Baby bird (red rump parakeet) has been growing fast enough you can almost see it happen. The chick has gone from just a touch of white fuzz, to a coat of gray down to the beginnings of real feathers. At three weeks old the pinfeathers are starting to show and he has figured out a few things about the way the his world works. Meal time is still messy, but gradually more of the food is going into the chick than is landing on the outside. Once the baby has had his fill, the frantic attacks on the feeding syringe stop and he heads for the hand to relax a while.
