The Birds Arrive

I picked up the two fantails and 20 homers from the post office on Saturday, June 12, 2010. Actually, the fantails arrived at 10:00 while the homers were "lost" until 6:00 that evening. The post office was nice enough to stay open until I arrived to pick them up.

All birds, including my feral cross, Jack, are currently housed in the loft during quarantine. I have four weeks to cut back the large tree and build an enclosure for the fantails.

The feces have been very watery and green for the past few times, but are finally firming up. I ran two particularly liquid fecals under the microscope. Other than a lot of plant material, it was clean. I have to chalk it up to lack of food during three day shipping period and the stress of a new home.

I've learned a ton in just a few days. Several things about the loft need to be altered and more precautions taken to keep a clean, dry loft. It may be overcrowed, but that will change when I move the fantails. I'm assuming the additions and losses once we start flying will round things out (what a sad thought).