A Nice Surprise and a new Baby

Written by George Sunday, 25 October 2009 09:45

There was quite a nice surprise for us last night. Ray and Rita had two eggs and when we candled the eggs, one was clear and one was good. Then two days ago we helped the one baby hatch and Jodie is now hand-feeding the baby. Based on the dates of hatch we were convinced that was the second egg and we were almost resigned to the fact that the first egg was not fertile. So last night I went down to the aviary to change water and told Jodie that I am going to remove that egg from the nest box. Think of the surprise when I saw another baby in there. Jodie could not believe me at first. Sure thing the second egg also hatched and for now the parents seem to be feeding the little one. So we are really happy that they have a baby to take care of and Jodie is keeping the other one to hand-feed herself.

That is the nice surprise news from all of us here at the aviary :)