[birdsnthings]

Hi Jeff,
That was a little too young.
What you need to do is take a rolling pin to the seed in a plastic bag to slightly crack the seeds for the babies so they can get into it easier. Their beaks are still soft. Millet is easy for them to get into though.
Dad will start teaching them to eat once they are out of the box. For a couple of days, Mom will also continue feeding. Once you see they are eating on their own pretty good, I would pull the babies at about a week to a week and a half. Mom will then go after the babies as her role is over and she wants them to leave.
After I pull the babies and they are in their own cage, I continue to watch them closely for about another week to make sure they are eating well.
Our babies start coming out of the boxes between 6 to 7 weeks old.
Alice