Baby Photos

[Teknogeddon]

Guess what I had in my inbox from the breeder this weekend?

LOOK AT THAT PRECIOUS --- IM DYING.
He/She/It looks like a lil cartoon amg.


I am the excitement. I will post here when I get more baby pics. I have one picture from a few days before but they don't look nearly as adorable, cuddly, and/or happy as they'd just been taken from the nest box.

I get lots of comments from my breeder(s) that the baby is super friendly and warmed up to them in only a couple days. I'm excited for when I'll get to bring them home at the end of October.

 

[Allee]

What a precious baby! Too sweet for words! You must be so in love!

 

[CDavis]

Wow that is the most adorable thing I've ever seen congrats any names yet?

 

[Scott]

Beautiful!!!!!! Can't wait to see more!!!

 

[AmyMyBlueFront]

OMG what a tiny little creature! Isn't amazing though..in just a few short weeks,on how totally different that little featherless,big eyed,little beaky of a critter,will turn in to such a magnificent,full fledged,bundle of joy??
He/she is way too cute for words now..I'm just patiently awaiting what just one week will look like..and when you bring that bundle home for good.

Just amazing in watching peoples fids grow..like Yoshi the B.F....and Stevens Macs..even my little BB...it's just..AMAZING! lol.


Jim

 

[Teknogeddon]

Words cannot describe my excitement.
I talk about my baby non-stop to just about everyone. I think some are just in a state of "Ok, that's nice." At this point.

No name decisions yet, as I still don't know the sex. When talking to others Chasca and Bochica* tend to be favorites.

As far as personality, I've heard it's just the sweetest thing

*Chasca is pronounced like the a in "fall" so it's Chah-ska. Its the Incan goddess of Dawn but there's a male with a VERY similar name.
Bochica is the creator god - Bo-chica. Pretty easy.

 

[GaleriaGila]

I just HAVE to say...

AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Teknogeddon]

I am so lucky the hand feeder they're at is such a camera lover.

Got this in my inbox today, it's a short video but I took this clip from it. Dunno what the other two babies are. Amazons?

I'll see if I can get the full video linked here later and replace the image (if I can).

 

[AmyMyBlueFront]

WOW..how freeking tiny! beautiful birds!


Jim

 

[wrench13]

Baby lovies, I think. Look at the beaks. Tiny in any case.

 

[psychocircus91]

Your baby is so cute! It is amazing to watch a baby macaw grow... trust me!

 

[Teknogeddon]

s/he is just a mini macaw but it's been pretty entertaining thus far. Shame the first breeder only gave me one photo; granted they wanted it to have as much time in the nest box as they could before it had to be pulled.

This is the earliest picture I have:

which was 8/30/16 - just under 3 weeks old. s/he was hatched on the 6th of August.

Then I got the original post image which was Friday, the 2nd of September.

Then I got that little video yesterday. I like these weekly snapshots.

 

[Teknogeddon]

I am so lucky the hand feeder they're at is such a camera lover.

XX

Got this in my inbox today, it's a short video but I took this clip from it. Dunno what the other two babies are. Amazons?

I'll see if I can get the full video linked here later and replace the image (if I can).

Can't edit- so here.

[ame="https://youtu.be/kCdvOUVrHtA"]My Birb! - YouTube[/ame]


And today

[ame="https://youtu.be/MCxj4caPQWk"]Birb update 9-11 - YouTube[/ame]
Breeder confirmed the babies are parrotlets
So my big fluffy monster is hanging out with wee lil parrotlets and now 2 electus.

 

[Teknogeddon]

New update!

[ame="https://youtu.be/hkQPD0Fjifc"]Bird update 9-16 - YouTube[/ame]

I'm digging the blue fro look. You can really see that tint of the red shoulders coming in.

Apparently the younger parrotlet is convinced my macaw is mom. The only thing that would make it funnier is if we found out the macaw is male. Such a confused little buddy to snuggle with.

My baby was hatched 8/6 so this would make him/her over a month old now! Look how fluffy and cute. Roughly another month and they'll be able to come home.

 

[psychocircus91]

growing so fast!

 

[AmyMyBlueFront]

I am so lucky the hand feeder they're at is such a camera lover.

XX

Got this in my inbox today, it's a short video but I took this clip from it. Dunno what the other two babies are. Amazons?

I'll see if I can get the full video linked here later and replace the image (if I can).

Can't edit- so here.

[ame="https://youtu.be/kCdvOUVrHtA"]My Birb! - YouTube[/ame]


And today

[ame="https://youtu.be/MCxj4caPQWk"]Birb update 9-11 - YouTube[/ame]
Breeder confirmed the babies are parrotlets
So my big fluffy monster is hanging out with wee lil parrotlets and now 2 electus.

LOL on the little parrolet on the right..bobbing away...how cute! And teeny compared to your mini


Jim

 

[Teknogeddon]

LOL on the little parrolet on the right..bobbing away...how cute! And teeny compared to your mini

I find it funnier that one of the parrotlet thinks it IS a mini.

They've officially sent off a feather for DNA testing- so we'll see what we have soon.

in the meantime, the cage is fully prepped and I'll be setting aside food and toy money whenever I can so that when I find what types of doo-dads the bird likes, I can get more of that kind. I've also been keeping an eye out for safe trees and branches now that it's fall and everyone is hacking their trees back around here.
I happen to be in a very Magnolia friendly area. So that's nice.

 

[Teknogeddon]

Its a girl!

I got the DNA test results! It's a girl!

Picture taken yesterday during a car ride. I cropped this image down so you cant see him, but the little one is riding on a boy's chest.

The boy in question happens to be the feeder's son, who is ill (brain tumor) at the moment. He's taken a real shining to my little feathered baby as it goes to and fro with them to the doctors office 2 hours away. I made the offer that he can have her if they wish, but they said they have so many birds already it wouldn't be a good idea. So she's coming home with me in the end.

I kinda feel like a heartless wench for taking her away from him, but at the same time the selfish brat inside me is relieved they declined. She'll be spoiled rotten after she comes home, and I've made the commitment to myself, I will have to take her down to visit once in a while if I can, maybe in the hospital if they'll let me, and send lots of pictures of her. I want the boy to know I didn't take her for status, she's going to a good home, she's loved, and comfortable. The fact she rides in cars so well will make this ten times easier and saves me a lot of grief.

I am worried she's going to favor men now though.

Also not pictured: HUGE DOG. HUGE. FLUFFY. DOG. Very refreshing sight for me to see the little girl perched comfortably on someone so close to a dog. He's using the dog as a pillow more or less.


Now for the naming portion of this adventure to resume:


1. CHASCA - technically pronounced CH-aah-ssska. Chasca is the Incan goddess of flowers, dawn, and twilight. She's known to be the protector of maidens and a benevolent deity. She's also the planet Venus. Inca directly resided in the lands Hahns Macaw call home, and even bred them.

2. ZYANYA - Zee-an-ya is a Zapotec name meaning "Forever" or "Always". Also a main character in a book called Aztec, hilariously. Zapotecs weren't in the exact proximity of Hahn's Macaws, but I still like the name.

3. XOCHITL - looks a lot more complicated than it is. It's roughly pronounced "Sho-chee" and means flower in Aztec.

4. IXCHEL - This is harder than it looks to pronounce. X is a "sh" sound and ch is like in "cherry" so that makes this EE-sh-ch-el. An alternate spelling make this make more sense with Ix'chel <--- note the seperations. Regardless, Ixchel is the lady of the rainbow, and goddess of the moon.

5. AMELIA - the odd one out of this list. Named for Amelia Earhart (as in my signature). I'm a bit gunshy on this one as it takes away from the south american theme my significant other loves and supports AND Amelia Earhart did supposedly crash and die... so there's that.



Chasca is my current favorite and I lean more to it than anything else. I figure it makes sense with birds singing/screaming/yelling/serenading at the humans at dusk and dawn everyday to name a bird after the goddess of dawn.

I'm not pulling the trigger yet for names, as I'm kinda seeing what happens with the son. Mom's have a tendency to give in to adorable sons, and I wouldn't blame her in the slightest. He could use a friend right now. I've made the offer clear to her, even if the possibility of acceptance kinda breaks my heart a little. Poor kid has surgery next week, so hopefully it all goes well.

 

[plumsmum2005]

Interesting name choices - I go for Amelia as only one I can say LOL. Loved the pics and news keep it coming. Excited for you too!

 

[Teknogeddon]

Interesting name choices - I go for Amelia as only one I can say LOL. Loved the pics and news keep it coming. Excited for you too!

In all honestly I'll probably pronounce most of them like a dirty american.
The exception is Xotchitl because I have no idea how to pronounce that in English. "Shochee" is so much easier.

Chasca I know how to say, but I say it like it's spelled. Chas- like in chastity and ca like in car. Chasca.