This is the first time I've seen baby parakeets. Very cute! Wish my birds were raised by you. Hand-fed! No wonder they love you so much.

Oh they are so adorable!! I wish I could have babies but I just know I don't have the time to put into it. Not to mention I would need at least one female keet! LOL Maybe someday

Charming pics (as usual), adorable budgies (as ever), and thanks for sharing (as always)!

Just adorable - thank you

I'm not gonna argue with you guys -- they ARE adorable!

Here's a picture from today, 24/25 days old:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/doubleagent/3341764511

You can see that the nest boxes are made with the hole at the perfect height... the baby a cannot exit until it is big enough. If the hole was too low, they might fall out too soon.

Oh, and we have names -- for now we're guessing the older one is male and the younger is female:

Mr. Feathers is the oldest and a definite mix of mom and dad with asymmetrical splotches of blue and white.

Blueberry is the baby, and very obviously smaller that her sibling... i think she'll be a clone of daddy -- more stripes and completely blue. Even though she's younger, that's her in the photo trying to be the first one to exit.

That pic of Blueberry is precious. I have run out of adjectives. Thank you for every update. Is Mr. Feathers showing signs of male? Blueberry looks like he has a blue cere.

Both of their ceres look pink one day and purple/blue the next... Ripley had a pink cere for a few months, then it suddenly turned blue... so I'm not gonna try to guess yet... Blueberry is a unisex name and Mr. Feathers can be Lil Miss Feathers if necessary

One more awwwww
And I love the names you came up with

BTW - you avatar is great - the best of two of your worlds

Well-said (and I agree)!