My soon-to-be baby Hahns

[Dustbunny]

So I am a very, very lucky person. I happened to find a wonderful woman who breeds macaws and only lives about 2 hours from me. I spoke with her a couple months ago but was not quite ready to bring another bird into our home. I asked her to let me know when her Hahns' parents had another clutch and she did. I got to meet the little tyke just a day after it hatched! Meet my soon-to-be baby, Fozzie. (Fozzi with just an "i" if it's a girl. If Thor can change gender so can Fozzie bear/macaw. :09: I have dreams of hearing a little macaw say, "Waka, waka, waka!")

Here is a picture from the day he hatched. (Note: All of the pictures are from the breeder. She is so sweet.)

Here is a picture when he was 4 days old:

I'm so very excited I don't know how I'm ever going to manage the wait! I want to drive down every day and just sit there and stare at him. LOL. Unfortunately, I have a lot to get finished around my house before he arrives (probably in October), so what better time to catch a horrible cold right? *sniffle* At least I managed to get PBs new cage setup yesterday before succumbing to the germ invasion. I'm managing my time in bed by shopping online for home and pet stuff. My husband has no idea how much my getting sick is costing him.

I'll post pics as I get them. In meantime, everyone feel free to share your mini-macaw stories so I can live vicariously through you.

Oh and no worries about PB being TOO jealous. She has chosen my husband as her person. She is still friendly with me, she just prefers him. I told him from day one I thought she was more inclined to him than me. He didn't believe me, but I was right and she is working hard at wrapping him around her little...umm...toe. He feels so guilty about "stealing my bird," but I actually feel bad because he didn't ask for the bird that now sits on him most of the day, telling him what to do, and how to do it. Heck, it's like he got a second nagging wife. LOL. Poor guy.

 

[thekarens]

Awwww congrats! Fozzi works just fine for either sex. There's an adorable Hahn's at our local shop. It's quite the talker.

PS..I don't feel sorry for your husband. It's awesome when a bird picks you!

 

[Buzz2537]

Congrats. I have a female Hahns named Hahnna. She is my love. I brought her home at six weeks and she was a year in June. I did a lot of reading on her prior to my decision and I think it has helped in her development. You want to socialize a lot and handle every day and get him use to havung your hands in his cage and touching bis toys etc so that he does bot become territorial. A friend has a little one the same age as Hahnna and has issies with her attacking when her hands are in her cage and touching her toys. Good luck.

 

[KimKim]

Congrats! I would love the have a hahns someday, they are just the cutest little birds ever!

 

[RavensGryf]

Congratulations! The other day I was reading one of your posts and I noticed on the top banner you had Fozzie listed already. I thought hm, did I miss it? Lol.

How cute, all floppy and fuzzy . It will be so interesting to see pics of Fozzie growing! Not all of us who have gotten babies were lucky enough to get a glimpse of them at that young of an age!

 

[Pinkbirdy]

So sweet [these guys make the cutest babies]

 

[Dustbunny]

Congrats. I have a female Hahns named Hahnna. She is my love. I brought her home at six weeks and she was a year in June. I did a lot of reading on her prior to my decision and I think it has helped in her development. You want to socialize a lot and handle every day and get him use to havung your hands in his cage and touching bis toys etc so that he does bot become territorial. A friend has a little one the same age as Hahnna and has issies with her attacking when her hands are in her cage and touching her toys. Good luck.

Hahnna the Hahns! What a cute idea for a name!

Congratulations! The other day I was reading one of your posts and I noticed on the top banner you had Fozzie listed already. I thought hm, did I miss it? Lol.

How cute, all floppy and fuzzy . It will be so interesting to see pics of Fozzie growing! Not all of us who have gotten babies were lucky enough to get a glimpse of them at that young of an age!

Even though he's not actually here with me yet, I couldn't resist adding him. Every single day, multiple times a day, I stalk the breeder's Facebook page waiting to see if she has posted a new pic yet (I did warn her this would happen). It's been a week since that last pic and I'm dying to see how big he is now! One of the breeder's young sons was in a very serious accident though, so I need to be patient right now. She has more on her mind than taking a pic for me I'm sure. However, I am hoping I get enough pics to make a baby album to go on the shelf next to Fozzie's eggshell display.

 

[Allee]

Precious photos! Thanks for sharing. Hard to wait but so worth it.

 

[goalerjones]

Congratulations on your bearded dragon. I have Hahnzel. Who was a boy until last month when I actually had it checked. She is a maniac, but lots of fun. "Daddy wants to relax" are seemingly nonexistent words in her vocabulary until around 7pm when she dives under my shirt to sleep.

 

[SilverSage]

Aww! That is so sweet! I love that she sent you pictures

 

[Dustbunny]

I have new pictures! Look how big he is getting!

I want to pet his butt floofs. :54:

I think he's smiling for Mama in the last pic. Yep, he already knows I'm smiling back.

 

[Dustbunny]

Go ahead, tell me these are not the cutest baby pictures ever!

It's so lovely of the breeder to send these pics.

 

[Buzz2537]

Adorable. I love my Hahn's.

 

[Abigal7]

Adorable. I love my Hahns. Sadly. I do not have that many baby pictures of Captain Jack when he was real young.

 

[goalerjones]

I have picture of Hahnzel before the red came in on his wings. I was expecting a different bird and would have gotten candled egg pictures and others, but our breeder said that another of his sales had fallen through. So we got Hahnzel.

 

[RavensGryf]

You're very lucky! So precious
Many of us who got pics from a breeder only got ones when they were much older and fully feathered.

 

[Dustbunny]

I am lucky! It's funny though how something that looks like it belongs in my roaster can be so adorable.

 

[Dustbunny]

Adorable. I love my Hahns. Sadly. I do not have that may baby pictures of Captain Jack when he was real young.

Abigal, would you mind comparing your green cheek conure to your Hahns? How are they similar? How are they different?

 

[Abigal7]

A Hahns macaw is bigger then a green cheek conure and closer to size to other species of conures. They also talk better then a green check conure (neither conure I had ever did talk). One was great at impersonating the telephone. Captain Jack is capable of talking and makes all kinds of noises and grumbles. A Green check conure has a call or scream that has a certain pitch to it (they are known as the quieter conure). Both birds can be cuddly and affectionate but I had one green cheek conure that loved to bite anyone that was not me. Captain Jack will fly away from someone then try to bite them. Maybe a green check conure in more energetic then a Hahns macaw. Captain Jack loves to chew on wood and shred newspapers or cuddle up to me. My Hahns macaw also has a black tongue that he will taste things with.

 

[Dustbunny]

*Wipes sweat from my brow* I like your answers. They are in line with everything I've witnessed myself and you didn't present anything heartstopping. TY!

I can't actually remember the last time I heard PB give her conure call/scream. It's definitely been at least a month or two. I found as soon as she started talking, even though she only says a few different words/phrases, she will use those instead of screaming. I appreciate that very, very much. However, I've been wondering if that's likely to change when Fozzie comes home. Will they sort of egg each other on until my house sounds like a jungle in the morning? *shrug*

PB is very bitey when she feels jealous. She's slowly learning it's not acceptable. She's like a small dog though. Once she starts getting excited you have to head it off real quick or she just gets so wound up it's like she can't always fully control herself.

I LOVE macaw tongues. I love how so many of them want to touch everything with it. Adorable! PB does this "crazy tongue" thing occasionally where she'll wave it back and forth in a sort of sideways figure 8. She looks so hilariously demented when she does it.

Thank you again for your comparison.