Jõgeva County (Jan and Janika)

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Please donate to Kotkaklubi
Help saving "our" chicks and/or if you like to donate their activities:
- "For those three we together with Madis installed special room in vet clinic of University of Life Sciences in Tartu (nest in box, warming IR lamp, artificial adult stork standing on the edge, curtain hiding human if feeding chicks, etc.)"
- "we start to prepare nest for next stage in chicks life, that would be in natural surrounding where they could imprint the environment to look in future"

1/ Kotkaklubi donations account
2/ public-fund raising site

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Please support the clinic and the great work of Dr Madis Leivits!

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https://video.emu.ee/

Hello everyone

(07.16) morning toilet (preening)


(07.20) wing and leg stretching by Little (No3)


(07.23) the new feathers grow (pin or blood feather = developing feather on a bird)

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PIN or BLOOD FEATHER

Each feather arises from a feather follicle in the skin. The new feather, also called a pin or blood feather, emerges from the skin’s feather follicle, it looks like a spike, quill or much like the feather shaft itself. This new feather has a blood supply flowing through it and is encased by a keratin (type of protein) coating or feather sheath. The base, where the feather is developing and being nourished by blood, is a dark blue colour. On smaller feathers such as those around the head, the base may be a red or pink colour. (Some pin feathers may be sensitive, and birds may not enjoy being handled.)
As the feather continues to grow, the tip will mature first as the blood recedes back down into the follicle. The bird will gradually preen off the keratin feather sheath from the maturing feather tip and the newly formed feather will emerge. Some birds love to have a "preening buddy" (another bird) gently roll the tip of the feather as it matures, to help remove the sheath from the mature part of the feather. Once a feather is fully-grown, the blood supply is lost and the feather is simply a dead unit in the skin.
Once a feather is pulled or removed, a new blood feather will form and the new feather maturation process will take 4-6 weeks.

(https://vcahospitals.com/know-your-pet/ ... s-in-birds)

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we see great tits on the nest enough often
(06.48)

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https://video.emu.ee/

(08.47)


edit
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for a while "headless" storklets (08.59)

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(09.25) waiting on food - waiting on the "dad Tore"/pipe


FEEDING 1/ at 09.26
(and I have black screen in this moment see shots by Adriána viewtopic.php?p=4505#p4505 and next)

09.28 (this big crop by the Little one )


(09.30) and streaming stopped for me again

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(09.33) resting after feeding


(09.36) chicks and fishes

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8.53 -


9.18


9.24 - waiting for breakfast

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9.26 - feeding

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