Rainbow Nursery at TRC
Busy times in the TRC nursery…we have 6 chicks in house and counting!
It has been a whole adventure helping grow up these little guys.
Our four BIG little ones: Mario (20 days) is the biggest and sweetest. Walker (21 days) is growing into a beautiful swan after his ugly duckling phase. Luigi (16 days) loves to squirm (especially when we need him to be still) and Cerveza (17 days), though the runt, is easily the cutest.
Besides, we have two new additions: T-rex and Gas that came a few days ago. Both are second chicks that hatched 3 days after their big siblings but they were not doing well in their nests.
Second chicks that hatched 3 days apart from first chicks have a 24% probability of death by starvation. These two guys were definitely going to be part of those tragic numbers without our intervention.
T-Rex was 6 days old and arrived with just 51 grams. He had an incredibly recovery and now is looking very good. He has double his weight in just 2 days!. Gas was 7 days old, a little bit weaker but recovering and gaining weight too. Both of them will stay under our care until they open their eyes.
We will keep you updated on how they go.
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