Pekin Robins

[Waxbillman]

well its taken 11 days from hatching and a few sleepless nights for me, but the first pekin chick fledged last night, yes you heard it, at night, the poor bugger spent all night on the floor, i was up today at 5.40 to make sure it was ok, to my relief it is ok, and being fed, its still a worry though as its not very big, i don't spose its able to fly very much

Matthew :-P

[laurab]

Congratulations :razz: :razz:

[kenny]

hi matt
thats fantastic news mate,thats an excellent birthday present for you !


ken8)

[chris]

Hi Matt,

great stuff, my finger's are crossed that nothing goes wrong

Chris:wink:

[Waxbillman]

unfortunitly its siblings are dead for some reason, the other is still of though

Matthew

[kenny]

hi matt
i do hope the other one makes it ok,after all the trouble you have gone to mate

ken8-)

[Waxbillman]

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[Waxbillman]

there the poor little thing is,

Matthew

[kenny]

hi matt
its beautiful! hope the parents are feeding it it looks really sorry for itself!

ken8)

[Waxbillman]

cheers, yeh the parents have definately been feeding it all day long, ther diest has changed allot, they now feed the chick mainly on white-ckinned mealworms and fruit

Matthew

[kenny]

hi matt
great stuff mate,as long as its being fed thats the most important thing


ken

[PAUL HEARN]

Hi Matthew,

I hope the remaining chick makes it mate, as well as white skinned Mealworms I hope you have a good supply of Waxworms and small Crickets too.

All the best, Paul.;)

[kenny]

hi matt
please keep us informed as to the progress of the little mite! would you like me to come down and give it a cuddle

ken:lol:

[Waxbillman]

the young en is ok thanks the adults make excellent parents very attentive, i shall be writing up my notes and observations on these very soon.
The diet of the chick has changed through the stages.

throughout the first week the chicks were fed almost soley on crickets, as the chicks got older the parents started feeding waxworms, at about day 10, chopped cherries and grapes were also fed.
when the chick fledged the diet changed again, the parent lost interest in crickets, not feeding many at all, the largest part of the chick's diet is currently white-skinned mealworms and fruit, as well as a few waxworms and crickets, and also whatever is found in the aviary.

Matthew

[kenny]

wow its a greedy little bugger!

[kenny]

hi matt
i have put a picture of your peewee up on the gallery mate,now it is immortalised


ken:lol:

[Waxbillman]

lol, thanks allot for that

Matthew

[kenny]

hi matt
no probs mate ,you are not on my buddy list for nowt


ken