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my dad cheaked his IRN's nest today and they have 5 eggs!
im more exited then he is

yay !!!!!
future bubbies!!!!!

You guys breed early down there.

Congrats on the eggies.

i think there still in breeding mode from when it was actually breeding season.
i am hoping for bubs as mine never seem to do very well, fingers crossed

I'll keep fingers crossed for you and please do the same for me. I have a pair on 4 eggs that should be hatching any day now (if they're good, too afraid to candle) and I was told by he previous breed that the hen doesn't do well feeding her babies so they may be day one babies. Yikes!

Fingers crossed for you too!

My female IRN has made a nest in her breeding box, i cheaked it yesterday because i was going to swap her box.
Male and female have been more cranky to me latly, and they have been eating more.
Dont think they will breed though.

With my dads pair, im guessing the first egg was laid on the 2nd of march, im thinking it should hatch on the 30th of march, is this right?

That sounds about right. I estimated that my first egg was laid 2/12 and it hatched 3/11. I think the average incubation time is about 24 days. From what I understand this can depend on when the hen starts sitting though. Someone correct me if I'm wrong. I found three eggs in the nest box on 3/17 and a couple days later a fourth appeared. I estimated that my four eggs were laid 2/12, 2/14, 2/16, and 2/18. So far they have hatched 3/11, 3/12, 3/13, and expecting the fourth today if the trend continues.

First baby hatched today

Awww, how cool is that!
Congrats.

make that two babies

Doubley cool then

3 babies

4 babies

Wow.....only one more to go!!

yep and then handraising them in 2 weeks

Let the fun begin.

dont know how well i will go handraising 2 week old bubs though
and i cant wait to see what colors they are!

That's part of the excitiment, seeing the colours.

I am a bit lazy and get the parents to do the hard yards , I usually remove the chicks closer to the 3 week mark. A little less demanding with the feeding schedule.

I am sure you will be fine though. Just remember there are people here only too willing to help if you have any problems.

i want them to be as friendly as possible because if they dont sell well dad wont keep his pair
they could be green, lutino, blue or white
yeah you guys helped so much when i was handraising my bub

Ooooo....lots of nice colour combinations then. Wouldn't it be cool if you had each colour!!!

yea would be awesome
but i dout it lol
i will post pics as soon as i get them out of the nest

number 5 has hatched

Yay, very good. 100 % strike rate.

WOW !!!!!!
five bubs congrates

thanks
it sucks that i cant look at them yet though

looks like i spoke to soon
the 5th one hasnt hatched yet but its trying to hatch

the 5th baby didnt hatch and ended up dieing

Awwww....poor little one

the babies just have been pulled out of the nest
they are sooooo cute!
one is making funny noises at the moment

just fed the babies but it didnt go very well

Why is that?

cause all they wanted to do was throw food at me lol

lol haha.....;)

they did better last time i fed them
2 have black eyes and the other 2 have red

yay 2 have lil feathers sticking out now!
one is blue, another is green
one have really white pin feathers so i think its going to be white
and the other doesnt have pin feathers yet

Hey, remember when I said it would be cool if you had one of each colour??!!!

Looking good so far

if they are allk different colors it would be cool
would also be really easy to tell them apart

whens a good time to start handling them?
and when i do what should i do with them?

I usually leave mine for a couple of days when I remove from nest, just to let them settle in their new home and routine. I handle mine just before and after feeding.
I give them all pre-dinner cuddles etc then when I finished feeding, place all except for one back in the brooder and snuggle with the little one while watching tv or on net etc. They usually end up going to sleep snuggling up....very aaawwwww
I choose a different chick each time for after feeding cuddles. That way I am spending a bit of time with each without intruding too much on their nap times.
As they age and begin to get more feather I handle them more often.

This is just what I do.

i have been cuddling them all because its too hard not too!
i make sure i dont do it for long so they can sleep though

One of each color!!
the little one finally has pin feathers!
they look really yellow so there is no way that is cant be lutino.
bit worried about it thow because its still sooo tiny, it was only 27 grams when i pulled it out and it was 2 weeks old

there not eating again

Maybe they are getting bored with the same taste of the formula. Have you tried adding a small amount of mashed pumpkin, carrots etc? Just enough to change the flavour of the formula.

yeah i have, it made them eat less

just made the formula thinner and they ate it all up
thanks for the help pinkdevil, i dont know how i would be doing this without you!
i was told that IRN's are one of the hardest birds to handraise... im not sure how true this is!

I was told IRNs are fussy at raising as well, but also one of the hardier birds, being more forgiving at mistakes etc. They do seem like tough cookies at times.

I have raised lorikeets and I have found lories are much easier to raise. They are piggies when to comes to food and very easy to wean. Ringies seem to wait until they are older before the food obsession begins. lol

the babies didnt put on weight today
they are on 3 feeds aday and the youngest is 30 days old
should i feed them 4 feeds a day or thicken the formula?

Are their crops empty between each feed? If so you could either try thickening the formula or offering an extra feed.
At around 5 weeks of age, I peg millet into their cage/brooder/container and let them nibble on it. Also hang fruit or veg on one of the metal fruit sticks, (you know the metal rod that fruit and veg is threaded onto?),....or you could try the seed sticks. There is also available fruit sticks, similar to seed sticks except is full of dried fruit. I give that to my lorikeets.

For the first few times they will waste more than is eaten, but eventually when they develop the taste for it, they wolf it down lol.

yeah their crops empty between feeds, i will try thickening the formula.
i thought it would be too early to introduce foods?

silly little things
they have decided that they dont want to eat so i think im going have to put them on 4 feeds again