time to do it

Of course I wouldn't change Doodlebug for the world but our bond would've been far greater by now and at least I'd be able to have him on me without the bites!

Lovely little chickies you have there, keep posting

Loo

AlphaWolf · Post by **AlphaWolf** » Thu Oct 03, 2013 4:10 am

Just out of curiosity, how old are you loo?

jessicaz · Post by **jessicaz** » Thu Oct 03, 2013 4:51 am

They are just the cutest little munchkins

they love cuddles! I think their feathers are just starting to come through and it looks dark under the skin so I believe they will be blue!! I will take some pics tomoro. They grow too quickly!! I can't wait for this weekend, going to go buy them a little perch to lie down in their box so they can start practising

and I also have a little stuffed toy in their which I catch them snuggling up to, so cute!!

Doodlebug · Post by **Doodlebug** » Thu Oct 03, 2013 11:49 pm

You never ask a lady her age Alphawolf!

I'd love to see your babies progress, do keep posting, they change so quickly but I guess they have to in order to survive (and feeding them every few hours during the night must be tiring too-but I'd have done it

)

It's lovely they'll grow up together too so none of this fighting/seperate cage malarkey.

Loo

jessicaz · Post by **jessicaz** » Fri Oct 04, 2013 2:04 am

It keeps saying the file is too big to post a pic

il keep trying tho

AlphaWolf · Post by **AlphaWolf** » Fri Oct 04, 2013 2:36 am

Oppsies doodlebug, didn't know you where a lady!!!

Doodlebug · Post by **Doodlebug** » Fri Oct 04, 2013 10:38 am

There is a thread about posting photos in the 'Miscellaneous' section at the top, it explains about sizing etc.

Alpha wolf, Doodlebug isn't a lady, you're quite right

Skyes_crew · Post by **Skyes_crew** » Fri Oct 04, 2013 12:59 pm

Doodlebug is a bird

AlphaWolf · Post by **AlphaWolf** » Fri Oct 04, 2013 10:05 pm

LOL I meant loo.

jessicaz · Post by **jessicaz** » Mon Oct 07, 2013 11:38 pm

http://img834.imageshack.us/img834/9086/5qhv.jpg
I hope this works this was just after a feed so please excuse the mess, their not like this all the time lol

Skyes_crew · Post by **Skyes_crew** » Tue Oct 08, 2013 12:11 am

Aww how cute

can't wait to see them feather up.

jessicaz · Post by **jessicaz** » Tue Oct 08, 2013 12:57 am

I'm so excited to see what colour they will be!!! Obviously they look blue, the mother is a blue lacewing and the dad a yellow lacewing.. But the feathers on their body look white???

Skyes_crew · Post by **Skyes_crew** » Tue Oct 08, 2013 1:13 am

That's the down you're seeing

if the mom was a blue lacewing (pallid) and the dad was a lutino then your offspring could be either lutino or PallidIno. The lutino would be female. The PallidIno would be male.

jessicaz · Post by **jessicaz** » Tue Oct 08, 2013 2:09 am

Oh is it down? It's so cute

so if they are blue they will probably be male?

jessicaz · Post by **jessicaz** » Tue Oct 08, 2013 2:45 am

This is the dad

jessicaz · Post by **jessicaz** » Tue Oct 08, 2013 2:47 am

These are my babies Charlie and Harley as I don't know the sex I went with some unisex names lol.

jessicaz · Post by **jessicaz** » Tue Oct 08, 2013 2:51 am

Here is a close up of one of the babes, dark toenails? Not sure what that means?

Skyes_crew · Post by **Skyes_crew** » Tue Oct 08, 2013 8:34 am

The pic is a little dark, but if my eyes are not deceiving me, he may be a turquoiseGrey Pallid. Those results would be

1.0 grey(sf) turquoise(parblue)Blue pallid Dad
x 0.1 blue pallid. Mom

% from all 1.0 Boy babies
25.0% 1.0 grey(sf) blue pallid
25.0% 1.0 blue pallid
25.0% 1.0 grey(sf) turquoise(parblue)Blue pallid
25.0% 1.0 turquoise(parblue)Blue pallid

% from all 0.1. Girl Babies
25.0% 0.1 grey(sf) blue pallid
25.0% 0.1 blue pallid
25.0% 0.1 grey(sf) turquoise(parblue)Blue pallid
25.0% 0.1 turquoise(parblue)Blue pallid

All of the babies would be pallids. Either blue, turquoise, grey, or turquoise grey

jessicaz · Post by **jessicaz** » Tue Oct 08, 2013 10:36 pm

Charlie and Harley 20 days old

) eating better again I think when I got them out of their box to feed they were getting too cold.. So I have a heat mat and it's helped a lot!!! Eating 9-10cc each feed and crops emptying each time, so happy!

jessicaz · Post by **jessicaz** » Wed Oct 09, 2013 9:16 pm

It looks like one will be Grau and the other blue

) the feathers are just starting to come out of the pins and yea, one looks yellowy grey and the other a light blue

Skyes_crew · Post by **Skyes_crew** » Wed Oct 09, 2013 9:45 pm

The yellows grey could be turquoise blue pallid or turquoise grey pallid

check out this site

http://home.wanadoo.nl/psittaculaworld/ ... Pallid.htm

jessicaz · Post by **jessicaz** » Wed Oct 09, 2013 9:46 pm

Is that good? Oh the suspense is killing me! Lol..

Skyes_crew · Post by **Skyes_crew** » Wed Oct 09, 2013 9:48 pm

I amended my post...look back

jessicaz · Post by **jessicaz** » Wed Oct 09, 2013 9:56 pm

Oh wow!!! That's beautiful! Definitely looks like their dad in the bottom right

they are stunning colours! Might need to get a cobalt to pair with one of these babies for in the future! Or a voilet

stunning colours, I like the speckle effect it may have!

Skyes_crew · Post by **Skyes_crew** » Wed Oct 09, 2013 10:23 pm

I thought you might like it

jessicaz · Post by **jessicaz** » Wed Oct 09, 2013 10:37 pm

I guess we will know in the next week or so!!

jessicaz · Post by **jessicaz** » Fri Oct 11, 2013 5:32 am

Definitely diff colours!!! 22days old!! This is a close up

Skyes_crew · Post by **Skyes_crew** » Fri Oct 11, 2013 11:31 am

My first guess...blue or maybe blue grey pallid on the right and turquoise grey pallid on the left

jessicaz · Post by **jessicaz** » Sat Oct 12, 2013 11:31 pm

Oh oh!!! We have another addition to the family!!! A baby Alex!!

Skyes_crew · Post by **Skyes_crew** » Sun Oct 13, 2013 12:07 am

lol...where did he pop in from

jessicaz · Post by **jessicaz** » Sun Oct 13, 2013 3:41 am

A friend had babies so they said I could have one!! He/she is so much bigger than my lil babies!! They all cuddle each other sleeping like they've known each other for ages! So I had a cage but needed to upgrade to a bigger one now but ill keep the other just in case I may need to separate in the future (hopefully not touch wood) and hopefully next weekend il start putting them in their in the day (cage is inside) and at night back in their box! It's all happening now, can't wait to train all these babes! My 3 1/2 week IRNs are pretty much stepping up on my hand now which is fantastic!!

jessicaz · Post by **jessicaz** » Sun Oct 13, 2013 3:44 am

This is the new cage! Outside in this pic cos we cleaned it but inside now

Skyes_crew · Post by **Skyes_crew** » Sun Oct 13, 2013 10:08 am

Jessica that cage is huge!!! But what is the bar spacing? It looks like its made for a macaw or at the very least a cockatoo. Those bars would be too wide for ringnecks or Alex's. their heads could easily get caught. Could you measure the widest distance between two bars on the cage?

Also, I would wait another two weeks before trying to place them in a cage during the day. The large openness is not a feeling that baby birds enjoy. At around 5-6 weeks maybe start placing their container inside the cage to get them used to it.