I candled the four canary eggs yesterday, and believe they're all infertile. There's one I'm not 100% positive about, so I've left them in the nest just in case, but in 10 days or so, I'll discard them so the hen won't keep wasting her time incubating them.
Whisper's two babies were banded yesterday ... one white and one turquoise. The larger chick was easy to band, but the smaller one was QUITE the little wiggleworm! While I was holding it, it was too busy begging for food to be still long enough for me to band it. LOL! I finally got it, though. Both chicks both have their eyes open now; one fully open and one just barely peeking. :-) The larger one looks like it'll be cream/fawn in color. Not sure about the little one yet, but I see some white pinfeathers starting to poke out.
Frostie and Streak's babies and Tangerine and Echo's babies should be up for adoption around the end of this month (give or take) or the beginning of December ... whenever they're fully weaned. There are 7 of them, total. The baby dove is almost weaned now. It'll be up for adoption soon as well. If you're interested in bringing one or more of these sweet and fascinating babies home with you, just let me know. :-)
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