Welcome to the picture page for Miracle, my new baby Umbrella Cockatoo.  I'll try to keep
it  as updated as possible but  please keep in mind that  after I take pictures which can
take a week or two, I have to get the film developed and then scan and edit the pictures.
Click on this link to  see the daily record  for Miracle including his  weight, amount of
formula given at each feeding and my comments on his growth and myself.
Updated August 1, 2002


This is Miracle at Day 1.  I'm pretty sure it
is a male but DNA testing when the chick is a
bit older will confirm the sex.  Either way I
have named this chick Miracle.


















This is Miracle at 3 Days Old being fed.
Hand feeding a  baby parrot is very dif-
ficult, time consuming and can be deadly
if  you do not  know what you are doing.
In this  pic I'm  using 1cc  syringes to
feed with.















This  is Miracle at 3 Days Old.  This pic
is showing the size comparison to my hand.
You must  also weigh the chick constantly
to  make sure  it  is gaining  the proper
weight.  You can  also see a  mug  with a
red  thermometer  in  it.   The   feeding
formula must  be at a proper temperature.
If it is too cold the chick will not eat,
but  if it  is too  hot it can  scorch or
kill the chick.











This  is  Miracle at  7 Days  Old.  The
white ball is a  Ping-Pong ball to show
the size comparison.  The  plastic bowl
in the back ground is what the chick is
placed in with padding and tissue so it
doesn't roll all over the brooder.  The
pink  towel that is in all  the pics is
also warmed  up to the proper temperat-
ure during feeding so the chick doesn't
get chilled.  This picture also shows a
great  shot of  the crop  right after I
got done feeding.  The crop is the  big
sac under  the lower beak  which stores
the food before  it is pushed  into the
stomach for digestion.






Here  is Miracle at 10 days  old with a
full crop of  food.  As you can see the
ear  canals are  now open  and you  can
barely   see  the   beginning   of  the
seperation  of the eyelids.  The yellow
down  you can see is  all that  Miracle
developed.














Here is Miracle at 16 days old.  As you
can see  he has developed  very quickly
compared to the previous pictures.  Now
he  has his pin  feathers and his  eyes
are  completely open  but  he  has them
closed  in this  pic from the flash  of
the camera.  You can also see the  band
on his  [right]  leg.  The band ensures
to the public, pet owners and  breeders
that  he was born in  captivity and not
illegally taken from the wild!










Here is Miracle at 21 days old.  As you
can see the feathers are developing  at
a very fast rate.  I keep trying to get
a picture of him with his eyes open but
every  time I feed  him he would rather
go to sleep.















In  just a  few days  it is amazing how
much the feathers have developed.  Some
person said he  looked like a bird with
Q-tips  coming out  of  it.   Strangely
enough that  is  a good description  of
him!




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