Jane finally figured out what the nest box was for and has spent the past three days and nights brooding, with only brief breaks to eat, use the bathroom, and have noisy 6 am bird sex with Enoch on the curtain rod.
She has six eggs in the box. Three are far too old to hatch, but three might be fertile (she rotates which ones she's sitting on about every hour). With any luck, we could have baby parakeets by Christmas.
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Lady Miko--Yep (though they'll be featherless when they come out and get fuzzy down a few days later).
Femme--Enoch, the babydaddy, is a fancy blue-and-white bird with gray spotted wings. No telling what the babies would look like.
Buffy--will do.
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Emma--I'll keep y'all posted.
Congrats grandma.
I want to see pics! Will they be naked?
Deborah--If you're here around Mardi Gras time, they'll be about ready to leave the nest.
Brenda--When they first hatch they'll be ugly little pink things (oops, Jane would probably attack me if she knew I said her children would be anything but beautiful) less than an inch long uncurled. They'll start getting feathers and their eyes will open in about five days to a week, and will take about six weeks to be ready to leave the nest.