Eclectus mum protects young

I was going surprise you with a nice new update of photos of my young babies. Instead here I sit with my sore finger which got bitten while I was trying to take a picture.

This is a good reminder to watch what the mothers reaction is. Most mother birds don’t like to be disturb while in the nest. Normally I like to wait while the mother hen leaves the nest. That moment I grab the opportunity to quick inspect babies and take photo. The mother who was on the end of aviary was back in the nest without I realize because I was to busy focusing my camera on the babies. Suddenly I felt her beak biting in my finger that was the end of that filming expedition. At shock I must have flicked the battery cover too, because I suddenly lost the 2 batteries of my camera. On no was my first thought I hope I haven’t lost them in the nest because batteries are highly poison substance if that gets nibbled on. The last thing I felt like doing is searching for the nest for my lost camera batteries after I just bitten by ob setting the mum. Luckily the batteries fell on the ground, that was a great relive.

What have I learned from this episode.

• Parrot mums can be very propective of their young and this hen doesn’t like it if I inspect the nest.
• Or you can leave parrot to their own devises and hope that they will bring up the babies fine.
• Next time be better prepared close the nest hole so that the hen can’t come back in without you noticing it.
• Make sure the battery cover is securely closed so that it doesn’t open easy.
• Keep records so that next time when breeding you remember the behaviour of your Eclectus Parrot as every parrot might have a different behaviour .

Hope I can provide you with more pictures next week when I will be better prepared to take some photos.

Eclectus Parrots

New life. New beginning.

As promised in this post I like to tell you about our first breeding result.

It is always excited to see something getting born and thriving well. Both of our pair of Eclectus Parrots have got babies. Recently we have shifted and managed to relocate and settle 200 parrots.

Our Eclectus parrots are the first ones to settle down. In the first big holding aviary of mixed species the Eclectus were not so happy. The big holding aviary is huge 33 by 3.6 metres and 2.4 height. I presume all the parrots had enough room to get out of the way for the more aggressive ones. The Eclectus parrots were making the other parrots miserable by hanging onto their tail feathers and claiming their own space and distance.

I quickly build them separate aviaries. It didn’t take them long before I witness them mating and the hen disappeared in the nest box. She was working the box and decorated it till she was happy with the result. In between a nice tight little hole that she dug decorated with some of her feathers she laid two beautiful eggs. After 4 weeks we witness the tiny but healthy babies. A week later the second pair had babies as well. This was the first time for them.

Feeding

Now that my Eclectus are feeding their young, their need for more nutrition is paramount. I feed the parrots early in the morning but now I have schedule in another feeding time in mid afternoon to help with the high demand for food. I special include some extra soft food like sprouted seeds with fresh greens and other fruits. Lucky my passionfruit vine is covered with fruit which is one fruit that the Eclectus Parrot really loves.

Observing

I would like the Eclectus to parent rear their young themselves but I will keep a close eye on it. If the parrots have problems with the parenting skills I hope that I can interact so that I can save the young. Some people prefer parent reared parrots better because proper parenting skills can be natural learned by the young. If they are doing it for themselves then they will hopefully also doing it for others.

I will keep you up to date with the developing of my new babies.

regards Idavan

Idavan Parrots_ Advice

Hello people

Welcome to my new site to give you some advice about my parrot experience. I would like to introduce myself as experience Parrot breeder together with my husband George.
I will keep you up to date about our collection and breeding results of the parrots.
Parrot breeder is a wonderful hobby enjoyed by so many people. That is why I like to give you some advice so that your parrots get the wonderful life that they deserve.

My Alexandrine Parrots are enjoying seedpods.