52 mm in length. The female warmed both chicks and also the last egg which I removed on 12 February because it was not fertile. Both parents alternated in feeding the hatchlings. They fed them at a minimum every 30 minutes day and night. This frequency diminished gradually. The chicks opened their eyes after day 15. The following day, the closed rings were placed on. At the age of 9 ½ weeks the chicks began to peer from the box. The parents were feeding them through the entry hole and it seemed that


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they were tempting and encouraging them to leave the box for their first journey into the cage. Three days later the first chick left the box for several minutes. Soon the second one followed. At the beginning, the chicks were returning to the box regularly, 12 days later for the night only. After one more week, they stayed in the cage out of the box. Very soon they started to feed themselves. 6 weeks after leaving the box they were separated from the parents. On 7 November 2012 I found 3 eggs laid by the second pair which I keep. One of the eggs was


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