Thursday, May 31, 2012

Pic of the Hatchlings & Also A New Baby!

We have a new youngster in the house!  My M/M/M society foster trio has hatched a single hatchling within the last 24 hours or so.  I don't know if the other eggs are viable (last time I candled them, I couldn't tell either way).  The bio parents are either Patches & Sandy or Tip & Echo.  Tip & Echo were adopted a couple of weeks ago, but they had an egg in the nest.  I *should* be able to tell once it gets its adult colors in a few weeks.  If it's pied, chances are, it's Patches & Sandy's baby.  If it's fawn or CFW, it's Tip & Echo's.  Of course, with zebra finch genetics, sometimes it's just the luck of the draw.

And here's a photo I snagged of the M/M society foster pair's babies (left side of the cage).  Pardon the poo! ;-)  The remaining egg apparently wasn't viable, but I haven't disturbed them to candle it.  Not much sense in it, at this point.  :-)


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