- I am pleased to announce that on Saturday 29th September 2007 at 10am Hanoi time, our egg was successfully hatched by operation (chisel and hammer - also known as c-section - "c" for chisel I think).
Our beautiful baby chick weighed in at 7lb 20z - 3.25 kg for the metrified. Upon examining the beak and ears it is clear that our chick is a girl. She has a full head of lovely feathers and her beak follows the same cute profile as mother bird. The same goes for her ears which have the characteristics that signify good health, longevity and prosperity.
Mother bird & father bird are both doing fine, although the stresses of the egg chiseling operation upon mother bird means she needs plenty of nest resting in order to recover her strength. Mother bird and chick will come home from the egg care and incubation centre about Thursday or Friday.
Our chick is called Elizabeth Hằng. We are calling her Lizzie. Elizabeth means God's gift and Hằng in Vietnamese means Moon. So she will be God's gift to this world and a light that shines in darkness.
I'll put up photos in due course.
OMG Phil...we've been so busy with things here I missed all of the excitement in your world! I'm soooooooon HAPPY for all three of you!!!! Lizzie is absolutely gorgeous, a pleasant combination of both parental birds. There is nothing to compare with that experience, as I'm sure you now have discovered! Again, my congratulations and best wishes to the happy family!!!
Lovely names for a lovely baby. Wonderful news.
Sunday 14 October 2007 - 08:30PM (BST)
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