A Chick is hatching - the Birth of a Lady Gouldian Finch
After the Parents abandoned a clutch of 4 eggs close to hatching time back in Dec.03, I realized that only one egg was fertile. I had no Societies available to foster the egg for me, so I brooded it under my Halogen Desk Light at 99.5 degrees for nearly 2 days until I suddenly saw movement within the egg. At the time I lived in south Florida, so Humidity was plenty.
Chick poked a hole
The hole is getting larger
The hole is cracking
The chick is starting to show
Chick is working hard
Almost out!!!!!
10 hrs. old, the size of my thumbnail
The chick has hatched
after 45 minutes
Little chick is now 1 hr old, the other chick is 1 day old
Where is my food, 1 day & 2 days old
2 days and 3 days old Time to snuggle
Note the beautiful mouth markings. The blue dots help the parents find the mouth in the dark nest
1 week old, still blind, pin feathers are starting to grow on the wings
16 days old, eyes are wide open and the feathers are growing
21 days old and ready to
fledge the nest
24 days old and flying around
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