I was told the sharpies hatched, so off I went to collect my bird. All the birds in the nest my friend found were around 5 days old and under so they were perfect for imprinting. There were 5 chicks all together in the nest, and they all were very healthy. I picked the second from the smallest chick, I am hoping its a male but at this age you cant tell unless you DNA it, I will wait. It ate right off the bat and hasnt stopped since, I am feeding it a diet of whole birds that I have plucked and removed the heads and intestines then I ran them threw a meat grinder, the bird loves it. I will keep a post on its training I plan on using the recipe technic. Lee