Ned is three weeks old!

Ned is three weeks old today!! He is doing wonderfully - he is growing and has already reached an adult weight of proud 53 grams, and started growing in feathers. He is increasingly active, alert and goes have a walk in the nest box. I caught him today sitting in front of the nest hole and peaking outside - little boy is curious!

About pellet diet

The common misconception is that seed-based diet is often perceived as something TOTALLY different than pellet diet. Well, newsflash - pellets are made out of seeds. I know it's shocking (I'm being sarcastic), but it's not that we are giving our parrots fish and chips all of a sudden. The problem with seed-based diet, or, we should call it whole seed-based diet, is that birds pick what they like, which might result - and if often does - in an imbalanced nutrition in terms of proteins, fats, and micronutrients. Whole-seed based diet is often too low in protein, too high in fat, and lacks micronutrients such as precursors for vitamin A, iodine, iron and it contains wrong calcium-phosphorus balance.

What I feed to our birds

My order is in today! So here is what my birds eat. The food in the picture is good for about 6 months, some items might last a little longer than that.

Ned is two weeks old!

Time for an update!!

If you follow me on Instagram, you probably know my obsession to name the babies after movie characters. This time is no exception. I named this baby Ned. Yesterday I saw a movie, The normal heart, and it moved me so much. I know I am so late for the "the normal heart" party, because it was released last year, but ah well, better later than never!

One week old!

The baby is growing well and has turned one week old yesterday! Today I took him out and handle him a little bit. His eyes are still closed, but the down is getting thicker every day. What an adorable fella - I am in love!