31-01-2019, 12:39 PM
I had a surprise an hour ago, the temperature had shot up to 16 deg C, I went out and turned the variac down.
Then I realised one of the babies had been sitting on the digital thermometer sensor.
It is costing a bit at the moment, we have got through a 20 kg sack of mixed corn since Christmas.
Now the sun is shining on the roof of the little house the temperature seems to have stabilised at about 11 deg C.
Last night I had the variac set to 120v it is on about 90v at the moment.
In post 56 I mentioned that a previous baby (Ivory) and his girlfriend had set up home in a new bird table I had made.
They eventually laid 2 eggs, on or around 5th Jan. We now have a second family, we have seen what looks like just one chick, which is about a week old now.
Ivory and his misses seem to be different in the way they behave to their parents.
George and Mildred have been in and out of the nest all day, taking it in turns to sit with the chicks and feed them, they spread the work load very evenly.
Whereas Ivory takes over from his misses sitting with the chick at about 11 am and stays in there until about 3pm, there is no frequent changing over. Then his misses takes over for the evening and she is sitting with the chick through the night.
There is a hot sock in there as well in case she leaves the chick alone at night.
I dont think George and Mildred have seen their grandsquab as yet.
Mike
Then I realised one of the babies had been sitting on the digital thermometer sensor.
It is costing a bit at the moment, we have got through a 20 kg sack of mixed corn since Christmas.
Now the sun is shining on the roof of the little house the temperature seems to have stabilised at about 11 deg C.
Last night I had the variac set to 120v it is on about 90v at the moment.
In post 56 I mentioned that a previous baby (Ivory) and his girlfriend had set up home in a new bird table I had made.
They eventually laid 2 eggs, on or around 5th Jan. We now have a second family, we have seen what looks like just one chick, which is about a week old now.
Ivory and his misses seem to be different in the way they behave to their parents.
George and Mildred have been in and out of the nest all day, taking it in turns to sit with the chicks and feed them, they spread the work load very evenly.
Whereas Ivory takes over from his misses sitting with the chick at about 11 am and stays in there until about 3pm, there is no frequent changing over. Then his misses takes over for the evening and she is sitting with the chick through the night.
There is a hot sock in there as well in case she leaves the chick alone at night.
I dont think George and Mildred have seen their grandsquab as yet.
Mike
