Our Stettiner Tumblers have a baby!

3 months ago my dear husband surprised me with a pair of Stettiner Short faced Tumblers, I am in love with the tiny short faced breeds

Mr. & Mrs. Fitzpatrick, the Stettiner pair, have laid a couple of infertile eggs before and so I thought, but hoped it wasn't, that this egg too would end up the same way.

BUT imagine my surprise this morning when I found a baby, with a full crop, in the nest! I am on cloud 9!!!!!

I do realize that these pigeons will require handfeeding and am more than ready to tackle this when the time comes.

Heres is a photo of mom & dad.

Congratulations, Robin....who knows...maybe this baby is the companion for Precious.

Robin..........Mr. & Mrs. Fitzpatrick are adorable. I just love their little beaks and round little heads.

Picture of the baby pleasssssssse when time permits.


Louise

Meet JuJuBee....



who is now 3 days old and mommy & daddy are taking very good care of their little one.

Ooopps! I forgot to say Thank you to Charis, Louise & Cindy for welcoming our baby.

Thanks for sharing JuJuBee with us, Robin.
She is just too precious.
It will be so much fun watching her grow up with all the pictures you will be posting.

Adorable...love the name.

JuJuBee is absolutely adorable

Can't wait to watch her grow up.


Louise

Well congratulations on your baby. Now that is one adorable little baby. You must be thrilled. And the name is perfect. Jujubee. Too cute. Yes, I want to see this one as she grows up.

What a precious baby! Congratulations to you and the proud parents!



I thought short-faced breeds had to be fostered out. It's wonderful that the parents can look after him.
Jujubee is a great name!

Ooh they are lovely Robin! have not seen anything like it! Absolutely love their short beaks and their sweet face :) and look at that baby! He is so adorable!!! What a sweet little doll baby and a cute name too :)
Congrats Robin

Waiting to catch more pics of him

Teresa wrote:

I thought short-faced breeds had to be fostered out. It's wonderful that the parents call look after him.
Jujubee is a great name!

You are right Teresa about the short faced breeds. We had planned it so the baby could be fostered out to Pinkie & Queenie, they are both lighter in weight, but with the heat these two stopped setting all together. So we had to leave the egg with the parents, The Fitzpatricks.

I am checking baby JuJuBee twice daily making sure his little crop remains full.


Thanks everyone for your kind comments

Just curious...Why do they have to be fostered? Don't the parents accept the young ones?

priya wrote:

Just curious...Why do they have to be fostered? Don't the parents accept the young ones?

The small beaked breeds are likely to have problems feeding their babies because their beaks are so small.

If you look at the photos of African Owl breed their beaks are so very tiny. These breeds can't eat the large corn kernals or the large soy beans or peas like the large beaked breeds can.

Call me crazy but I just love the look of the tiny beaks

EgypSwiftLady wrote:

priya wrote:

Just curious...Why do they have to be fostered? Don't the parents accept the young ones?

The small beaked breeds are likely to have problems feeding their babies because their beaks are so small.

If you look at the photos of African Owl breed their beaks are so very tiny. These breeds can't eat the large corn kernals or the large soy beans or peas like the large beaked breeds can.

Call me crazy but I just love the look of the tiny beaks

Ohk now i get it...poor birds :( that must be such a sad thing, to be not be able to feed their babies :( So in the wild most of them don't make it then?

But they are real cute i love their sweet faces :)

priya wrote:

So in the wild most of them don't make it then?

But they are real cute i love their sweet faces :)

Actually Priya like many of the fancy pigeon breeds most are 'man made' so they never really were 'wild', but I'm sure you already know this.

If they were in the living in the wild I doubt if the babies would make it... unless the mate happened to be a pigeon with a long beak.

I do love the faces too

priya wrote:

So in the wild most of them don't make it then?

But they are real cute i love their sweet faces :)

EgypSwiftLady wrote:

Actually Priya like many of the fancy pigeon breeds most are 'man made' so they never really were 'wild', but I'm sure you already know this.

No that totally slipped my mind :( sorry for sounding like a total moron, guess i put you off with so many stupid questions

EgypSwiftLady wrote:

If they were in the living in the wild I doubt if the babies would make it... unless the mate happened to be a pigeon with a long beak.

That's true...

priya wrote:

priya wrote:

So in the wild most of them don't make it then?

But they are real cute i love their sweet faces :)

EgypSwiftLady wrote:

Actually Priya like many of the fancy pigeon breeds most are 'man made' so they never really were 'wild', but I'm sure you already know this.

No that totally slipped my mind :( sorry for sounding like a total moron, guess i put you off with so many stupid questions

EgypSwiftLady wrote:

If they were in the living in the wild I doubt if the babies would make it... unless the mate happened to be a pigeon with a long beak.

That's true...

Priya I'm glad to answer any questions I can. I have forgotten things I've known for years, sometimes I wonder just how much I can remember without pushing something I already know out to make room for the new!

My dear friend you are not a moron!

EgypSwiftLady wrote:

priya wrote:

priya wrote:

So in the wild most of them don't make it then?

But they are real cute i love their sweet faces :)

EgypSwiftLady wrote:

Actually Priya like many of the fancy pigeon breeds most are 'man made' so they never really were 'wild', but I'm sure you already know this.

No that totally slipped my mind :( sorry for sounding like a total moron, guess i put you off with so many stupid questions

EgypSwiftLady wrote:

If they were in the living in the wild I doubt if the babies would make it... unless the mate happened to be a pigeon with a long beak.

That's true...

Priya I'm glad to answer any questions I can. I have forgotten things I've known for years, sometimes I wonder just how much I can remember without pushing something I already know out to make room for the new!

My dear friend you are not a moron!

Nope! In fact, you sound quite normal to me.

Well...I've come to the conclusion, at my age...that the brain can hold just so much. I am convinced that for new information to come in...some of the old must be thrown out.

JuJuBee at 6 days old. Still being fed by mom & dad.

She has such huge eyes.

I'd like to kiss that cutie

She is adorable Robin

Looks like the parents are doing a great job feeding her inspite of their little beaks

Louise