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Plumheaded Parakeets!!!!
These are Baby Plumheaded Parakeets...they are 1 week old at this point.
When they are born they are smaller than your thumb and totally naked. No down, No feathers!!! As you can see from the picture,
the grey area is where the first feathers will start to come in.
Below picture was taken 3 days later...as you can see they are starting to
change quickly.....
Again, the next picture below they are almost 2 weeks old. These babies
develope rapidly. They almost double in size every couple of days.
My how these babies are growing!!! At this point they are almost 3 weeks
old.
There heads are starting to get gray feathers on them....
Mom. with her babies...This was an unusual clutch. She hatched out
4 babies all healthy!!! Usual size clutch for Plumheads is 3 maximum. Notice that the female has a blue head and a yellow ring
around her neck area. Males have a bright red
head and a black ring around their neck.
Big Daddy !!! He is quite proud of himself.....Quite the fertile male....all
four eggs were fertile and hatched!!!!
Being able to capture this next picture was quite a rare treat...Mom feeding
her babies. Most plumheads are flighty birds and don't like any intruders in the nest.
The Plummies are now 4 weeks old...They are starting to look like baby birds....I
am going to take them for hand feeding so that they can be tamed down for pet quality....I have handled them almost every
day since they were born so that they are going to be easier to hand feed and tame.
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