kawii
08-08-2007, 06:05 PM
Wow I can't believe the babies are already over a month old.. but I'm looking to find out exactly what kind of mutation they may be!! I read and read but I don't know if I still understand everything correctly..
Ok here are the parents! Zippy is the mommy and I believe she is a skyblue greywing.. maybe dilute?? Nibbles is the daddy and I'm pretty sure he is a normal cobalt :)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v82/kawii/IMG_02471.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v82/kawii/IMG_02491.jpg
Here are their babies! They are all just over a month old now (the oldest is 5 weeks). Squeaker is the oldest, I believe he is a boy, his cere is turning blueish at the bottom and has white circles around the nostrils. He's hard to see in the first picture, he is on the left. The middle baby is Toodles, I'm pretty sure she is a girl. Here cere is signifigantly darker than the other two, more of a brownish. She is in the middle of the first picture. Pillow is the youngest on the right of the first pic, and I believe he is a boy as well! His cere has a more pinkish tint than Squeaker, however it is still pretty pale and he has the white circles as well (he also has a white spot on the back of his head just like his dad it's so cute!). This first pictures are late July, to give an idea of what their wings look like. Others are more recent, over the weekend.
I THINK all three babies are skyblue normal or maybe cinnamon... Their wings are a bit lighter than Nibbles'.
Three babies - July 19
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v82/kawii/babybirds0771.jpg
Three babies - Late July
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v82/kawii/babybirds0721.jpg
All five (Zippy is blending into the wall near Nibbles). Squeaker is on the top, Toodles right under him, and Pillow off to the right. - Aug 4
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v82/kawii/babybirds0131.jpg
Zippy Nibbles & Squeaker - Aug 1 (first flight at one month old!)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v82/kawii/babybirds0881.jpg
All five are flying around my head currently, and seem to be quite happy! The parents are very good with them still, and the babies spend most of their time standing close together on perches or preening/feeding each other. Sorry I can't get more close up pictures, they have decided being out of the cage is great but realize when I try to pick them up I'm going to put them back so aren't so willing to get close to me at the moment! And after I cuddled with them all every day for the past three weeks! I should probably be more insistant that they cuddle with me more now but they have so much fun all in a flock together (and the parents aren't tame) I am not pushing as much as I should.:o
Ok here are the parents! Zippy is the mommy and I believe she is a skyblue greywing.. maybe dilute?? Nibbles is the daddy and I'm pretty sure he is a normal cobalt :)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v82/kawii/IMG_02471.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v82/kawii/IMG_02491.jpg
Here are their babies! They are all just over a month old now (the oldest is 5 weeks). Squeaker is the oldest, I believe he is a boy, his cere is turning blueish at the bottom and has white circles around the nostrils. He's hard to see in the first picture, he is on the left. The middle baby is Toodles, I'm pretty sure she is a girl. Here cere is signifigantly darker than the other two, more of a brownish. She is in the middle of the first picture. Pillow is the youngest on the right of the first pic, and I believe he is a boy as well! His cere has a more pinkish tint than Squeaker, however it is still pretty pale and he has the white circles as well (he also has a white spot on the back of his head just like his dad it's so cute!). This first pictures are late July, to give an idea of what their wings look like. Others are more recent, over the weekend.
I THINK all three babies are skyblue normal or maybe cinnamon... Their wings are a bit lighter than Nibbles'.
Three babies - July 19
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v82/kawii/babybirds0771.jpg
Three babies - Late July
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v82/kawii/babybirds0721.jpg
All five (Zippy is blending into the wall near Nibbles). Squeaker is on the top, Toodles right under him, and Pillow off to the right. - Aug 4
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v82/kawii/babybirds0131.jpg
Zippy Nibbles & Squeaker - Aug 1 (first flight at one month old!)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v82/kawii/babybirds0881.jpg
All five are flying around my head currently, and seem to be quite happy! The parents are very good with them still, and the babies spend most of their time standing close together on perches or preening/feeding each other. Sorry I can't get more close up pictures, they have decided being out of the cage is great but realize when I try to pick them up I'm going to put them back so aren't so willing to get close to me at the moment! And after I cuddled with them all every day for the past three weeks! I should probably be more insistant that they cuddle with me more now but they have so much fun all in a flock together (and the parents aren't tame) I am not pushing as much as I should.:o