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Eight keets are out of their shells and exploring their new surroundings. Two eggs never pipped, and the third is trying to break out but it does not look like it will make it. It's unfortunate but it's not a good idea to help a bird out of the shell -- they are usually the runts that will always have a hard life and will likely have an early death anyway. Additionally, shells tend to stick to the skin of the bird, so attempting to break them out almost always causes bleeding, and so they die immediately.

Picture below is the new brood. There are also three short movies on youtube: first drink, first food, and spider chow. I don't know exactly what color they will be -- the mother is a Lavender, and the father is either a Royal Purple or Lavender.