This is a medical issue I have never been faced with, until now. I took in two love birds recently and GreenJeans laid 1 egg late tuesday. Just 1. Previous owner told me they both lay eggs all the time. I knew this was coming because they have been flying around gathering paper. I peeked in on the nest today and still just one egg. Inspection of her vent appears that there is still an egg in there. Cannot see the egg just swelling, no discoloration. about the same size of the egg that is in the nest. She seems okay. She is flying around, have not witnessed a lot of feeding activity. She is perky, seems happy, no drifting, she is not Lethargic in any way. Her flight is a little heavy but she manages it well. How long does it take to get them out? Is it just swelling from passing the egg? Do I have a problem here? Pheonix where are you. :)
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Okay, calm down!
I got your email. I;'m here. I have some one on the phone who will help. I'll edit in a minute.
I have a Love bird breeder on the phone right now.hang on,
If you have oiled her vent, you're in better shape than you were. Do it again but it works best if you can see the egg.
okay.cold weather works against them,,,warm up the room, or put a hot pad near her cage. Keep her warm.
Do not help her pass the egg, but apply KY jelly to her cloaca.
Take it Easy on her! do not get too vigorous as you do not want to break the egg internally.
Back again in a minute.
Just keep the room warm. If you have a hot pad use it near her cage.
Call the Vet and see if you can get an emergency appointment. Get ready to pack her up to take her in. If she passes the egg on on the way all the better.
Try and get the room more moist. Raise the humidity. Stema up some water, but be sure and put covers on the pots.
This might be the result of a poor diet. We'll look at this later.
sorry about the bad typing but I'm typing as fast as I can!
Well. I haven't heard any more. I hope the crisis has passed. It's all I can advise from where I am.
I'll be sending positive vibes in your direction. I have faith in you and know you can handle it. I hope things turn out well. I have to get up in the morning.Please email and let me know how it's going.
I have more to tell you about what you need to do to prevent this. I wish you well.
I'll email you tomorrow.
Good Luck.
the egg will hatch in one month or maybey even 3 weeks!
Well I am not Pheonix, but birthing is not easy for women and so it must be just a difficult for other creatures. Unfortunately, GreenJeans can not tell you if there is something wrong. I would check web sites about Love birds. Also this may sound odd to you but, maybe rub a bit of olive oil on her "vent". It may help her lay the egg. If you know other people that have love birds you could call them and see if they have experienced the same situation.
If the oil and heating the air around her don't work, you can try holding her in some warm water that is deep enough to submerge her vent, but not deep enough that she can drown in it. It can be more effective, but also stressful if the bird doesn't like to be held in water.
I hope things go well.
it's called being egg bound, mine died from it!
Sunday, August 2, 2009
Eclectus Parrots?
I Want to buy 2 eclectus parrots, one male, one female. was wondering if a cage (custom built from powder coated steel) 2m long by 1.5m high by about .8m wide would be sufficent? if not can someone recomend a cage size? my intension is to keep them indoors and out of their cage as frequently as possible. also are they likley to breed in these conditions (not fuseed if they dont just wondering)
also can someone recomend a melbourne breeder and some web pages on these gus
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The best sized cage is the maximum you can get. If you have room for a bigger cage then get that.
Try Passion for Pets in Melbourne
Passion for Pets
Springvale - Aquariums %26 Supplies
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Address: Princes Highway
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Telephone: 03 9574 2166
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I can't tell you any melbourne breeders cause I'm from the US. However, I can say that if you have never owned an eclectus before buying 2 is not a good idea! They are not easy birds to care for. I would start with one and build up to 2 very very gradually. They are quite a handful to someone with no experience.
I did not know what one was so I looked them up on yahoo images. Very pretty birds. Thank you for showing them to me.
also can someone recomend a melbourne breeder and some web pages on these gus
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The best sized cage is the maximum you can get. If you have room for a bigger cage then get that.
Try Passion for Pets in Melbourne
Passion for Pets
Springvale - Aquariums %26 Supplies
Contact Details
.
Contact Name:
Address: Princes Highway
Springvale, VIC, 3171
Telephone: 03 9574 2166
Fax:
Mobile:
I can't tell you any melbourne breeders cause I'm from the US. However, I can say that if you have never owned an eclectus before buying 2 is not a good idea! They are not easy birds to care for. I would start with one and build up to 2 very very gradually. They are quite a handful to someone with no experience.
I did not know what one was so I looked them up on yahoo images. Very pretty birds. Thank you for showing them to me.
Eat birds?
Birds, as in chicken. Do you eat chicken? Or do you think chicken's are too cute to kill! I rise chicken's, and then sell them, and then the people I sell them too eat them! YUMMY! Chickens and eating chickens are diffent though, Ya know! Did you know chicken's barins are littier then thier eye? Weird huh? Yea' There pretty stuiped! lol, well, what do you think? Eat them, or not?
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Eat them chikins fast as you can!
I eat chicken, tastes good. EAT THEM! Let PETA go f themselves.
KFC for sure.
i eat them there gooooooood way!
This is too funny! Ever hear about "spell check"? This is a joke, right?
i eat them
I love chicken it is more protein i am pro chicken eating.
thats a round about way to ask a simple question.
eat them.
I love seeing such uneducated responses! Thanks for making the vegans right again.
Try reading - it is fun.
chickens are good to eat, but looking at baby chicks is a different story all together.
i used to rise chicken and sell them so people can it.i was sad when i was selling it, but i knew people have no choice than eat it. so it was o.k. now i it chicken too.
Life is previous to everyone, we eat chick because we think we can survive . I don't think we have the right to kill animal and human but we did. Compassion is the way to educate your heart.
Bless no more killing.
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Eat them chikins fast as you can!
I eat chicken, tastes good. EAT THEM! Let PETA go f themselves.
KFC for sure.
i eat them there gooooooood way!
This is too funny! Ever hear about "spell check"? This is a joke, right?
i eat them
I love chicken it is more protein i am pro chicken eating.
thats a round about way to ask a simple question.
eat them.
I love seeing such uneducated responses! Thanks for making the vegans right again.
Try reading - it is fun.
chickens are good to eat, but looking at baby chicks is a different story all together.
i used to rise chicken and sell them so people can it.i was sad when i was selling it, but i knew people have no choice than eat it. so it was o.k. now i it chicken too.
Life is previous to everyone, we eat chick because we think we can survive . I don't think we have the right to kill animal and human but we did. Compassion is the way to educate your heart.
Bless no more killing.
eagle pictures?
pictures of eagles
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http://images.search.yahoo.com/search/im.
http://www.webshots.com/search?query=eag.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/eagle.
http://www.avians.net/lanakila/eagle.htm.
http://www.eaglestock.com/eagle.htm.
where
http://images.search.yahoo.com/search/im. Hope it helps. Peace
http://images.search.yahoo.com/search/im.
http://images.google.co.in/images?hl=en%26amp;.
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http://images.search.yahoo.com/search/im.
http://www.webshots.com/search?query=eag.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/eagle.
http://www.avians.net/lanakila/eagle.htm.
http://www.eaglestock.com/eagle.htm.
where
http://images.search.yahoo.com/search/im. Hope it helps. Peace
http://images.search.yahoo.com/search/im.
http://images.google.co.in/images?hl=en%26amp;.
eagle life spend?
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I presume you are asking about the life span of an eagle. well depending on the species anything up to seventy years. the oldest eagle in captivity was 75 years old, the oldest recorded in the wild was 45 years old. In the wild a bird will have a shorter life span than in captivity. This is because if they are sick we can treat them, if they are injured we can fix them, if they are hungry we will feed them and if they are cold we can keep them warm.
What
Dude, remove the doobie from your mouth, sober up, %26 then come back and ask again in unstoned English.
Hay Michael, is it life spend or life spand?
Anyway, thank you so much for your answer about the soft food. Many adults do eat baby food and it does give a variety to the diet. You just do not know how much your answer is appreciated.
Drastic egg problem!!?
I just came home and found my zebra finches nest on the bottom of the cage and the four eggs on the floor of the cage. Only one was cracked so I threw it away and put the others back in the nest and put the nest back up. The longest they could have been left on the bottom is like two hours. Is that too long to go with out being sat on? Also, the parents are still hopping around on the bottom looking around. Will they take the eggs back after this happened? Will they know one is missing?
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When a nest is disturbed, I usually turn out the lights and let the house go dark and quite. The birds should calm down and go to bed in their nest. It is about the time they normally go to bed anyways. Also use a spoon next time to handle the eggs, oils from your hands can affect the eggs. The nest also needs to be more secure. You may be able to distract them from the missing egg with some spray millet. Yum!
If the eggs were left long enough to cool off to room temperature, the fetuses probably have not survived and the parents will not accept the eggs.
they are going to know that one is gone. when it comes to the other eggs i really cant say bacause it could go one of two way. they can ignore the eggs or they wont, you just have to wait and see.
Yes, and they may not go back to the eggs, do to a human handling them. If you want babies, you have to figure out, (by researching) what kind of nest they use and how to stabilize the nest so the eggs won't fall out. After stabilizing the nest, and you find eggs out of the nest again, wait a few days, then toss them. The reason for this is, the birds themselves know weather or not the eggs are good ones. Good luck
I don't know if the same concept applies to caged birds as it does to wild birds, but I believe it would. Wild birds will typically abandon their eggs if they are handled by other creatures, so it is possible that they may not return to them. It's not always true, but it's typical. Being wild creatures, they also cannot understand the concept of having a helping hand with the nest. In their mind, the eggs are still on the ground. If they haven't gone back to the nest at all, try putting the nest on the floor of the cage. This might help. They will notice the missing egg and mourn for it just like we would a child, but if they accept the eggs again, they will take care of the others despite the missing one. It's possible they may never go back to them since they were handled, but I hope they will. I don't know if they will be too long to go without being sat on, it depends on the temp of the room. It also depends how much they were jarred when they fell, they still may never hatch. If they will still not sit on them after putting the nest on the floor the best thing would probably be to try to get them as warm as possible as quickly as possible. If they have not sat on them after a few hours of the nest on the bottom, you should probably just take the nest out, put as many soft, light, warm materials around them as possible and place the nest under a lamp. It still might not save them, but it's a chance. Better yet, you should probably take the whole lot to the vet. But I know that may not be you most appealing choice, so just do what you can. You might also want to look on animal rescue sites for any tips. Good luck.
Your zebra finches seem to have been traumatized and nature tells them that because of this they shouldn't be hatching young. Give them some time to settle down before breeding them again.
How long is too long depends on how old the eggs are- if they have just been laid, there shouldn't be a problem, but if not, it may be.
They will notice one is missing, but I have never known a bird to be upset about missing eggs as long as they have other eggs to devote their time to.
Good luck!
well you might want to put them back and hope for the best, but usually they have sat on them and decided it was too long and the eggs are not fertile. The egg you threw away, you should have opened to see if there was development in it. You may candle the eggs and see if they are fertile. They probably know they are no good though. Put them back and give it a try, but once they cool, well, not good.
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When a nest is disturbed, I usually turn out the lights and let the house go dark and quite. The birds should calm down and go to bed in their nest. It is about the time they normally go to bed anyways. Also use a spoon next time to handle the eggs, oils from your hands can affect the eggs. The nest also needs to be more secure. You may be able to distract them from the missing egg with some spray millet. Yum!
If the eggs were left long enough to cool off to room temperature, the fetuses probably have not survived and the parents will not accept the eggs.
they are going to know that one is gone. when it comes to the other eggs i really cant say bacause it could go one of two way. they can ignore the eggs or they wont, you just have to wait and see.
Yes, and they may not go back to the eggs, do to a human handling them. If you want babies, you have to figure out, (by researching) what kind of nest they use and how to stabilize the nest so the eggs won't fall out. After stabilizing the nest, and you find eggs out of the nest again, wait a few days, then toss them. The reason for this is, the birds themselves know weather or not the eggs are good ones. Good luck
I don't know if the same concept applies to caged birds as it does to wild birds, but I believe it would. Wild birds will typically abandon their eggs if they are handled by other creatures, so it is possible that they may not return to them. It's not always true, but it's typical. Being wild creatures, they also cannot understand the concept of having a helping hand with the nest. In their mind, the eggs are still on the ground. If they haven't gone back to the nest at all, try putting the nest on the floor of the cage. This might help. They will notice the missing egg and mourn for it just like we would a child, but if they accept the eggs again, they will take care of the others despite the missing one. It's possible they may never go back to them since they were handled, but I hope they will. I don't know if they will be too long to go without being sat on, it depends on the temp of the room. It also depends how much they were jarred when they fell, they still may never hatch. If they will still not sit on them after putting the nest on the floor the best thing would probably be to try to get them as warm as possible as quickly as possible. If they have not sat on them after a few hours of the nest on the bottom, you should probably just take the nest out, put as many soft, light, warm materials around them as possible and place the nest under a lamp. It still might not save them, but it's a chance. Better yet, you should probably take the whole lot to the vet. But I know that may not be you most appealing choice, so just do what you can. You might also want to look on animal rescue sites for any tips. Good luck.
Your zebra finches seem to have been traumatized and nature tells them that because of this they shouldn't be hatching young. Give them some time to settle down before breeding them again.
How long is too long depends on how old the eggs are- if they have just been laid, there shouldn't be a problem, but if not, it may be.
They will notice one is missing, but I have never known a bird to be upset about missing eggs as long as they have other eggs to devote their time to.
Good luck!
well you might want to put them back and hope for the best, but usually they have sat on them and decided it was too long and the eggs are not fertile. The egg you threw away, you should have opened to see if there was development in it. You may candle the eggs and see if they are fertile. They probably know they are no good though. Put them back and give it a try, but once they cool, well, not good.
doves.?
my husband bought me two doves and my question is how do i care for them are they regular birds? are they intelegent birds?
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Why must there always be an immature answer? It's not funny.
Anyways, I found you a nice short webpage which you can refer to.
http://www.kindplanet.org/dovecare.html.
Have fun!
heat oven to 350.
doves for the most part are like regular birds. however, there may be certain things that doves prefer than regular birds. your best bet would be to either ask the seller of the birds or to look it up on the internet. that way you have the information first hand and will know from there on out.
ROFL the answer above me was funniest thing ever
Well my mom has doves that my dad bought her before they got a divorce! She just had them in a bird cage and treated them just like other birds, but I know there are some things you should do different. They seem to like a blanket over them at night! And if there male and female its always good to put a nesting box in the bottom of the cage or stuff in the cage so they can make their own nesting box. You will have to watch though b/c my moms pair had been together a while and when the female died suddenly, the male bird stopped eating and everything and then he died as well. The vet said it was b/c when they are together so much they grow to love each other and that they could die of heartbreak! Romantic in a creepy way huh?
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Why must there always be an immature answer? It's not funny.
Anyways, I found you a nice short webpage which you can refer to.
http://www.kindplanet.org/dovecare.html.
Have fun!
heat oven to 350.
doves for the most part are like regular birds. however, there may be certain things that doves prefer than regular birds. your best bet would be to either ask the seller of the birds or to look it up on the internet. that way you have the information first hand and will know from there on out.
ROFL the answer above me was funniest thing ever
Well my mom has doves that my dad bought her before they got a divorce! She just had them in a bird cage and treated them just like other birds, but I know there are some things you should do different. They seem to like a blanket over them at night! And if there male and female its always good to put a nesting box in the bottom of the cage or stuff in the cage so they can make their own nesting box. You will have to watch though b/c my moms pair had been together a while and when the female died suddenly, the male bird stopped eating and everything and then he died as well. The vet said it was b/c when they are together so much they grow to love each other and that they could die of heartbreak! Romantic in a creepy way huh?
Doves as pets?
Does anyone else have a morning dove as a pet? If so how do you make it more friendly? I had a dove before that used to love me, but this one seems scared of everything, no matter how nice i am.
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I have two white doves, both female in separate caves. I would get it to like you inside the cage and feed it fruit and see if it will eat out of your hand. My doves are loving, but they always have eggs each month, not fertilized of course because there are not any males. But they do get mad when a guy comes near the cage, they must think that my husband is going to take the eggs away. They are funny that way. I just keep them in the cage now , because when they fly they will run into the wall and I really don't want to take any more chances. Morning doves are wild, so maybe that is why they are nervous. Try getting the bird a mate, they mate for life.
Give him/her time to adjust to the surroundings. and let him/her recognise your face.
no just feed her and give her lots of things he likes
it depends on where you got him/her from he/she could have been abused or from a birdy mill or something and just not like humans
yes espescialy at lebanon
it's hard leting them know you mean well but take it to a vet ot really help you
we had one once only for about a week or so before it died. a tree in our yard just struck by lightning during a storm and a branch fell off. so on the ground by the branch were to morning doves, one alive one dead. so we took the alive one and called the aspca and they told us what to do with it. so he kept it warm and fed it. but then it died. the aspca said it probably died from depression of loosing its mate. so im thinking.. mabey you dove wants a mate, lol or it misses its old one or somethting. ?
howlong have you had it
http://www.birdhobbyist.com/articles/bir.
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I have two white doves, both female in separate caves. I would get it to like you inside the cage and feed it fruit and see if it will eat out of your hand. My doves are loving, but they always have eggs each month, not fertilized of course because there are not any males. But they do get mad when a guy comes near the cage, they must think that my husband is going to take the eggs away. They are funny that way. I just keep them in the cage now , because when they fly they will run into the wall and I really don't want to take any more chances. Morning doves are wild, so maybe that is why they are nervous. Try getting the bird a mate, they mate for life.
Give him/her time to adjust to the surroundings. and let him/her recognise your face.
no just feed her and give her lots of things he likes
it depends on where you got him/her from he/she could have been abused or from a birdy mill or something and just not like humans
yes espescialy at lebanon
it's hard leting them know you mean well but take it to a vet ot really help you
we had one once only for about a week or so before it died. a tree in our yard just struck by lightning during a storm and a branch fell off. so on the ground by the branch were to morning doves, one alive one dead. so we took the alive one and called the aspca and they told us what to do with it. so he kept it warm and fed it. but then it died. the aspca said it probably died from depression of loosing its mate. so im thinking.. mabey you dove wants a mate, lol or it misses its old one or somethting. ?
howlong have you had it
http://www.birdhobbyist.com/articles/bir.
dove or parrot?
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parrot. The KIND of parrot is very important! Don't make the really bad mistake of picking the kind of parrot you get by what they look like. Don't say, " I want a cockatoo cause its cute how their feathers go up on top of their heads." or "I like the bright orange and yellow one." Its like getting a dog (that could possibly live for 100 years) Would you want a pomeranian or a pittbull? A poodle needs alot of upkeep, but my doberman would not be good for gramma.
dove
Parrot.thye live a long time and they can talk!
Parrot. They have great personalities.
DOVE.,
as a symbol of peace,
that needs this World to survive.
parrot
parrot
that depends on you. a dove does not require alot of attention, the just kind of sit around a coo.a parrot is demanding of attention, they get bored easy and pull feather, screech, chew everything in sight. both are very messy. so how much time are you going to have to donate to your pet?
Parrot all the way..
parrot the colors on them are cool!!
parrot cuz i have a conure (a small parrot) he is cute and fun his name is Rex
Parrot --- they are fun dove is love and innocent --- parrot is pappy so depends on your taste.
we need both of them , dove - peace %26 parrot - beauty
dove.They are ellegant and a sign of peace.
Dove Eggs??
I have a pair of doves that layed 2 eggs about 4 weeks ago. They still havent hatched. I dont want to remove them in case there is a chance they will still hatch. Do you think their dead? Is this normal? When will I know for sure that they wont hatch? They are being properly incubated. I check on them frequently and the mom or dad bird is always sitting on them.
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Mourning Doves raise three or more broods in a single breeding season. Both parents build a flimsy platform nest of twigs located from 5 to 25 feet up in a tree or bush. Two white eggs hatch in about 14 - 16 days. One egg is laid in the evening, and the second on the next morning. The male usually incubates the egg during the day, and the female incubates at night. Nestlings, cared for by both parents, fledge in about 12-14 days. The parents continue to care for the fledglings until they are 25 to 27 days old.
Look, if the doves are wild, don' touch them period, not even the nest. If they are your doves as pets, I would say to wait a couple weeks, and you could go on this webste, and based on what you've experienced, you can take the information and decide. It only depends on when she laid them. Ask your vet or call 623-376-0621
i don't know but don' move them till you do what if they are just slow or something? the parents haven't given up yet so neither should you. i just love animals and i couldn't move them myself:)
I would leave them alone for a another couple of weeks. The parents will dump them if they aren't any good. (That is what my doves do) If you would like to talk dove. Feel free to email me. I love to talk about doves.
Don't do anything, if the parents are taking care of them thats all they need. It will be about 2 more weeks before they hatch, and then about 2 weeks or longer for the chicks to be big enough to leave the nest. But as long as the parents are taking care you can just watch (not too close) and enjoy the privledge of observing the process. We had a pair of woodpeckers raise a baby boy in our willow tree this spring. I watched from the time they mated to the day they sat in the tree calling and calling incouragement to him to leave the nest. And then just around 6 pm he came out and they all left for good. It is really a priviledge to have a front row seat! enjoy.
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Mourning Doves raise three or more broods in a single breeding season. Both parents build a flimsy platform nest of twigs located from 5 to 25 feet up in a tree or bush. Two white eggs hatch in about 14 - 16 days. One egg is laid in the evening, and the second on the next morning. The male usually incubates the egg during the day, and the female incubates at night. Nestlings, cared for by both parents, fledge in about 12-14 days. The parents continue to care for the fledglings until they are 25 to 27 days old.
Look, if the doves are wild, don' touch them period, not even the nest. If they are your doves as pets, I would say to wait a couple weeks, and you could go on this webste, and based on what you've experienced, you can take the information and decide. It only depends on when she laid them. Ask your vet or call 623-376-0621
i don't know but don' move them till you do what if they are just slow or something? the parents haven't given up yet so neither should you. i just love animals and i couldn't move them myself:)
I would leave them alone for a another couple of weeks. The parents will dump them if they aren't any good. (That is what my doves do) If you would like to talk dove. Feel free to email me. I love to talk about doves.
Don't do anything, if the parents are taking care of them thats all they need. It will be about 2 more weeks before they hatch, and then about 2 weeks or longer for the chicks to be big enough to leave the nest. But as long as the parents are taking care you can just watch (not too close) and enjoy the privledge of observing the process. We had a pair of woodpeckers raise a baby boy in our willow tree this spring. I watched from the time they mated to the day they sat in the tree calling and calling incouragement to him to leave the nest. And then just around 6 pm he came out and they all left for good. It is really a priviledge to have a front row seat! enjoy.
dose anyone no how much cockatoos are?? or how many typs of cockatoos are there??
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A Cockatoo costs $800-$4,000 depending on the rarity of the species. Commonly kept cockatoos are: Umbrella, Moluccan, Triton, Lesser Sulphur Crested, Greater Sulpher Crested, Citron, Rose Breasted, Bare Eyed, Goffin's. Less commonly kept are the Major Mitchell's and Black Palm. Please be sure that you think about getting a cockatoo very seriously. They live a long time, are very intelligent, sensitive, and demanding pets. For the right person they are wonderful companions but in the wrong situation it is a disaster for all involved. Please go to www.mytoos.com to start your research.
Cockatoos aren't pricey, a hand raired one will cost you about 200-300 dollars. for a normal caged cockatoo it will be about $80 dollars.there are heaps of breeds.
As far as types, there are many different sub-species: Goffins (white), lesser and greater sulfers (yellow crest), Mollucan (pink bird), rose breasted (pink/grey), bare-eyed, etc etc. As far as prices, it all depends on where you are and the market in your area.
Cockatoos are a serious commitment. A jet plane takes off at almost 150 decibels. A HAPPY cockatoo reaches those volumes 2-3 times a day, for about 15-20 minutes straight. Again, that's a HAPPY bird. Now imagine what an unhappy bird sounds like.
Cockatoos can reach 70 + years old. If you take care of one properly, it will outlive you. Make sure you have an emergency plan in case something happens and you cannot take care of it anymore. They also require large cages if they do not get out of the cage time every day.
To remain social, they require at least an hour or so a day of one on one attention. They become attached to one person quickly, and upon hitting maturity many become violent to other people. Many cockatoos pluck and self mutilate if not kept occupied with toys and other things to really get their brain going. Expect to spend over $100 in toys a few times a month. They require a varied diet, pellets, fruits and veggies, pastas, bread and rice, nuts, etc etc. Are you prepared to feed your cockatoo that kind of diet, often cooking more for it than for yourself and your family?
I highly recommend you check out www.mytoos.com. That website is NOT kidding.
Call these guys at www.friendlyparrots.com they have great parrots trust me..
COCKATIELS are not expensive maybe 100 bucks at max. COCKATOOS can range from 1300-3000 dollars. and there are aprox. 6 different types of cockatoos. ( i'm state certified in avian specialty)
there are 21 varieties, most come from australia, I have seen sulphur crested, little corellas, long bill corellas, major mitchell, cockatiels, gang gangs, 2 or 3 types of black cockatoos, galahs and probably a couple of others in the wild or local pet shops
the wiki pedia has every species labeled in a family tree
As others have stated the prices vary some are found for 800-a couple thousand dollars. I got my goffin cockatoo for 1300. There are many breeds as others have stated,.goffin,sulfer crested,mollucan,rose-breasted. It is very true that you should seriously think before you buy one of these loving birds. As they live a long time,..require alot of attention,..if don't get the attention needed they will pluck their feathers out. However I would suggest if you want a less demanding cockatoo the goffin cockatoo is the way to go. They are less demanding of attention. However they love attention but are less likely to pluck out their feathers as other cockatoos. They are a bit smaller than other cockatoos also. Hope this helps. :D And please read up on any parrot before you purchase :)
dose anyone no how much cockatoos are?? or how many typs of cockatoos are there??
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A Cockatoo costs $800-$4,000 depending on the rarity of the species. Commonly kept cockatoos are: Umbrella, Moluccan, Triton, Lesser Sulphur Crested, Greater Sulpher Crested, Citron, Rose Breasted, Bare Eyed, Goffin's. Less commonly kept are the Major Mitchell's and Black Palm. Please be sure that you think about getting a cockatoo very seriously. They live a long time, are very intelligent, sensitive, and demanding pets. For the right person they are wonderful companions but in the wrong situation it is a disaster for all involved. Please go to www.mytoos.com to start your research.
oh my god i have a cockatoo they are about 1000 dollars the grown ups or the baby cockatoos they cost about 3000 dollars because they are easy to train and they last longer and u can teach then tricks
If $$ is the #1 question you have when it comes to cockatoos..PLEASE (I beg you) dont run out and purchase one. As the lady above me stated ^^ visit www.mytoos.com
dose anyone know were i can buy some swans?
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you can buy swan vesta matches (swans) at my local newsagent
Just nick them from Strathclyde Park.. near Motherwell.
All swans belong to HM the Queen, go ask her. [not Elton John]
no, idont!!
There's a place in the USA called McMurrys Hatchery that sells them. They have all sorts of chickens, ducks, geese and even peacocks.
SWANAGE
At the swan shop.
you cant buy them. you have to charm them out of the sky
Sorry you cant buy swans.
I think the queen has a few, try E-bay!!best of luck!!
http://swans.com/
Beat that!
Yes I do..
Murray McMurray Hatchery
Address:
P.O. Box 458
191 Closz Drive
Webster City, Iowa 50595
Phone: 515.832.3280
Knox Swan and Dog, LLC
75 N. Saddletree Lane
North Barrington, IL 60010
Phone: 847-304-1230
Stratford - Swans And Ducks
(519) 271-0250, ext. 243 or after hours at (519) 271-0820.
The tobacconist also sells matches
you cant
swan shop!!
you cant really buy them you have to own a big pond them get them from the council. rofl!! jokin hahahahahahahahahaha
I am sorry you can't legally buy swans as they are classed as wildlife.
You can only get them from ZOOS and that only if they allow you the permit you need to own one.
No, they are a protected species and owned by Her Majesty. You would be doing something illegal and would expect a very heavy fine
If you're in the UK, shell, I'm afraid the answer is you can't legally own swans. They are Royal birds, meaning that they belong to the Queen and her heirs.
they belong to the queen you will have to ask her.
Dose any one know where i can buy peacocks in the UK?
Its for my mum in laws county park. she wants swans to but have no idea where to get them
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Contact Swan Lifeline In Eton I will e-mail you the number. They are always looking for good homes to rehouse some of their rescued Swans.
They may well have contacts re Peacocks too.
poultry@brownfarm.co.uk may be just what you are looking for
If you go and buy yourself a copy of 'country smallholder' magazine and look in the back, you will find lists of breeders of all kinds of birds and animals including peacocks (very very noisy). I don't think she is allowed to keep swans as all the swans in the country belong to the crown, but she could get some very pretty and unusual geese.
peahens are quieter.
why on earth do u want a peacock?
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Contact Swan Lifeline In Eton I will e-mail you the number. They are always looking for good homes to rehouse some of their rescued Swans.
They may well have contacts re Peacocks too.
poultry@brownfarm.co.uk may be just what you are looking for
If you go and buy yourself a copy of 'country smallholder' magazine and look in the back, you will find lists of breeders of all kinds of birds and animals including peacocks (very very noisy). I don't think she is allowed to keep swans as all the swans in the country belong to the crown, but she could get some very pretty and unusual geese.
peahens are quieter.
why on earth do u want a peacock?
Don't you think owls are fascinating birds?
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they're ok.
i think its creepy how they can twist their necks like crazy. and their eyes scare me a little bit. o_O
Owls are very fascinating to me.
Very. I like the fact that they're the only bird with both of their eyes on their face, rather then on the side of ther heads, enabeling them to turn ther heads 360 degrees. Beautiful animals.
Love owls. Beautiful majestic birds, but with a hint of darkness around them.
yes, I think owls are very beautiful and wonderful. However, I'm not quite as fanatical as some of my naturalist friends. I don't jump up and down when I see an owl pellet, pick it up and play with it and squeal about how I can see a rat tail or snake fang in it.
oooooh glee!! ok put down the owl puke and lets go..
I had the BEST experience..
Had a Great Horned Owl in the middle of the road on my way home one night .. we slowly approach as not to scare it.. and I have a 98 Saturn and I kid you not that bird was taller than the front end! We could see him OVER the headlights.. he looked at us like.. Humans.. what are you doing in my hunting grounds.. he sat there letting us 'examie him' for at least 5 mins and there is NOTHING like seeing a Great Horned Owl fly off in front of you .. 6-8 foot wing span as it appeared to us, and WE WERE IN AWE!
So yes, THEY ARE COOL, I got to stare one eye to eye (in the car anyway) and they are STUNNING!
Yes they r and they r mostly fascinating for harry potter fans
yes. i wish to be an owl.
Definitely, and beautiful also.
yes
Yes thanks for the 2 points LOL!
yes very much so
why would you even ask that question if you did not think them fascinating yourself? and besides, all animals are fascinating to me.
Dog and parakeet love?
I have a dog named Buddy and a parakeet named Emily. Emily knows how 2 open the cage doors. All the time I come home from school and see Buddy and Emily laying next to eachother, Buddy softly growling, and Emily chirping! Sometimes I see Buddy is laying on his back and Emily is chirping and sitting on the tip of Buddy's nose!! What does this mean?
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Aww, how cute! It means they get along well. My dog and birds get along OK. I don't think my dog would let my birds sit on her nose though. Hee hee.
Love or infatuation
Awww. Your bird and your dog are buddies.
Means they are friends. Thats cute.
It means that they have become really good friends.
Awww your pets have a natural coonection to each other. You should contact animal planet and put it on americas funniest pets. That is cute and rare.
its cute till you come home one day to see the parakeet sitting there looking innocent while the dog is missing.
If he burps up a hairball, be suspicious!
they are good pals ..both anxiously awaiting your return !
cheers .
They both taste like chicken
awww, thats so sweet. its not everyday u see other birds and dogs getting along well
send me a pic of this!
it means that they are best friends and they like to play with each other and hug!
this is so sweet.
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Aww, how cute! It means they get along well. My dog and birds get along OK. I don't think my dog would let my birds sit on her nose though. Hee hee.
Love or infatuation
Awww. Your bird and your dog are buddies.
Means they are friends. Thats cute.
It means that they have become really good friends.
Awww your pets have a natural coonection to each other. You should contact animal planet and put it on americas funniest pets. That is cute and rare.
its cute till you come home one day to see the parakeet sitting there looking innocent while the dog is missing.
If he burps up a hairball, be suspicious!
they are good pals ..both anxiously awaiting your return !
cheers .
They both taste like chicken
awww, thats so sweet. its not everyday u see other birds and dogs getting along well
send me a pic of this!
it means that they are best friends and they like to play with each other and hug!
this is so sweet.
Does your PaRROT want to be a DenTal assistant when she grows Up?
I think mine does - she sits on my shoulder and sticks her head in my mouth and pecks at my teeth! LOL!
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when my dog was a puppy she wanted to be a detective, cause she always was "under cover" in the bed!
my parakeet used to do the same thing, i saw a funniest home video when a paraket when all the way in some dudes mouth!
Be careful. Our mouths are full of bacteria that doesn't effect us, but that can be harmful to our feathered friends.
I know I used to let my conures eat after me until I found this out. Now, I am careful to not let them have contact with my saliva..
Good thing she does'nt want to be gyneocologist.
Along with the saliva issues, the bird could also injure you quite severely
Ummm, not a real good idea. It is fun to watch and it is hilarious, I agree. But, while it does you no harm, it is not the same for your bird. Your mouth contains tons of bacteria that your little guy's system might not be able to handle.
If you kiss him, make sure your mouth is closed.
There are lots of games you can play that don't involve this sort of thing.
If you think of it this way, it might help you understand:
If you would not drink the water available to your bird, eat the food available, live in his house, you really don't want to give it to your bird.
I certainly wouldn't want to be rooting around in someone else's mouth. So, if you always put yourself in their shoes, it will make things a little clearer as to what is good for them and what is not.
This could harm him.something you don't want to have happen to your little guy.
birds carry disieses
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when my dog was a puppy she wanted to be a detective, cause she always was "under cover" in the bed!
my parakeet used to do the same thing, i saw a funniest home video when a paraket when all the way in some dudes mouth!
Be careful. Our mouths are full of bacteria that doesn't effect us, but that can be harmful to our feathered friends.
I know I used to let my conures eat after me until I found this out. Now, I am careful to not let them have contact with my saliva..
Good thing she does'nt want to be gyneocologist.
Along with the saliva issues, the bird could also injure you quite severely
Ummm, not a real good idea. It is fun to watch and it is hilarious, I agree. But, while it does you no harm, it is not the same for your bird. Your mouth contains tons of bacteria that your little guy's system might not be able to handle.
If you kiss him, make sure your mouth is closed.
There are lots of games you can play that don't involve this sort of thing.
If you think of it this way, it might help you understand:
If you would not drink the water available to your bird, eat the food available, live in his house, you really don't want to give it to your bird.
I certainly wouldn't want to be rooting around in someone else's mouth. So, if you always put yourself in their shoes, it will make things a little clearer as to what is good for them and what is not.
This could harm him.something you don't want to have happen to your little guy.
birds carry disieses
Does your cockatiel sleep ling down?
My bird Che Che, gets on the top of her cage and lays flat. She even lays her head down. I've allways had birds, but never seen one do this. It's cute.
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If she is young, she is prolly missing the nest.. why not give her something a little softer to sleep in..
mine did when she was still young ..then as she got older..she didnt
i've never heard of a bird lying down to sleep, have seen some of the conures get into those fuzzy hammocks to sleep but they didnt lay down
She probably knows that she gets some sort of attention when she does it (which 'tiels love) so if you say something distinctive evey time she does it, or give her a treat she'll do it more. Check out
www.birdtricks.com
when she was young
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If she is young, she is prolly missing the nest.. why not give her something a little softer to sleep in..
mine did when she was still young ..then as she got older..she didnt
i've never heard of a bird lying down to sleep, have seen some of the conures get into those fuzzy hammocks to sleep but they didnt lay down
She probably knows that she gets some sort of attention when she does it (which 'tiels love) so if you say something distinctive evey time she does it, or give her a treat she'll do it more. Check out
www.birdtricks.com
when she was young
Does your bird (tiel) drink from a water bottle?
I have a cockatiel and would love him to drink from a water bottle, like they have for mice and hamsters. Have any of you actually seen a bird drink from one? Mine uses a water feeder with spout basically and makes a mess.
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I have a waterbottle in my bridcage and none of my birds have ever drank from it. I've had as many as 12 birds at once so odds are it's not going to work for you
If you are going to attempt that make sure you allow your bird to KEEP her original water cup. I have seen this kill birds, they do not understand this right off the bat. Do use caution.
It does take time for a bird to get used to a water bottle, but it is possible. Place the water bottle above (or next to) the bird's water feeder for him to get used to it and the GRADUALLY diminish the water in the water feeder and increase the water in the bottle. It would probably be a good idea to try and see the bird drink from the bottle before you begin the weaning process.at the very least, watch your bird closely as you make the switchover, because it is a learning process and the bird may not know initially that he's supposed to drink from the bottle.
I think that they have a special water bottle designed to be easier for birds to use and more appealing to them. I couldn't find one on Foster and Smith, but it's worth a google search.
Anyway, after that, I think it's already been mentioned: wean him onto it, slowly reduce the old source as he catches on. Etc.
Is the water feeder with the spout kind of like this? These are pretty popular:
http://www.drsfostersmith.com/product/pr.
This is an amazing site. Please check it out!
www.birdhotline.com
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I have a waterbottle in my bridcage and none of my birds have ever drank from it. I've had as many as 12 birds at once so odds are it's not going to work for you
If you are going to attempt that make sure you allow your bird to KEEP her original water cup. I have seen this kill birds, they do not understand this right off the bat. Do use caution.
It does take time for a bird to get used to a water bottle, but it is possible. Place the water bottle above (or next to) the bird's water feeder for him to get used to it and the GRADUALLY diminish the water in the water feeder and increase the water in the bottle. It would probably be a good idea to try and see the bird drink from the bottle before you begin the weaning process.at the very least, watch your bird closely as you make the switchover, because it is a learning process and the bird may not know initially that he's supposed to drink from the bottle.
I think that they have a special water bottle designed to be easier for birds to use and more appealing to them. I couldn't find one on Foster and Smith, but it's worth a google search.
Anyway, after that, I think it's already been mentioned: wean him onto it, slowly reduce the old source as he catches on. Etc.
Is the water feeder with the spout kind of like this? These are pretty popular:
http://www.drsfostersmith.com/product/pr.
This is an amazing site. Please check it out!
www.birdhotline.com
does ur granny have a canary up the leg off her drawers?
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No, but my auntie Mary does.
You think its to check for gas?
yeah but its covered in cobwebs !
no
she sure does
wait a minute ill just go and ask her
Naaaaaaaaaaaaan..
Ow
she hit me and said not to be so rude
No she's got a fly in her eye..
No shes dead
yep. it looks after her savings
No, but she has a rat up her drainpipe!
Prob not. She prob don't wear drawers., dear.
NO BUT, ME aunty mary has!!
idiot
what kind of question is this?
no
My aunt Mary does too! what a coincidence
Does uncooked rice really make pigeons explode when they eat it?
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Um Yes!!
No.
a.) This has been discussed and disproven on sites across the net- old news.
b.) If it was real, how come you never see exploded birds at traditional weddings?
No.none has exploded in the tree in front of my house.
Uncooked, milled rice is no more harmful to birds
than rice in the field, Cheesman said. The Curator
of Ornithology at the University of California at
Berkeley agrees.
"It's a myth. There is no reason why birds,
including small songbirds, can't eat rice," said Ned
Johnson, a professor of biology at Berkeley who
lectures frequently on the food and feeding of
birds.
Many churchs and reception halls have rules prohibiting the
throwing of confetti or rice. These rules work to keep the
property clean so that the next happy couple doesn't get its
send-off amid the leavings of the previous pair. Confetti is
notoriously hard to clean up -- not even vacuuming a lawn
will return it to pristine condition.
Rice poses a unique danger. Not to birds, though -- to
people. Scattered on a hard surface (such as the steps of a
church or a dance floor) it puts anyone who walks across
that surface at risk of taking a nasty spill. Far better to
prohibit rice throwing at a wedding than to end up with an
injured guest.
Don't do it for the birds, do it for the inlaws.
no unfortunately. pigeons are wicked annoying
=.=
hahaha no
No it doesn't. This is an urban legend.
Does this help or what?
I've read that birds that are hand raised by people are a bit more tame and even tempered. But what I wanted to know is, does hand raising a pigeon make it more tame or what?
No jokes or wisecracks please, if you have done this before with a pigeon or dove, that'd be great.
Thanks!
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Amy (above) is 100% incorrect. As an example I site the wild Parakeet. In the outback of Australia they live a normal life span of about 5 years. When hand-fed and hand raised from 2.5 weeks old and kept indoors and tame throughout it's life they often live to 16 and even 20 years old.
Pigeons probably will show the same increased lifespan but you must allow it to get (1) 15 minutes of direct sunlight a day (2) a better diet than just seeds or "grainfeed" and (3) a low stress environment without "breeding stress".
I have some very old parakeets that have outlived the expected wild life span by 4X. I also breed many other speices of birds.
Hand raising a bird that is meant to be wild generally shortens their life time considerably. I'd rather have them live longer than be more tame.
Taming wild birds makes them helpless to preditors. Their defense instinct is defeated. Not a good idea.
No jokes or wisecracks please, if you have done this before with a pigeon or dove, that'd be great.
Thanks!
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Amy (above) is 100% incorrect. As an example I site the wild Parakeet. In the outback of Australia they live a normal life span of about 5 years. When hand-fed and hand raised from 2.5 weeks old and kept indoors and tame throughout it's life they often live to 16 and even 20 years old.
Pigeons probably will show the same increased lifespan but you must allow it to get (1) 15 minutes of direct sunlight a day (2) a better diet than just seeds or "grainfeed" and (3) a low stress environment without "breeding stress".
I have some very old parakeets that have outlived the expected wild life span by 4X. I also breed many other speices of birds.
Hand raising a bird that is meant to be wild generally shortens their life time considerably. I'd rather have them live longer than be more tame.
Taming wild birds makes them helpless to preditors. Their defense instinct is defeated. Not a good idea.
Does this help or make things worse? would like advice from someone with exerience at this?
I've read that hand raising a bird makes them a bit more tame and ever tempered. I know that hand raising a bird is hard and some people prefer letting the parents take care of that, but what I wanted to know is:
Does hand raising a pet pigeon or dove from birth help make them a bit more even tempered and calm or does it make things harder on the bird and the owner?
No jokes or wisecracks allowed!
Would like to know from someone who has done it before. I only want to know this for future usage
Thanks!
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I raise baby doves year round. Make sure someone shows you the correct feeding technique. Doves are different than parrots.
They become very sweet, even the wild ones. If you're going to keep it, by all means do it. I have over 30 in a large flight cage. I love going inside and having them land on me to cuddle.
Hand raising a bird will make it more tame. It will be used to being held, as long as you plan on keeping it and not putting it outside. If that was the case, then hand raising would definitely be bad for the bird.
I have hand raised many birds in my time, I used to breed parrots for a iving. It is very time consuming, especially when the first hatch. They need almost constant care round the clock. You have to feed them every 2 hours and make sure they are kept warm. If you leave them in the incubator you hatch the eggs in, thst will usually work for the first week or so, hen you have to move them to a bigger enclosure that is heat controled as well. It is not recommended, but I used reflector lamps and aquariums to raise many birds.
But there are many rewards. you have much sweeter birds that bond easilly with humans and are very loving pets.
Firstly let the parents do their bit at rearing them first so thet they can get taught what they may or may not eat, then take the baby away when it starts to get feathers, that way it will have the best of both worlds, but you might have to get a light to keep the little one warm at night, it is very difficult to rear them when small, I reared a little mossie who's parents died in a heat wave, and it is a very daunting task, but good luck
eat some chocolate cake
Instinct is in the provider, a bird needs to know the dangers of it's territory.Make it what it not meant to be, can only get it hurt in it's world,when it's turned loose.
have done this with parrakeet's and small parrots, works well but if you try to bread them they will go back to wild behavior/hostility.
I would not tame a pidgeon or a dove as its instintively a wild bird and it would be a shame to tame down its natural instincts.
But that is my opinion. Get a Parrot if you want to hand rear something.
Accually pigeons and doves are very easy to tame up. Unlike pet birds like cockatiels, parrakeets, quakers and other birds people hand feed, a dove and pigeon will tame up in a day or 2 verses the other birds spoken of who sometimes never tame up as adults and most of the time have to be hand fed before being tamed at all. A dove or pigeon will accept your friendship faster then those we raise as pets. You can allow your dove and pigeon parents to raise their babies and tame the babies when ever you want to, because they accept you better and faster then home raised birds. Plus most pigeons can fly FREE once they are tamed up and kept in the area you want them to live in for about 8 weeks straight in a cage. After 8 weeks allow their cage door to be opened outside allowing them to fly free, then watch and wait. 99% of the time they will come sleep in the cage you just allowed them out of, simply go outside and close the cage door when they sleep and reopen it in the AM. They will always come back.
I don't recommend hand feeding if you are inexperienced at this. You can very easily aspirate the bird and kill it. When the bird is eating on its own, as long as you spend time with it, it will bond to you and be tame with you. Keeping the bird socialized is important as well. Birds go through growing phases too, much like small children and teenagers and will misbehave, so you have to understand this will happen regardless of how they start out.
i can take a bird give it love and handle and treat it with care and it will become tame and look forward to my company without rearing it and it becoming implanted onto me for life.
Does hand raising a pet pigeon or dove from birth help make them a bit more even tempered and calm or does it make things harder on the bird and the owner?
No jokes or wisecracks allowed!
Would like to know from someone who has done it before. I only want to know this for future usage
Thanks!
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I raise baby doves year round. Make sure someone shows you the correct feeding technique. Doves are different than parrots.
They become very sweet, even the wild ones. If you're going to keep it, by all means do it. I have over 30 in a large flight cage. I love going inside and having them land on me to cuddle.
Hand raising a bird will make it more tame. It will be used to being held, as long as you plan on keeping it and not putting it outside. If that was the case, then hand raising would definitely be bad for the bird.
I have hand raised many birds in my time, I used to breed parrots for a iving. It is very time consuming, especially when the first hatch. They need almost constant care round the clock. You have to feed them every 2 hours and make sure they are kept warm. If you leave them in the incubator you hatch the eggs in, thst will usually work for the first week or so, hen you have to move them to a bigger enclosure that is heat controled as well. It is not recommended, but I used reflector lamps and aquariums to raise many birds.
But there are many rewards. you have much sweeter birds that bond easilly with humans and are very loving pets.
Firstly let the parents do their bit at rearing them first so thet they can get taught what they may or may not eat, then take the baby away when it starts to get feathers, that way it will have the best of both worlds, but you might have to get a light to keep the little one warm at night, it is very difficult to rear them when small, I reared a little mossie who's parents died in a heat wave, and it is a very daunting task, but good luck
eat some chocolate cake
Instinct is in the provider, a bird needs to know the dangers of it's territory.Make it what it not meant to be, can only get it hurt in it's world,when it's turned loose.
have done this with parrakeet's and small parrots, works well but if you try to bread them they will go back to wild behavior/hostility.
I would not tame a pidgeon or a dove as its instintively a wild bird and it would be a shame to tame down its natural instincts.
But that is my opinion. Get a Parrot if you want to hand rear something.
Accually pigeons and doves are very easy to tame up. Unlike pet birds like cockatiels, parrakeets, quakers and other birds people hand feed, a dove and pigeon will tame up in a day or 2 verses the other birds spoken of who sometimes never tame up as adults and most of the time have to be hand fed before being tamed at all. A dove or pigeon will accept your friendship faster then those we raise as pets. You can allow your dove and pigeon parents to raise their babies and tame the babies when ever you want to, because they accept you better and faster then home raised birds. Plus most pigeons can fly FREE once they are tamed up and kept in the area you want them to live in for about 8 weeks straight in a cage. After 8 weeks allow their cage door to be opened outside allowing them to fly free, then watch and wait. 99% of the time they will come sleep in the cage you just allowed them out of, simply go outside and close the cage door when they sleep and reopen it in the AM. They will always come back.
I don't recommend hand feeding if you are inexperienced at this. You can very easily aspirate the bird and kill it. When the bird is eating on its own, as long as you spend time with it, it will bond to you and be tame with you. Keeping the bird socialized is important as well. Birds go through growing phases too, much like small children and teenagers and will misbehave, so you have to understand this will happen regardless of how they start out.
i can take a bird give it love and handle and treat it with care and it will become tame and look forward to my company without rearing it and it becoming implanted onto me for life.
Does the Bird Flu Strike pet birds?
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Yes.
of course a bird is a bird unless you are talking about the female type
It can and will.
it will be able to, just no cases reported just yet
Of course if its a bird flu it can go to any species especially birds
it might
If your pet bird is kept inside then no, but if you let him fly around outside he could pick it up.
yes, it even infects and/or kills other species including people
Umm.. I don't know!
Yes, the avian flu can infect your pet bird. Luckily, you probably don't live in the kind of conditions that place you at a high risk. After farm birds, who walk in, and peck at seed that comes in contact with, each other's droppings, the next highest risk group is the wild bird flock; after that, open aviaries (aviaries that allow new birds to join their numbers while the flu is a risk factor) are at risk.
As long as you keep your bird indoors (and away from open screens, where it may incidentally encounter an infected wild bird, unlikely as it may be); and you don't introduce new birds into your home; and you stop trusting the source of pet store birds enough not to pet them until the threat is gone; you -- and I -- probably have nothing to worry about.
PS - Earlier last century, a similar flu (bird and pig) wiped out more of the human US population in a year than aids has in the last 10 years. It was called "the great influenza".
Bird flu won't strike your pet bird. The fear with bird flu is not about birds. It's a sick bird (most probably a chicken or other wild bird) will come into contact with a HUMAN with the FLU and thus begin a strain of a SUPERFLU. Then this human will pass it on and on and on to thousands of others, until there is a 'cure' and a 'vaccine' for this currently unknown strain. Folks will miss work, shutting down everything and many will die. This is the bird flu fear, not that your pet budgie will get sick.
yes, inside pets or outside pet's .
only if ur bird has been in contact with wild birds outside
Does penguins have knees?
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YES! All birds have knees. And NO, they don't "bend backwards."
All vertabrate mammals and birds have the same basic bone structre, just with different proportions to the limbs and some specialized limbs (flippers on a whale, for example.) Penguins have the same basic joints that we have, including toes, ankles, knees and hips.
not that I know of
No. Easy answer.
"Does penguins have knees?"
Don't you mean, "DO penguins have knees?"
no thats why they walk like that
Small ones. You could call them wee knees.
Good question I don't know but I think that all birds have generally the same bone structure.
They must be little one's
I'll have to watch close next time I watch Chilly Willy.
My head is hot ..my feet are cold. I don't know what to do.
No mention of knees here
idk, but i dont think so cause they wobble like that
Oy. None of these people are biologists, that's obvious.
All birds, mammals, reptiles, and adult amphibians have knees. See for yourself (the penguin) at the website below:
No. They waddle around all day and sometimes to get somewhere they slide down hills!
http://www.seaworld.org/infobooks/pengui.
It doesn't say for sure.
Affirmative
Why? I'M THE PENGUIN LOVER B*TCH!!
AND THE ANSWER IS YEAH!!
whats a penguin? lol no seriously what is a penguin
i don't think so cause they don't really bend over!
no
does male cockatiels have a pecker?
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No.
Parrots, with very few exceptions are monomorphic, meaning you can't tell the males from the females from outward appearance.
Both have a "Cloaca" or vent. The sperm is manufactured internally in the male's testes and is passed to the cloaca. When the birds mate, the sperm is passed to the female's cloaca where it is stored until it moves to the oviduct into the ovum and fetilizes the egg.
So in short, no, male parrots do not have a penis.
oh,YEAH they do
all male birds do. how do you think they mate? how do you think baby birdies are made? didn't your mommy ever tell you about the "birds" and the bee's? hahaha.
Of course otherwise they wouldnt be able to breed. I think what you meant to ask, is where is it? Birds have internal organs, and have to be sexed by a vet or someone who knows what they are doing. Hope that answers your question
something like that!! LOL!!
no they both have little holes they line up when they do there thing its funny to watch
does macaws birds scream or do they out grow it?
my macaw is 2 years old and it screams for 2 or 3 hours everyday mostly at night do they ever stop screaming hes tearing his cage apart too i give him toys and hes out i cant handle the screaming cant hear nothing when he does it please help
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Your macaw is going to scream for the rest of its 100 year life. It's what they do. PERIOD!! Most pet stores don't tell you this before you get them. People give them away all the time because of this. I wish there was something I could tell you to stop it. You've tried toys and treats right?? Try covering his cage up when he starts, and stop yelling back at him when he screams. Yelling at him to shut up is only going to make him scream louder and more often. He's playing a game with you. (and I know you yell back. lol) Instead, ignore him. Put him in his cage, cover it up and leave the house everytime he does it. Try putting soothing music on for him. (enya, or some other quiet stuff) and leave him be. Treat him like a 5 year old child who's having a temper tantrum. That's what he is you know, a 5 year old looking for attention and playing games with you. Apparently he's winning. lol. Macaws are so very smart. They know how to push your buttons and make you insane! Just like a child.
Hope that helps.
When he screams you might try covering the cage. Then if he quiets down, uncover it and give him a treat - that will teach him that bad behavior (screaming) gets him isolated, and being quiet gets him company and a treat.
You might also pick a time when he is being quiet in the evening, and pay attention to him. Talk to it, pet it, play with toys together, etc, but only when it is quiet. The extra attention and playtime will give him something better to do than screaming. You don't want to yell at a screaming bird, because then it will scream back.
Unfortunately parrots tend to scream, particularly in the evening and in the morning.
Is your bird reacting to anything -Television or other noise in the evening?
My meyers parrot starts screaming when she's ready to go to bed. You could set a clock by it - every night at 9:00, she's ready to go to bed. Cover her up and put out the light and she settles right down.
i have a friend who squirts his macaw with watter with a squirt bottle when it squalls. now his screaming has almost ceased.
Congratulations! You better believe macaws scream and they will for their entire very long life. Now, if your bird is screaming because it is happy, that's a great thing. But usually if they scream for 2 or 3 hours straight, something is amiss.
If he's tearing his cage apart, he is telling you he needs more room, or he needs more to chew. You do realize that even a "macaw cage" at 4' wide x 3' deep and 5' tall is NOT adequate. These birds can fly miles at a time before landing in the wild. They need space. Let him out and give him lots of things to play with.
Learn how to make bird toys because the store ones are expensive and they will go through them quickly. If they cannot chew them up, they are most likely not interested in them, so don't waste your money on "indestructible" toys!
The covering and the spray bottles just makes them more distraught and they will scream even more. Find a bird behaviorist in your area (or look online -- Michelle Karras at the Polite Parrot, Ken Globus, the bird whisperer, etc.) and get suggestions from them.
If you yell at him, you have taught him that he gets attention when he screams. Thus making him want to scream more.
You have to be really careful what you do with them. They are so much smarter than people give them credit for and you will psychologically damage him if you do not do the right things.
Good luck
I have a catalina macaw that I have raised from a baby and if she starts screaming when it isn't time to come out than I cover her cage and if she keeps it up I hit the top of her cage with a plastic baseball bat and when she quits I uncover her.
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Your macaw is going to scream for the rest of its 100 year life. It's what they do. PERIOD!! Most pet stores don't tell you this before you get them. People give them away all the time because of this. I wish there was something I could tell you to stop it. You've tried toys and treats right?? Try covering his cage up when he starts, and stop yelling back at him when he screams. Yelling at him to shut up is only going to make him scream louder and more often. He's playing a game with you. (and I know you yell back. lol) Instead, ignore him. Put him in his cage, cover it up and leave the house everytime he does it. Try putting soothing music on for him. (enya, or some other quiet stuff) and leave him be. Treat him like a 5 year old child who's having a temper tantrum. That's what he is you know, a 5 year old looking for attention and playing games with you. Apparently he's winning. lol. Macaws are so very smart. They know how to push your buttons and make you insane! Just like a child.
Hope that helps.
When he screams you might try covering the cage. Then if he quiets down, uncover it and give him a treat - that will teach him that bad behavior (screaming) gets him isolated, and being quiet gets him company and a treat.
You might also pick a time when he is being quiet in the evening, and pay attention to him. Talk to it, pet it, play with toys together, etc, but only when it is quiet. The extra attention and playtime will give him something better to do than screaming. You don't want to yell at a screaming bird, because then it will scream back.
Unfortunately parrots tend to scream, particularly in the evening and in the morning.
Is your bird reacting to anything -Television or other noise in the evening?
My meyers parrot starts screaming when she's ready to go to bed. You could set a clock by it - every night at 9:00, she's ready to go to bed. Cover her up and put out the light and she settles right down.
i have a friend who squirts his macaw with watter with a squirt bottle when it squalls. now his screaming has almost ceased.
Congratulations! You better believe macaws scream and they will for their entire very long life. Now, if your bird is screaming because it is happy, that's a great thing. But usually if they scream for 2 or 3 hours straight, something is amiss.
If he's tearing his cage apart, he is telling you he needs more room, or he needs more to chew. You do realize that even a "macaw cage" at 4' wide x 3' deep and 5' tall is NOT adequate. These birds can fly miles at a time before landing in the wild. They need space. Let him out and give him lots of things to play with.
Learn how to make bird toys because the store ones are expensive and they will go through them quickly. If they cannot chew them up, they are most likely not interested in them, so don't waste your money on "indestructible" toys!
The covering and the spray bottles just makes them more distraught and they will scream even more. Find a bird behaviorist in your area (or look online -- Michelle Karras at the Polite Parrot, Ken Globus, the bird whisperer, etc.) and get suggestions from them.
If you yell at him, you have taught him that he gets attention when he screams. Thus making him want to scream more.
You have to be really careful what you do with them. They are so much smarter than people give them credit for and you will psychologically damage him if you do not do the right things.
Good luck
I have a catalina macaw that I have raised from a baby and if she starts screaming when it isn't time to come out than I cover her cage and if she keeps it up I hit the top of her cage with a plastic baseball bat and when she quits I uncover her.
Does anyone own or has owned a starling?
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Yes, I raised one that fell from its nest. I called it "Stanley", even though I had no idea of its sex! I kept him in an old bird cage I had,feeding him on insects, worms,then onto dog food!! It was difficult feeding him at first,then I used a dropper,the sort you would use for eye drops,which worked very well ! As he grew,he became more vocal,soon picking up different whistles,learning surprisingly quickly! Once he started to move/flap his wings I decided to let him out in my bathroom,it was not long before he could fly quite well. Had to make sure I had plenty of disinfectant though,boy, do they poop! Loads!! Everywhere! By the time he was able to fly,he became quite tame,happy to sit on my shoulder,running up and down my arm. But the time had come to release him back into the wild,where he belonged. So I took him to a local wooded area,not far,and released him,only for him to fly straight back to my shoulder. It took three or four goes before he finally flew off. It was quite sad really.( lol,are you crying yet?) I often think of him/her,and wonder how he got on and how long he lived. Ahhh, well.
Yes ! I found a baby that had got knock out of the nest.. He was a little pig .I dug worms like CRAZY.. bread with milk. But, it paid off ..He grew all his feathers. Would stand on my finger so cute! Then his day came I took him out side I told him if he wanted to go .To go! Yes, there were tears happy /sad ones .He flew off. Every now %26 then I see him. He could sure eat. the biggest thing on him was his mouth. Thanks
you can have on as a pet they are many different kinds of starlings. the most common one to have as a pet is the Mynah Bird lso called the hill mynah. it can learn to talk %26 easy bird to handle.
If you are talking about a European Starling, they make great pets and are one of the few wild birds that are legal to have as pets in the US. (Without a license to keep wild life)
Their adult diet is a good premium brand of dog food along with various insects and fresh veggies. For babies, look online to various Starling groups for information on feeding and diet.
I had a friend who had one many years that she found as a featherless baby and hand raised it. It's name was Sterling and like a Mynah bird, she even learned to mimic sounds quite well.
I owned a Blue Tit. But it died.
Yes indeed!! They are a subspecies of the Mynah bird's, and speak better then Parrots. They are long lived and last as long as 12 years.
I once had one named Beeper. I found him on the small airport runway coming home from vacation a few years ago. I fed him high quality catfood soaked in water and occasionally parrot formula. When he/she got older, I also mixed in spaghetti and leftovers.
The bird really annoyed my cockatoo and when it was let out would try to divebomb poor Boo, so I had to give him away to a lady who had raised and kept them before. She also had a large WIDE and LONG cage (a "flight") to keep the starling in.
Because I had the bird from a young baby, it would not have fit in with the other starlings as a grown up, so I did not want to let it go into the wild. I also don't know if it would have known to stay away from predators and forage for food on its own.
Does anyone own or has owned a pigeon?
What is it like? What was its name? any information.
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I owned seven, two of which I bred resulting in five babies. They were all very sweet. They were homing pigeons and I must admit there was something empowering to owning a bird that you could release into the air knowing that it would come back to you. How incredible it is when you consider that it could be happier in the wild associating with other birds. They're great fun!
no but the best place would be a huge island made of ice to be owning a pigeon.
Yes. My daughter was into racing pigeons. We built a 8x8x8 cage and she had 20-30 pigeons. She, however, lost interest in them. There was a local pigeon racing club that she belonged to. (All older guys and she was a high school student) ha ha She did it as a 4H project.
Pigeon is a nice bird. I have a couple. Named with "Kilat" means "thunder". You can actually train pigeon with it's couple (female). You can also train them to race. In Asia people put a lot of money for pigeon race.
lol yeah, once we had a cage ful of.3 pigeons, 2 rabbits, 2 frizzles (chickens), two other kinds of chickens, and 1 turtle, they all got along good =) and yeah i named one pigeon florita and one was named tommy lol they get along good with other animals =p
My brother raised tumblers, racers, and fan tails. When the tumblers were flying, he would clap his hands and they did somersaults in midair! He would have our mom take him miles away with his pigeons and release them to show that they remembered where they lived (homing pigeons). In the military, pigeons were used to deliver messages. There is something in their beaks that gives them this ability. And the squab are delicious! LOL
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I owned seven, two of which I bred resulting in five babies. They were all very sweet. They were homing pigeons and I must admit there was something empowering to owning a bird that you could release into the air knowing that it would come back to you. How incredible it is when you consider that it could be happier in the wild associating with other birds. They're great fun!
no but the best place would be a huge island made of ice to be owning a pigeon.
Yes. My daughter was into racing pigeons. We built a 8x8x8 cage and she had 20-30 pigeons. She, however, lost interest in them. There was a local pigeon racing club that she belonged to. (All older guys and she was a high school student) ha ha She did it as a 4H project.
Pigeon is a nice bird. I have a couple. Named with "Kilat" means "thunder". You can actually train pigeon with it's couple (female). You can also train them to race. In Asia people put a lot of money for pigeon race.
lol yeah, once we had a cage ful of.3 pigeons, 2 rabbits, 2 frizzles (chickens), two other kinds of chickens, and 1 turtle, they all got along good =) and yeah i named one pigeon florita and one was named tommy lol they get along good with other animals =p
My brother raised tumblers, racers, and fan tails. When the tumblers were flying, he would clap his hands and they did somersaults in midair! He would have our mom take him miles away with his pigeons and release them to show that they remembered where they lived (homing pigeons). In the military, pigeons were used to deliver messages. There is something in their beaks that gives them this ability. And the squab are delicious! LOL
does anyone own a european eagle owl?
if so what did you call it and have you had any problems
i have one called kia hatched on 12 april 2006
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You might find some help here
http://www.falconryforum.co.uk/showthrea.
No. But i saw one in my back garden about two years ago. It was perched atop of our shed, hooting, and scared the life out of my cat. It had jesses attached, so must have escaped from somewhere.
I would have called it Boomer - amazingly deep,guttural call.
We have a European eagle owl called midnight or Midders for short, cause he hatched at exactly midnight. He had trouble hatching and my partner spent 18 hours hand hatching him and now he has a few white feathers on top of his head from a scar he got when he finally got out of his egg. Then he nearly died twice. he's now about eight years old.
If you need help with your owl visit
www.falconry-adventures.com
We also offer special tuition for those wanting to fly owls.
they are the huge ones aint they? my friend had one in her garden, called OSLO, he was a beast.
i have one called kia hatched on 12 april 2006
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You might find some help here
http://www.falconryforum.co.uk/showthrea.
No. But i saw one in my back garden about two years ago. It was perched atop of our shed, hooting, and scared the life out of my cat. It had jesses attached, so must have escaped from somewhere.
I would have called it Boomer - amazingly deep,guttural call.
We have a European eagle owl called midnight or Midders for short, cause he hatched at exactly midnight. He had trouble hatching and my partner spent 18 hours hand hatching him and now he has a few white feathers on top of his head from a scar he got when he finally got out of his egg. Then he nearly died twice. he's now about eight years old.
If you need help with your owl visit
www.falconry-adventures.com
We also offer special tuition for those wanting to fly owls.
they are the huge ones aint they? my friend had one in her garden, called OSLO, he was a beast.
does anyone knows if you can mix ring neck and quakers in the same cage?
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We have a Ringneck and a Quaker in the same cage with each other. At best, they ignore the other. I wouldn鈥檛 recommend doing this unless you can be sure the birds get along or are at least indifferent. Also wouldn鈥檛 recommend doing this if you have more than one of each.
If you are going to try, first see how they get along 鈥?you can try placing their current cages next to one another. Try placing both of them in a new cage when you move them, this way they meet on equal ground. Always keep a very, very, very close eye on them. Generally, female Ringnecks are more aggressive/moody so the sex of the birds could also play a large role.
I don't think it would be a good idea. Both the birds need to have their own cage. You don't want them to fight and kill each other.
I guess you could but remember ringnecks are canabalistic watch them .. Good luck
does anyone know why a couple of my budgies in an avairy of approx 30 cannot fly?
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try separating the ones that cant fly it could be because every time they have tried to the other birds are stopping them or not having the space so separate them for a few weeks and see what happens if they can fly after that try and put them back with the others but keep a close eye on them as the others may try to harm them if this happens take them out straight away and keep them in a separate cage allowing them to come out once a day to exercise their wings
are their wings clipped?
Are they ex Budgies? Have they ceased to be?
they probably don't have enough room to spread their wings
Best to have them checked by an avian vet
I would take them out of my flock and put them in the house in their own cage and watch them a while until they can act normal again. They could be sick and you dont want that sickness to go to the other birds. Then again they could be young babies coming out of the nest box, they could be too fat to fly right now. Otherwise without being there and looking into the situation I wouldnt know, take them to a vet if they do not improve after caging them in the house.
I used to have this problem when i had an aviary full of budgies.
Probably one in ten babies would not be able to fly, they are good at climbing though.
Ive heard of other people having the same problem and its thought to be sometimes lack of vitamins or genetic throwbacks from years of inbreeding when different colour forms were developed.
make sure that you havnt clipped there wings and they havnt fuly grown back yet. Otherwise it is probably because they have been in a small cage all there life and never had the freedom to fly. This happens to me if any of my budgies are sick i seperate them and take them from my avairy and put them in a small cage soemtimes for months, when they are put back itno the avairy it takes them a while to be able to fly properly again. This is beacause the muscles in their wings have weakened and they need to build them back up again this is probably what has happened with your budgies. If they still have the problem in a couple of months it would be best to take them out of the avairy as not being able to fly properly can cause them to get hurt easily as there balance isnt as good as it should be etc.
Some budgies though are born with this problem, they are called runner budgies they will most liekly never be able to fly throughout there life although some people can overcome the problem. Runner budgies tend to have no tail feathers and short wing feathers which doesnt enable them to fly. However some runner budgies after time will grow their wing and tail feathers and will gradually be able to fly. It really depends, there is nothing wrong with runner budgies health wise its just they arent able to fly. You can breed runner budgies with 'normal' budgies it doesnt matter its just that there is a chnace that they will have runner budgie babies. I highly recomment that you put a ladder or a stick or soemthing that the budgies are able to climb up easily from the bottom of the avairy to about half way up the avairy this just helps them get up quicker. I bought a runner budgie from the pet shop a few years back she was so cute. Although because she was 'different' to the otehr budgies they picked on her and she ended up staying on the bottom of the avairy but i madew a ladder from tree branches so that she was able to get up and this made her life a whole lot easier. Hope this helps, cheers
The other answers do not mention French moult as this is what your birds have , it is a genetic condition.The birds must ion no account be allowed to mix with the others as due to budgerigars being VERY free with their sexual habits and NOT caring who they are sharing these habits with they could be mated whilst on the ground or climbing up the aviary wire, thus spreading this mutant gene further.
The best advice I can give you is get a vet to put down the birds with the inability to fly.they will also have slightly curled scruffy feathers.
Does anyone know who to contact about a lost homing pigeon?
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http://www.pigeon.org/ Go to that website click on the link that says lost bird. It will tell you how to read the bands on the birds leg and find out who the bird belongs to. You can also e-mail them if the band doesn't match any numbers and they'll find the owner for you. Also they have info on how to care for the lost pigeon until you can contact the owner. It's a really great site.
pigeons are so cute! call the vet! pigeons are so cute they must live forever!
How long has the bird been lost? Unfortunately, pigeons often fall prey to hawks ad other preditors. The bird may be weak from his long flight. If someone found him and took him in, don't worry, at the first opportunity to go free he will fly straight home. I've had a few homing pigeons stop at my place for a rest before they were on their way again.
How do you know its lost he may be taking the scenic route.
ask any pigeon fancier or enquire at the local pet store
Does anyone know where I can find the plans to build my own aviary Dave M?
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http://www.backyardaviary.com/do_it_your.
this link shows pics, plans and materials
Try google-ing it.
There are alot of great books out there. Try your local feed store. There is a great book called "Building Your Own Aviaries". It has alot fo good plans in it.
Alot of the parrot seed catalogs have books in them. Also my favorite place is Strombergs catalog..it is for chickens, but it has alot of things that parrot breeders use too!
Hope that helps! If you need any advice or help let me know. I have built almost all my aviaries by using those books.
Good luck!
You need a plan on what kind of aviary you want , fully coverd or fully open, or half and half, the best thing to do is join a bird breeders society and visit their aviaries to get a idea of what you want, I had a 30 foot wooden building with three compartments flight with access to open flight a breeding compartment and a storage area, but what ever you choose make sure you incorporate a safety entrance door
Does anyone know what the most inexpensive parrot is and what they are?
i'm absolutely OBCESSED with parrots and i desperately need to know! thx =)
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The cheapest parrot to buy is the J Edgar Hoovar Parrot. It is native to New Washington Isle and costs on average 3 to 4 dollars a peice. They are large parrots, typically being a little larger than macaws, but are horrifically dirty and nasty animals. Screaming constantly to keep air moving in and out of its tiny, under developed lungs, these birds also are know to consume the most food of any tropical bird, at typically a pound of bird seed a day, with the required fruits and vegitables on top of that. Their deffication is filled with more methane than most human feces is, so the smell is terrible if the cage is not changed after every bowel movement. They are know for being brown, sparsley feathered flightless birds. Instead they sit on the bottom of the cage, screaming and crapping and eating non stop. Voilent tempers rule over these already intollerable birds, as they will bite for the sole purpose of inflicting pain. It is not uncommon for the J Edgar Hoover Parrot owner to be missing digits. Also unusable for food, as they are slightly poisonous, even to the touch. PETA added this bird to their extinction indifference list, the first to make it to this list of animals no one would miss. These days, however, some are taking them into their homes as a novelty and a gag gift. Check them out at least, I've had mine for a few weeks and its not as bad as everyone cracks it up to be, though I havent slept in days.
It just depends on the breeder, location, etc. I was able to get a baby African Grey (weaned) for 450.00 because the breeder wanted a male and it was a female. There's a classified site, I think I found it through PetFinder.com, deals strictly with birds and accessories for sale across the US. I wish I could find it again, had some good prices for all kinds of birds.
IMO stay away from pet shops, they're seriously overpriced, and I reallly hate when they display the animals out for people to touch and stuff. I've encountered some mean animals from them doing that.
I found this site, but not the one I was talking about.
http://www.bignest.com/classi.htm.
http://www.birdsnways.com/index.htm.
I got my conure through a bird rescue site. www.Mikaboo.org is in the sf bay area. If you do a search for "bird rescue" in your area, you may be able to find a great bird that is in a much need of you as you are wanting one. Plus the rescue service will help with "issues" the bird may have. Also your local animal shelter, craigslist.org or petfinder.org. are also great place. I have had my green check conure for over 3 years and she is so much fun. Someone told me that it is best to only have one bird and then they want you as their best friend. That has worked for me. She is great. Good luck finding the pet that is right for you.
A parakeet is the least expensive parrot you can buy. They are common, easy to train, easy to handle and easiest to house.
Call this guy Great birds and Great pepole www.friendlyparrots.com 1-845-356-2156
Remember Money is not everything, you want a bird you will enjoy, a honest breeder and a hand fed bird.
Bird rescues are a good way to go if you're looking for a cheap price, however these birds are also commonly victims of neglect or abuse so they aren't very tame, and you don't know their tendencies like buying from an owner or rehoming a bird. Another thing is you don't specify what type of parrot you like. Lovebirds are parrots, Sun Conures are parrots, Umbrella Cockatoos are parrots! So it really depends on which type you are looking for. Someone already said that pet stores are rip offs, this is very true, I would stay away from pet shops! Craigslist.com is a good site thats where I got one of my parrots from, and I got him(a Sun Conure normally a $300+ dollar bird) plus a bunch of toys and food and a HUGE cage all for only $300, and he is such a sweetie, I was very lucky! Thes best thing you can do is right out a list of what you are looking for and things about your lifestyle such as: Do you have the room for a 5ftX4ftX3ft cage for a macaw, or just enough room for a 28"X28" cage for a lovebird. Will you be able to spend 2-3 hours a day with a Cockatoo talking to him, playing with him etc., or just an hour or so for a more easily trainable bird like a lovebird? Do you have the money for the special foods such as higher vitamin foods for African Greys, or just enough for a smaller bird. Do you live in an apartment, would a screaming bird get you evicted? Do you have kids? Other pets? These are just a few examples that come to my head. After that just research a lot about which birds you are looking for and see how many qualities each bird has that fits your situation. I did this for about a year before I bought my first parrot. I now have 2 lovebirds and a Sun Conure. If you want to feel free to come to this website: Beebopsplace.com it is a bird forum filled with fun, intelligent people that would be very informative and helpful with your situation! If not, good luck!
Quaker parrots. Mine talks really well and was very cheap, but only buy them right after they are first born and are starting to feed themselves, they bond better with you.
A budgie - yes budgies are a member of the parrot family! Budgies cost under $20 in my area. Lovebirds are about $80 and Cockatiels are around $120. These are all members of the parrot family.
Cockatiels and quakers, they both can talk if male and are easy to breed for babies.
The least expensive is a parakeet and next would be a cockatiel. The larger birds are more expensive. If you have never had one, I recommend starting with a parakeet because the larger birds live to abot 80 years and they needs lots of attention, toys, and care.
Its not the price of the parrot you need to get a cage which is not cheap, vet bills, nails trimed beaks trimed lots of toys to keep them entertained food isnt cheap, plus they need a lot of attention, they arent like parakeets or canarys, they are very loud at times and love to chew on anything wooden
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The cheapest parrot to buy is the J Edgar Hoovar Parrot. It is native to New Washington Isle and costs on average 3 to 4 dollars a peice. They are large parrots, typically being a little larger than macaws, but are horrifically dirty and nasty animals. Screaming constantly to keep air moving in and out of its tiny, under developed lungs, these birds also are know to consume the most food of any tropical bird, at typically a pound of bird seed a day, with the required fruits and vegitables on top of that. Their deffication is filled with more methane than most human feces is, so the smell is terrible if the cage is not changed after every bowel movement. They are know for being brown, sparsley feathered flightless birds. Instead they sit on the bottom of the cage, screaming and crapping and eating non stop. Voilent tempers rule over these already intollerable birds, as they will bite for the sole purpose of inflicting pain. It is not uncommon for the J Edgar Hoover Parrot owner to be missing digits. Also unusable for food, as they are slightly poisonous, even to the touch. PETA added this bird to their extinction indifference list, the first to make it to this list of animals no one would miss. These days, however, some are taking them into their homes as a novelty and a gag gift. Check them out at least, I've had mine for a few weeks and its not as bad as everyone cracks it up to be, though I havent slept in days.
It just depends on the breeder, location, etc. I was able to get a baby African Grey (weaned) for 450.00 because the breeder wanted a male and it was a female. There's a classified site, I think I found it through PetFinder.com, deals strictly with birds and accessories for sale across the US. I wish I could find it again, had some good prices for all kinds of birds.
IMO stay away from pet shops, they're seriously overpriced, and I reallly hate when they display the animals out for people to touch and stuff. I've encountered some mean animals from them doing that.
I found this site, but not the one I was talking about.
http://www.bignest.com/classi.htm.
http://www.birdsnways.com/index.htm.
I got my conure through a bird rescue site. www.Mikaboo.org is in the sf bay area. If you do a search for "bird rescue" in your area, you may be able to find a great bird that is in a much need of you as you are wanting one. Plus the rescue service will help with "issues" the bird may have. Also your local animal shelter, craigslist.org or petfinder.org. are also great place. I have had my green check conure for over 3 years and she is so much fun. Someone told me that it is best to only have one bird and then they want you as their best friend. That has worked for me. She is great. Good luck finding the pet that is right for you.
A parakeet is the least expensive parrot you can buy. They are common, easy to train, easy to handle and easiest to house.
Call this guy Great birds and Great pepole www.friendlyparrots.com 1-845-356-2156
Remember Money is not everything, you want a bird you will enjoy, a honest breeder and a hand fed bird.
Bird rescues are a good way to go if you're looking for a cheap price, however these birds are also commonly victims of neglect or abuse so they aren't very tame, and you don't know their tendencies like buying from an owner or rehoming a bird. Another thing is you don't specify what type of parrot you like. Lovebirds are parrots, Sun Conures are parrots, Umbrella Cockatoos are parrots! So it really depends on which type you are looking for. Someone already said that pet stores are rip offs, this is very true, I would stay away from pet shops! Craigslist.com is a good site thats where I got one of my parrots from, and I got him(a Sun Conure normally a $300+ dollar bird) plus a bunch of toys and food and a HUGE cage all for only $300, and he is such a sweetie, I was very lucky! Thes best thing you can do is right out a list of what you are looking for and things about your lifestyle such as: Do you have the room for a 5ftX4ftX3ft cage for a macaw, or just enough room for a 28"X28" cage for a lovebird. Will you be able to spend 2-3 hours a day with a Cockatoo talking to him, playing with him etc., or just an hour or so for a more easily trainable bird like a lovebird? Do you have the money for the special foods such as higher vitamin foods for African Greys, or just enough for a smaller bird. Do you live in an apartment, would a screaming bird get you evicted? Do you have kids? Other pets? These are just a few examples that come to my head. After that just research a lot about which birds you are looking for and see how many qualities each bird has that fits your situation. I did this for about a year before I bought my first parrot. I now have 2 lovebirds and a Sun Conure. If you want to feel free to come to this website: Beebopsplace.com it is a bird forum filled with fun, intelligent people that would be very informative and helpful with your situation! If not, good luck!
Quaker parrots. Mine talks really well and was very cheap, but only buy them right after they are first born and are starting to feed themselves, they bond better with you.
A budgie - yes budgies are a member of the parrot family! Budgies cost under $20 in my area. Lovebirds are about $80 and Cockatiels are around $120. These are all members of the parrot family.
Cockatiels and quakers, they both can talk if male and are easy to breed for babies.
The least expensive is a parakeet and next would be a cockatiel. The larger birds are more expensive. If you have never had one, I recommend starting with a parakeet because the larger birds live to abot 80 years and they needs lots of attention, toys, and care.
Its not the price of the parrot you need to get a cage which is not cheap, vet bills, nails trimed beaks trimed lots of toys to keep them entertained food isnt cheap, plus they need a lot of attention, they arent like parakeets or canarys, they are very loud at times and love to chew on anything wooden
Does anyone know what scares pigeons?
Our balcony seems to be the home of pigeons that fly by. Its starting to get really gross there with poop all over. Does anyone know what we can put out there that scares pigeons so they wont go in our balcony? I know its a silly question, but worth a try.
Thanks!
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Put a fake owl out there,Northeren tool .com has one with a motion sensor and it's eyes light up and it hoo's
Hawks %26 owls do a number on them, but I am not sure where you could hire them!
not silly really. i use my dogs to chase them (only because i know they're not likely to ctach them). but thats just a temporary fix. i don't know if scattering moth balls would help.
http://environnement.ecoles.free.fr/wav/.
record this with a dictaphone or something and play it on your balcony. It's the singing of a bird that scares pigeons. (in french the bird is called "autour-des-palombes")
Try wind chimes. My dad used to cut aluminum cans and make something for the wind to blow. The noise and the movement keeps them away as long as there is wind. Otherwise let the small children chase them.
12 bore shot gun
serious noise and movement if you can work out a way to do this at random this should work
Make some old CD's into mobiles and hang them on your balcony.
you can put up plastic hawks or you can get stickers to put on your window that looks like a hawk or falcon silhouette. We don't have many pigeons in our garden as we have four gos hawks sat out there, that works a treat.
number one predator of pigeons are falcons pigeons get smart to the fake owl, they know they hunt at nite i guess, dont know if they make a fake falcon but if i was gonna try a fake bird it would be a falcon.
Thanks!
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Put a fake owl out there,Northeren tool .com has one with a motion sensor and it's eyes light up and it hoo's
Hawks %26 owls do a number on them, but I am not sure where you could hire them!
not silly really. i use my dogs to chase them (only because i know they're not likely to ctach them). but thats just a temporary fix. i don't know if scattering moth balls would help.
http://environnement.ecoles.free.fr/wav/.
record this with a dictaphone or something and play it on your balcony. It's the singing of a bird that scares pigeons. (in french the bird is called "autour-des-palombes")
Try wind chimes. My dad used to cut aluminum cans and make something for the wind to blow. The noise and the movement keeps them away as long as there is wind. Otherwise let the small children chase them.
12 bore shot gun
serious noise and movement if you can work out a way to do this at random this should work
Make some old CD's into mobiles and hang them on your balcony.
you can put up plastic hawks or you can get stickers to put on your window that looks like a hawk or falcon silhouette. We don't have many pigeons in our garden as we have four gos hawks sat out there, that works a treat.
number one predator of pigeons are falcons pigeons get smart to the fake owl, they know they hunt at nite i guess, dont know if they make a fake falcon but if i was gonna try a fake bird it would be a falcon.
Does anyone know the age of a cockatiel when it will start to talk.?
I have been told a year but i dont know for sure. I have a 6 month and one that is a year old, both males. I realize that you have to help them learn to talk, but just wondered how old they would be when they finally got the point.
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They can learn to talk at any age. It just depends how much time you spend with them. Females do talk, but males seem to be alot better at it. Have patience, it will work. I have had birds talk as early as 4 months. Have fun.
if i remember right its around 2 or 3 years i think
LoL. 'some', never "get the point" ! But.. usually around 3 months of age, they will start "trying" to 'talk'. It will all take time.. lots of time.but givin a lot of 'practice', and with help from you, it'll pick it up. Usually, by a year old, they 'should' be saying at least. at LEAST, 2 - 4 words. Talk to them, as much and as often as you can.. even if you feel 'silly' for doing so. they'll 'get it'.
Sorry to disappoint you but cockatiels generally do not talk. The best way of training though if you have the occasional one that does, is to buy a cockatiel CD from a pet store or on line and play it repeatedly when you are out of the house. Cockatiels do learn several kinds of whistles easy though. The Andy Griffith theme song is the one I most often hear about. They often imitate the wild birds from outside, like the cardinal also. Best of luck to you.
It depends on the individual and it wanting to learn how to talk. A bird will mimic and/or talk when it hears something it likes. Usually males are the ones to talk and usually around 1 year of age, but like i said depends on the individual.
usually birds start talking at different ages but there is no exact age where a bird talks, in fact if you don't teach it, probably it will never talk or it may only learn a very small word
It depends on the individual bird. Some birds learn their first words at a few months old, and others take years. While cockatiels are often advertised as talking birds, it takes work to make them talk and some of them never do. They're generally not the best talkers, but that's not to say they can't learn to talk. It just takes persistence, time, devotion, patience, and a whole lotta love! (As with any bird.)
With some work, they'll likely learn a few words.
TIPS:
- Make sure you repeat the things you want them to say whenever you're around
- Also try talking to them in funny, overexaggerated voices. Birds often pick up lines that are interesting -- funny sounding words, really emotional sounding stuff, etc; stuff that catches their attention and interest. (This is probably the reason why so many people can say "hello" to their birds for years and get nothing, but then they stub their toe one day, yell out something obscene, and suddenly the bird won't shut up!)
- Praise the bird if it says something! It'll learn that talking leads to attention, and we all know how much birds LOVE attention! :)
That being said, don't be too disappointed if they never talk.nobody should ever buy a bird just because they want a talking parrot. Some African Greys never even talk, and they're regarded as one of the best talking parrots. Don't let that get your hopes down though, because if you never try you'll never know! Just think of Alex the famous African Grey; he's still learning new words now, and he's about 30 years old!
Good luck, and have fun with your feathered friends!
I have some baby cockatiels who are about 5 months old now and 2 of them are male I raised out of my 14 yr old male I own. They both talk up a storm and whistle like crazy and have for about a month now. So to make sure they will talk you will want to keep saying the same words over and over again and then after a month or 2 simply listen to them talk. But keep in mind only the males 99% of the time will accually say words you can understand, for the most part females will only tweet alot, and hardly ever whistle.
And for the record COCKATIELS DO TALK. I have one who is 14 yrs old who cclearly says COMERE PEANUT COMERE, I love you momma and shes a pretty momma bird. So dont believe anyone who says cockatiels dont talk, because they have obviously only owned females if they have never heard a cockatiel say words you can understand just like a parrot.
Just listen to my 14 yr old male talk about my poodle peanut I recorded on home video myself.
http://www.geocities.com/tam1_2000/bubup.
they learn to talk by whistling. I teaching mine to whistle, they sing, they call me Chiquita "little" they laugh they do like they're talking but i can 't understand what are they saying yet. SO I SOON AS YOU STAR TEACHING THEM
They can talk anytime. They must like your voice and will try to mimic it. Cockatiels are better whistlers than talkers. Most of my cockatiels I raise start to talk right after they are weaned.
Every bird is different. Some never talk. One bird my grandmother gave me said, "pretty girl, give me a kiss," in Czech, among other things that I needed to have translated. When they start talking is totally variable too.
trying asking this site.very helpful
It really all depends on your birds personalily, and if they want to talk. Some cockatiels will never talk, while others will talk very early on. I had 2 cocatiels, and when they were about 4 to 6 months old, they could repeat whistling noises that i made perfectly, and within a month or two, they could say Hi.
it really depends on how much you work with your birds. if you just let them sit, and never hear you talk, they may never.
Another thing that may be helpful, several pet stores sell cd's that you put on and let the birds listen too. It is supposed to help teach them to talk. It teaches basic words and sentences.
Might be an idea for you to try.
I have a cockatiel and I wanted to teach her to talk. My vet told me that Males are easier to train to talk than female cocktiels and he also told me that the color of the bird matters alot to. If they are the grey cockatiels they will be harder to teach than the lighter colored birds.
As long as you know that it didn't fly into something and get hurt then I wouldn't worry about it, as I have raised birds all kinds and have had different ones just quit flying one day. I have a Moluccan Cockatoo that would rather walk than fly and a lovebird 18 years old that decided not to come out of its cage no more and it use to fly all around the house.
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They can learn to talk at any age. It just depends how much time you spend with them. Females do talk, but males seem to be alot better at it. Have patience, it will work. I have had birds talk as early as 4 months. Have fun.
if i remember right its around 2 or 3 years i think
LoL. 'some', never "get the point" ! But.. usually around 3 months of age, they will start "trying" to 'talk'. It will all take time.. lots of time.but givin a lot of 'practice', and with help from you, it'll pick it up. Usually, by a year old, they 'should' be saying at least. at LEAST, 2 - 4 words. Talk to them, as much and as often as you can.. even if you feel 'silly' for doing so. they'll 'get it'.
Sorry to disappoint you but cockatiels generally do not talk. The best way of training though if you have the occasional one that does, is to buy a cockatiel CD from a pet store or on line and play it repeatedly when you are out of the house. Cockatiels do learn several kinds of whistles easy though. The Andy Griffith theme song is the one I most often hear about. They often imitate the wild birds from outside, like the cardinal also. Best of luck to you.
It depends on the individual and it wanting to learn how to talk. A bird will mimic and/or talk when it hears something it likes. Usually males are the ones to talk and usually around 1 year of age, but like i said depends on the individual.
usually birds start talking at different ages but there is no exact age where a bird talks, in fact if you don't teach it, probably it will never talk or it may only learn a very small word
It depends on the individual bird. Some birds learn their first words at a few months old, and others take years. While cockatiels are often advertised as talking birds, it takes work to make them talk and some of them never do. They're generally not the best talkers, but that's not to say they can't learn to talk. It just takes persistence, time, devotion, patience, and a whole lotta love! (As with any bird.)
With some work, they'll likely learn a few words.
TIPS:
- Make sure you repeat the things you want them to say whenever you're around
- Also try talking to them in funny, overexaggerated voices. Birds often pick up lines that are interesting -- funny sounding words, really emotional sounding stuff, etc; stuff that catches their attention and interest. (This is probably the reason why so many people can say "hello" to their birds for years and get nothing, but then they stub their toe one day, yell out something obscene, and suddenly the bird won't shut up!)
- Praise the bird if it says something! It'll learn that talking leads to attention, and we all know how much birds LOVE attention! :)
That being said, don't be too disappointed if they never talk.nobody should ever buy a bird just because they want a talking parrot. Some African Greys never even talk, and they're regarded as one of the best talking parrots. Don't let that get your hopes down though, because if you never try you'll never know! Just think of Alex the famous African Grey; he's still learning new words now, and he's about 30 years old!
Good luck, and have fun with your feathered friends!
I have some baby cockatiels who are about 5 months old now and 2 of them are male I raised out of my 14 yr old male I own. They both talk up a storm and whistle like crazy and have for about a month now. So to make sure they will talk you will want to keep saying the same words over and over again and then after a month or 2 simply listen to them talk. But keep in mind only the males 99% of the time will accually say words you can understand, for the most part females will only tweet alot, and hardly ever whistle.
And for the record COCKATIELS DO TALK. I have one who is 14 yrs old who cclearly says COMERE PEANUT COMERE, I love you momma and shes a pretty momma bird. So dont believe anyone who says cockatiels dont talk, because they have obviously only owned females if they have never heard a cockatiel say words you can understand just like a parrot.
Just listen to my 14 yr old male talk about my poodle peanut I recorded on home video myself.
http://www.geocities.com/tam1_2000/bubup.
they learn to talk by whistling. I teaching mine to whistle, they sing, they call me Chiquita "little" they laugh they do like they're talking but i can 't understand what are they saying yet. SO I SOON AS YOU STAR TEACHING THEM
They can talk anytime. They must like your voice and will try to mimic it. Cockatiels are better whistlers than talkers. Most of my cockatiels I raise start to talk right after they are weaned.
Every bird is different. Some never talk. One bird my grandmother gave me said, "pretty girl, give me a kiss," in Czech, among other things that I needed to have translated. When they start talking is totally variable too.
trying asking this site.very helpful
It really all depends on your birds personalily, and if they want to talk. Some cockatiels will never talk, while others will talk very early on. I had 2 cocatiels, and when they were about 4 to 6 months old, they could repeat whistling noises that i made perfectly, and within a month or two, they could say Hi.
it really depends on how much you work with your birds. if you just let them sit, and never hear you talk, they may never.
Another thing that may be helpful, several pet stores sell cd's that you put on and let the birds listen too. It is supposed to help teach them to talk. It teaches basic words and sentences.
Might be an idea for you to try.
I have a cockatiel and I wanted to teach her to talk. My vet told me that Males are easier to train to talk than female cocktiels and he also told me that the color of the bird matters alot to. If they are the grey cockatiels they will be harder to teach than the lighter colored birds.
As long as you know that it didn't fly into something and get hurt then I wouldn't worry about it, as I have raised birds all kinds and have had different ones just quit flying one day. I have a Moluccan Cockatoo that would rather walk than fly and a lovebird 18 years old that decided not to come out of its cage no more and it use to fly all around the house.
Does anyone know of an African Grey breeder who does not charge an arm and a leg?
I am very interested in getting one, but I don't want to spend $800-1000.
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Have you considered adoption? It's a very gratifying experience to be able to provide a home for an African Grey that needs and deserves a home. The Adoption fees are usually lower than the cost of purchasing one from a breeder.
There is work involved in adopting one.but the satisfaction is tremendous.
I hope you've done research and have read up on parrot husbandry: nutrition, positive reinforcement trainng, Avian wellness checkups. and I hope you realize the annual cost of keeping an African Grey is pretty steep if you do it right.
The initial investment of simply getting a bird is the least expensive part of having one in your life.
African Greys are costly birds. I wouldn't suggest a breeder, if you are not willing to pay the expenses. Perhaps look on petfinder.com or other places that people try to re-home their pets.
try searching for a parrot rescue shelter.they usually have much lower prices (adoption fees)
According to my knowledge, if you desire to acquire a pure-bred dog than you must be welling to spend a great deal of money. A larger amount of money than you are currently welling to part with. And, this is especially true if you want your new family pet to be the great (times 20)-grandson of WhiteSpot, who was presented with the Golden Waterdish when she won first place at the International Dog Show.
I don't know of a breeder cause if I did I would probably take him out.of business.
no greys are a very diserable bird to own. there are two types tihmnas and congos be carfull to buy a congo that is captive bred and already hand tame or hand fed baby do alot of reading they are life long comitments and have special diet needs along with expensive cages and light needs buying a bird with problems feather plucking ect. will be a life long problem and vet bill for you good luck
We have a breeder here in mass his name is Brain and he also owns his own pet store call My PetWorld. He is the largest and the cheapeist private bird breeder in mass. Try his web site www.mypetworld.com and see what deals he has. His birds are always healthy and well taken care of.
If you're having a hard time paying 800-1000 for the bird, you're going to have a hard time paying for the monthly upkeep also, and I'd advise to look for a less costly bird.
A Good cage will cost 500+
Food
Monthly Toys
Vet
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Have you considered adoption? It's a very gratifying experience to be able to provide a home for an African Grey that needs and deserves a home. The Adoption fees are usually lower than the cost of purchasing one from a breeder.
There is work involved in adopting one.but the satisfaction is tremendous.
I hope you've done research and have read up on parrot husbandry: nutrition, positive reinforcement trainng, Avian wellness checkups. and I hope you realize the annual cost of keeping an African Grey is pretty steep if you do it right.
The initial investment of simply getting a bird is the least expensive part of having one in your life.
African Greys are costly birds. I wouldn't suggest a breeder, if you are not willing to pay the expenses. Perhaps look on petfinder.com or other places that people try to re-home their pets.
try searching for a parrot rescue shelter.they usually have much lower prices (adoption fees)
According to my knowledge, if you desire to acquire a pure-bred dog than you must be welling to spend a great deal of money. A larger amount of money than you are currently welling to part with. And, this is especially true if you want your new family pet to be the great (times 20)-grandson of WhiteSpot, who was presented with the Golden Waterdish when she won first place at the International Dog Show.
I don't know of a breeder cause if I did I would probably take him out.of business.
no greys are a very diserable bird to own. there are two types tihmnas and congos be carfull to buy a congo that is captive bred and already hand tame or hand fed baby do alot of reading they are life long comitments and have special diet needs along with expensive cages and light needs buying a bird with problems feather plucking ect. will be a life long problem and vet bill for you good luck
We have a breeder here in mass his name is Brain and he also owns his own pet store call My PetWorld. He is the largest and the cheapeist private bird breeder in mass. Try his web site www.mypetworld.com and see what deals he has. His birds are always healthy and well taken care of.
If you're having a hard time paying 800-1000 for the bird, you're going to have a hard time paying for the monthly upkeep also, and I'd advise to look for a less costly bird.
A Good cage will cost 500+
Food
Monthly Toys
Vet
Does anyone know of a bird show in Phoenix az around 550 N 44street?
Looking for a bird show
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There is a bird Expo coming up in Phoenix on November 12. That is on the first link. The other links are places that I use to keep up with what is going on where.
Here is a list of you local bird clubs. They will be able to tell you when they are having their annual fair:
Arizona Avian Breeders' Association
5519 N. 37 Ave. Phoenix, AZ 85019
(602) 973-8954
Arizona Aviculture Society
P.O. Box 26899, Phoenix 85068
Curtis Black, President
(602) 843-4892
Avicultural Society of Tucson, Inc
P.O. Box 41501, Tucson 85717-1501
Joyce Lekawa (520) 790-7587
joyce@surgery.arizona.edu
Northern Arizona Bird Association (NABA)
P.O. Box 2504, Prescott, AZ 86302
Sue Van Petten (520) 541-7889 acting Pres.
suezq@northlink.com
Call up the Phoenix Chamber of Commerce, they might know.
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There is a bird Expo coming up in Phoenix on November 12. That is on the first link. The other links are places that I use to keep up with what is going on where.
Here is a list of you local bird clubs. They will be able to tell you when they are having their annual fair:
Arizona Avian Breeders' Association
5519 N. 37 Ave. Phoenix, AZ 85019
(602) 973-8954
Arizona Aviculture Society
P.O. Box 26899, Phoenix 85068
Curtis Black, President
(602) 843-4892
Avicultural Society of Tucson, Inc
P.O. Box 41501, Tucson 85717-1501
Joyce Lekawa (520) 790-7587
joyce@surgery.arizona.edu
Northern Arizona Bird Association (NABA)
P.O. Box 2504, Prescott, AZ 86302
Sue Van Petten (520) 541-7889 acting Pres.
suezq@northlink.com
Call up the Phoenix Chamber of Commerce, they might know.
does anyone know how to.??
Does anyone know how to make a budgie nest box?They didnt have them at Pets Mart in amarillo and the other pet store i know is like 2 and a half hours away from here so i thought to my self ."i should make one myself "but the only problem is i dont know how i could make hinges so i could check on them.So can anyone give me a step-by-step procedure on how to build one?thanx
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Get some ply, not fibro or summin like that because they bird could breath it in and get an Inhaled Disease. Buy 24 screws 4 hinges and 4 brackest. Get some nails and make a box however you want. Then simply screw the brackets into the wall and put the hinges on. Whats so complicated ?
these are for java finches which are a bit smaller that a budgie but if you make the hole slightly bigger and increase the size a tiny bit, they shoud work
Email me and i will get instruction on what and how to make a budgie nest box
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Get some ply, not fibro or summin like that because they bird could breath it in and get an Inhaled Disease. Buy 24 screws 4 hinges and 4 brackest. Get some nails and make a box however you want. Then simply screw the brackets into the wall and put the hinges on. Whats so complicated ?
these are for java finches which are a bit smaller that a budgie but if you make the hole slightly bigger and increase the size a tiny bit, they shoud work
Email me and i will get instruction on what and how to make a budgie nest box
Does anyone know how to trim the beak of a Muluccan Cockatoo?
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Do Not do this yourself ! I've had, and raised birds, and I have never trimmed a beak.. it's too dangerous for the bird, unless you are a Vet ! Buy your bird a 'cuddle bone'.. they 'chew' and rub their beaks on this, and 'that', helps keep their beeks trimmed up nice. Same with toenails.get some sand paper coverings for one or two of it's perches. The more the bird uses it's beak (on the cuddlebone), the better it'll be. If you MUST have it trimmed.. take it to a QUALIFIED Vet !! (one that specializes in avian (bird) medicine.)
I DONT THINK YOUR SUPPOSE TO DO THAT
Very carefully, using a special beak trimmer tool. In a pinch you can use toenail clippers. Be sure you do not over trim.
If I were you and you've not handled frightened birds before..I'd take it to an Avian Vet! If you try on your own, you're liable to get bit!
please PLEASE only have a vet that specializes in parrots do this, as it can cause serious bleeding and sometimes death if done improperly.
i personally have NO IDEA but ask a certified veteranarian and do NOT attempt this with only reasearch backing(get real LIVE help)hope it works out.
Trimming the beak of a large bird should only be done by a professional. Do not attempt this yourself or your bird will most likely bleed to death. A vet that is not specialized in birds will often not take on this task. Consult an Avian Vet.
Most of the time birds will "file" down their beaks by rubbing them against their perch or cuttle bone. To trim their beaks you must use a special type of nail clippers or in this case beak clippers. If its your first time you should go to a vet and let them show you how to do it properly.
give him plenty of grit and a big bit of cuttlefish
dont
DON'T touch it!! Wait to see an avian vet! Or a parrot breeder.
Have a green wing Macaw. Would never touch her beak! Nails yes beak NO.
The vet has this like sandpaper electric tool. To sand it down! Not cut it!
You can also just use regular sandpaper on nails.
Beaks I don't like to play with. They are just too important of a birds anatomy!
does anyone know how to tell the difference between a male and a female lorikeet?
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Sexual morphism varies between species in almost any genus or family of birds. Most Lories are monomorphic (sexes look the same), including Chattering, Black Capped, Rainbow, Cardinal and Dusky Lories. If I haven't mentioned the kind you have, you can type "(your kind of lory)" and "dimorphic" , "monomorphic" into your browser. Dimorphic Lories will very in appearance between gender, and you can find pictures of each.
The colour of the bird depends upon the species and the variation with in that species, however bright colours are common and popular. In most species it is very difficult to determine the sex of the bird as both males and females look the same.
I think you have to have a blood test done on them.
See which one lays an egg.
Would help if you knew what kind of lorikeet you had before you asked the question. It makes it so much more easiler to answer.
The sexes of these birds differ very little in plumage, but there is always a more or less well-defined difference in the outline of the beak when viewed from above; as this difference is similar to that which occurs in many of the Finches, I have not thought it worth while to illustrate it.
Lorikeets are very hard to sex visually. The males tend to be slightly larger and have larger heads. The absolute best way is DNA testing. It's very inexpensive and can be done now from a feather. Link with information on how to do it below.
I own many lories and lorikeets.
does anyone know how to tell a male from a female in the rainbow lorikeets?
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Visual sexing is not reliable and surgical or DNA sexing is necessary
Teach the bird to talk, and then ask it if it is a boy or a girl?
maybe the male is more colorful than the female
Lorikeets are very hard to sex visually. The males tend to be slightly larger and have larger heads. The absolute best way is DNA testing. It's very inexpensive and can be done now from a feather. Link with information on how to do it below.
I own many lories and lorikeets.
Look at the birds while they are on a perch. The famale will stand with her legs a little further apart because of her cervix. It is not very much of a change in the stance, but it will be enough for you to see.
Other than that, without a DNA Test from an Avian Vet, if one lays eggs, it is a female.
Does anyone know how to take care of an injured bird?
We think that its wing is broken but were not sure. The bird is a wild animal.
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Birds with infections often die in a matter of hours. It's very important that the bird sees a vet for observation/treatment. In the meanwhile, if the bird is not a baby, it's a wise idea to pick up a packet of broad spectrum avian antibiotics at your local pet store (almost all of them carry some), to mix into the bird's water preventatively, until it can be seen. They come in a slim, white box with one or two blue and yellow stripes, usually hanging near the bird toys.
It's also important to keep an injured or ill bird warmer than usual, so you'll want to keep it far away from drafts. If the bird's feathers are puffed out, it's an attempt to thermo-regulate, and that means that your bird feels cold.
What are you feeding it? Giving a bird lactated ringers (pedialyte) never hurts, and it's very helpful to sick and injured birds. Use it as you would use water.
Good luck. Get that sweetie to the doctor as soon as you can. Even if it costs money, a birdie doctor visit never costs too much.
Call a local animal control or humane society. Often they will ask you to bring in the animal for observation or -- sometimes -- medical treatment.
Call a wildlife rehabilitior in your area.
[quote]Call a local animal control or humane society. Often they will ask you to bring in the animal for observation or -- sometimes -- medical treatment.
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I agree with this guy. :D
for now I would place it somewhere safe and quiet where it won't be scared, then see how it feels in a few hours. I doubt that there is much that can be done about a broken wing.
A lot of times an avian vet will help with injured wild birds, as well as tame companion birds.
the best thing to do is to call a wildlife rescue to come to get it. alot of times they do not survive the night. they will get it better and than release it where it was found. good luck
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Birds with infections often die in a matter of hours. It's very important that the bird sees a vet for observation/treatment. In the meanwhile, if the bird is not a baby, it's a wise idea to pick up a packet of broad spectrum avian antibiotics at your local pet store (almost all of them carry some), to mix into the bird's water preventatively, until it can be seen. They come in a slim, white box with one or two blue and yellow stripes, usually hanging near the bird toys.
It's also important to keep an injured or ill bird warmer than usual, so you'll want to keep it far away from drafts. If the bird's feathers are puffed out, it's an attempt to thermo-regulate, and that means that your bird feels cold.
What are you feeding it? Giving a bird lactated ringers (pedialyte) never hurts, and it's very helpful to sick and injured birds. Use it as you would use water.
Good luck. Get that sweetie to the doctor as soon as you can. Even if it costs money, a birdie doctor visit never costs too much.
Call a local animal control or humane society. Often they will ask you to bring in the animal for observation or -- sometimes -- medical treatment.
Call a wildlife rehabilitior in your area.
[quote]Call a local animal control or humane society. Often they will ask you to bring in the animal for observation or -- sometimes -- medical treatment.
[/quote]
I agree with this guy. :D
for now I would place it somewhere safe and quiet where it won't be scared, then see how it feels in a few hours. I doubt that there is much that can be done about a broken wing.
A lot of times an avian vet will help with injured wild birds, as well as tame companion birds.
the best thing to do is to call a wildlife rescue to come to get it. alot of times they do not survive the night. they will get it better and than release it where it was found. good luck
Does anyone know how to make an incubator for quail pheasant and chicken?
Does anyone know how to make an incubator for quail pheasant and chicken? cause ive been looking on the web looking for a good incubator that will hold at least 15 to 25 eggs. but they want a lot of money for them. can u help me?
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You can find the answers for it in,
http://birds.21publish.com/
TEN INCUBATOR TIPS FOR THE NEWCOMER
[1] Feed your laying hens a good balanced diet, and select only eggs from the best hens.
[2] Pick eggs with good shape and average size. Those that are either too large or too small don't seem to hatch as well.
[3] Never keep the eggs for more than ten days before incubating . the less waiting, the better. And store them鈥攗ntil you're ready to start the hatching process鈥攁t 45 to 60 掳F, with plenty of humidity.
[4] Keep the shells clean (but don't wash them). Write on them (to mark dates, etc.) only with soft pencil, and scrub your hands before picking them up.
[5] Preheat the incubator, and let the eggs slowly warm to room temperature before putting them into the hatchery.
[6] Make sure there's enough water in the humidity pan, adding only lukewarm liquid. Cold water could chill the incubator.
[7] Put chicken eggs in trimmed egg containers . . . quail eggs fit nicely in the chicken-wire screen. (The big end always goes up.)
[8] Move quail eggs to the lower rack on the 14th day . . . chickens should be shifted down on the 19th. Don't open the incubator after that point until the hatch is complete.
[9] Leave the brand-new chicks in the incubator for 24 hours . . . or until they dry. (Be sure the screened cover is in place, or they could jump out and drown in the water pan.)
[10] Clean the incubator thoroughly, after each hatching, with a dilute solution of chlorine bleach. And remember to rinse it well, too!
INCUBATION OF OTHER FOWL
Birds other than chickens can be successfully hatched in an incubator. Our unit now contains some duck eggs, and we plan to try geese and quail. The principles are the same but each species has its own incubation time: Chickens . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 days
Ducks . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . 28 days
Geese . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30-33 days
Turkeys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28-30 days
Partridges. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22-23 days
Bobwhite quail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 days
HOMEMADE INCUBATOR
The mini-hatchery we built to increase our flock is of the convection type. It was inexpensive to construct, isn't at all elaborate and-while far from ideal-gives good results with careful attention and maintenance. First-because accurate temperature control is vital-we ordered an electric thermostat switch from Sears (check for such items in farm supply catalogs). This was our only piece of store-bought equipment. While we waited for the thermostat to arrive, we lugged down from the attic a deep wooden packing case that had contained bottles of a one-time popular soda beverage called Clicquot ("pronounced Klee-Ko," we were told by the lettering on the box). We cut a lid to fit from scrap lumber and lined both the antique crate and its cover with heavy-duty aluminum foil to provide reflection of internal heat. An aluminum pie plate was placed on the floor to serve as an evaporator tray. Then we took two screens of half-inch wire mesh and fitted them on a ledge of 1 X 2's laid on edge at the incubator's bottom. Our heat source was four small 15-watt light bulbs (any size up to 25 watts would do), one placed near each corner of the lid and connected to the thermostat installed in the center. We hinged the cover and drilled one half-inch ventilation hole in each of its corners also two quarter-inch holes in each side of the box, about an inch above the level where the tops of the eggs would be. Our incubator was complete. From that time on, our success in hatching chicks would depend on how we handled the eggs before and during their three weeks of development.
HANDLE WITH CARE!
The incubation of chicks requires care, patience and, of course, good fertile eggs to start with. In fact, the success of the hatch really begins with your flock's nutrition and the health and management of your breeders. Hatching eggs must contain certain elements in the proper quantities to produce vigorous chicks, and they must have good strong shells to be able to support live embryos.M/p>
The only way to tell whether an egg is alive is by incubation. The chances are improved, however, by a correct proportion of males to females in your colony. One rooster can tread from 30 to 50 hens, and each member of the harem should be serviced at least once a week to ensure fertility of her eggs. This fertility, however, may be impaired by too frequent coatings and excessive inbreeding may affect the growth and quality of your chicks. Gather eggs for incubation at least once a day, and try to choose those that are large and well-formed. Check them carefully for cracks (you can always eat the rejects). Since eggshells "breathe" through pores that allow oxygen to enter and waste gases to escape, you should wear clean cotton gloves-or make sure your hands are well scrubbed-to avoid clogging the openings with oil or grease. New-laid eggs are covered with natural protective coating and should never be washed. We do. however, date each of our gatherings with a non-toxic pen anal mark the other side with a circle to help us keep track of is, position when we turn it in the incubator. If you plan to keep the eggs awhile before incubation, handle them as little as possible and cool them slowly in a well ventilated place. Then move them to a storage area with a temperature of 55掳 to 65掳 F and a relative humidity of 70 to, 80 percent. Turn the eggs once a day. The longer you hold your hen fruit, the less fertile it will become. The decline sets in by the sixth or seventh day and is complete by the tenth or twelfth. We prefer to use fresh layings as much as possible.
When you're ready to incubate eggs that have been stored. remove them from the cooler and let them remain at room temperature for three to four hours. If you place cool eggs in the chamber with others that are already warm, the temperature of the latter will be reduced and their growth retarded. In warm weather there's a possibility that the eggs you gather may already have germinated and will be injured by cooling. At such times we've moved ours directly from the nest to the incubator until its capacity (50) was reached each egg should be positioned correctly in the hatchery. As, the embryo inside develops, the chick's head will move to the highest point and-by the 12th or 14th day-the baby will have turned lengthwise in the shell and its further growth will prevent it from moving again. This makes it important for the large end of the egg where an air cell forms-to be placed UP Then, at hatching time-about the 20th day-when the chick is ready to break through the amnion membrane into the air cell for its first breath, it will be able to do so. A brooding hen will turn her eggs frequently, and for a good reason: the embryos inside must have exercise to develop properly. If an egg remains in one position for too long, certain tissues will be strained and others underworked with resulting poor development or even. malformation or deformity. Rotating each egg while keeping its large end up-should be done at intervals of no more than eight hours. We do this four times a day, and at the same time check on the essential factors of heat, humidity and ventilation. HEAT
A chicken embryo can grow and develop only within a narrow range of temperature: from 99掳 to 105掳. At 40掳 to 60掳, life remains dormant. At 80掳 to 900 the germ will begin to grow but will soon spoil. Above 110掳 the embryo dies. Too much heat will cause the eggs to crack open prematurely. Too little means a late hatch. If the temperature is excessive when the chick emerges, its down will be too dry and will stick to the shell. At that time, also, the young bird will still be attached to the yolk (which is absorbed into its body after it breaks out of the shell and supplies nourishment for the first two days of life). Overheating may damage this essential store of food, or prevent it from passing through the fine ducts into the chick's intestines in which case death will result in a few days. For all these reasons, temperature control is the most vital part of incubation. Careful supervision of our thermostat-and-light-bulbs system enabled us to keep the temperature of our mini-hatchery within the proper range. Monitoring an incubator, however, is a trickier job than you might think because several factors placement of the thermometer, distribution of heat and amount of ventilation--all affect the measurement of warmth. Since warm air rises, you can take the temperature of an egg at three points and get three different readings which should average about 100掳. That is, if the lower end is at 97掳, the upper end should be at 103掳. If the bottom measurement is 100掳, the top should be too, The figures should remain constant and steady. An excess of heat during one period won't make up for a deficiency at another. HUMIDITY
The correct level of humidity is especially important early in incubation, when the air cell is being formed by the evaporation of water through the shell. Too much or too little moisture in the surrounding air will cause the space to be too large or too small, and the chick will die during the last three days of growth or while hatching even if all other conditions have been perfectly maintained. The relative humidity inside the incubator should be 65 or 70 percent. It must be carefully watched because the rate of evaporation from the water pan is affected by many factors altitude, weather conditions, temperature and air circulation and is quite variable. If the level of moisture in the air falls too low at a given time, you may need to provide more humidity by placing damp rags or sponges inside and around the container. Relative humidity is measured by a hygrometer. You can purchase one at a hardware store or make your own from two identical thermometers with exposed bulbs. Mount both instruments on a piece of wood at the level of the eggs' midlines, so that the bulbs overhang. Sew a strip of cloth approximately an inch wide and three inches long into a tube, turn it inside out and tie one end over the bulb of one of the thermometers. Submerge the other end of the fabric in a small vial or other container of water. When the bare thermometer registers 100掳 (the correct incubator temperature measured at the center of the egg) the dampened instrument should read 7掳 to 11 掳 lower.
CHART FOR READING HYGROMETER
Difference in degrees 7掳8掳9掳10掳11 掳
Humidity 77% 73% 70%r 68% 65%
VENTILATION
An incubating egg requires oxygen to live and develop, and
it produces carbon dioxide and several poisonous gases. Therefore, good circulation and ventilation are essential in the On the other hand, excessive drafts will cause changes in the eggs' temperature and too much evaporation of moisture so there's no need to overdo it. A proper schedule of opening the incubator to turn the eggs frequently allows - all the change of air that is needed. HATCHING
By the 12th or 14th day of incubation we could actually. see the formation of the air cell by holding an egg before o strong light (this operation is called "candling"). On the 20th day, we got anxious about our first batch and picked them up to try to determine whether they were indeed alive. We held them against our ears and sure enough!-there were the chick, inside, picking at the shells and cheeping. Like children Christmas, we couldn't wait to open our presents so with helped the process along by breaking through the tops of the eggs. This may not be advisable but we didn't lose any babies (All authorities know of recommend letting the young bird find their own way out. "A chick that has not strength enough to work its way out of the shell will not be worth anything after it gets out; while attempts to assist it are likely to do more harm than good, by prematurely rupturing the blocs vessels of the allantois, which corresponds in this respect to the afterbirth in animals, and this may cause the chick to bleed to death," says CF Thorne in The Complete Poultry Boot, 1886. -MOTHER )
When a chick hatches, its head-as we've already mentioned-must be directed toward the air cell inside the egg. Its first real voluntary action will be to push its beak into this space to receive the first breath of life. The broken amnion membrane next slips around the young bird and frees the yolk, which remains attached to the chick. The prisoner then begins to break the hard outer wall with its beak, turning counterclockwise within the air cell, until it has broken off a cap of shell through which it emerges. This event is called "pipping". The newly emerged chick is covered with albumen and blood, and is wet, ugly and still attached to the yolk. As the young bird breathes, its body will expand and draw in the food supply by means of the muscles in the yolk sac wall. Clear away the shell debris if you like, but leave the chick in the incubator until the yolk is absorbed and the down begins to dry. We keep clean water (containing a few drops of cider vinegar) available for the new arrivals and dip their beaks into it to teach them to drink. After five or six hours the chicks get nice and fluffy and we remove them to the brooder box. We found hatching our own chicks very exciting and rewarding worth all the time and attention we put into it. Although a hatch of about 60 percent is considered reasonably good, either our method or our luck has given us 100 percent success with all the fertile eggs we've tried. We're looking forward to a lot of chicken dinners.
Go to your vet and ask them if you could borrow theres for a few weeks, they'll probly cost about 10$ a day.
Yes get a aquarium and place a heating pad uner it and place pine shavings in the bottom of the aquarium. Make sure your aquarium has a mesh lid not a light lid.
Answers:
You can find the answers for it in,
http://birds.21publish.com/
TEN INCUBATOR TIPS FOR THE NEWCOMER
[1] Feed your laying hens a good balanced diet, and select only eggs from the best hens.
[2] Pick eggs with good shape and average size. Those that are either too large or too small don't seem to hatch as well.
[3] Never keep the eggs for more than ten days before incubating . the less waiting, the better. And store them鈥攗ntil you're ready to start the hatching process鈥攁t 45 to 60 掳F, with plenty of humidity.
[4] Keep the shells clean (but don't wash them). Write on them (to mark dates, etc.) only with soft pencil, and scrub your hands before picking them up.
[5] Preheat the incubator, and let the eggs slowly warm to room temperature before putting them into the hatchery.
[6] Make sure there's enough water in the humidity pan, adding only lukewarm liquid. Cold water could chill the incubator.
[7] Put chicken eggs in trimmed egg containers . . . quail eggs fit nicely in the chicken-wire screen. (The big end always goes up.)
[8] Move quail eggs to the lower rack on the 14th day . . . chickens should be shifted down on the 19th. Don't open the incubator after that point until the hatch is complete.
[9] Leave the brand-new chicks in the incubator for 24 hours . . . or until they dry. (Be sure the screened cover is in place, or they could jump out and drown in the water pan.)
[10] Clean the incubator thoroughly, after each hatching, with a dilute solution of chlorine bleach. And remember to rinse it well, too!
INCUBATION OF OTHER FOWL
Birds other than chickens can be successfully hatched in an incubator. Our unit now contains some duck eggs, and we plan to try geese and quail. The principles are the same but each species has its own incubation time: Chickens . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 days
Ducks . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . 28 days
Geese . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30-33 days
Turkeys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28-30 days
Partridges. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22-23 days
Bobwhite quail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 days
HOMEMADE INCUBATOR
The mini-hatchery we built to increase our flock is of the convection type. It was inexpensive to construct, isn't at all elaborate and-while far from ideal-gives good results with careful attention and maintenance. First-because accurate temperature control is vital-we ordered an electric thermostat switch from Sears (check for such items in farm supply catalogs). This was our only piece of store-bought equipment. While we waited for the thermostat to arrive, we lugged down from the attic a deep wooden packing case that had contained bottles of a one-time popular soda beverage called Clicquot ("pronounced Klee-Ko," we were told by the lettering on the box). We cut a lid to fit from scrap lumber and lined both the antique crate and its cover with heavy-duty aluminum foil to provide reflection of internal heat. An aluminum pie plate was placed on the floor to serve as an evaporator tray. Then we took two screens of half-inch wire mesh and fitted them on a ledge of 1 X 2's laid on edge at the incubator's bottom. Our heat source was four small 15-watt light bulbs (any size up to 25 watts would do), one placed near each corner of the lid and connected to the thermostat installed in the center. We hinged the cover and drilled one half-inch ventilation hole in each of its corners also two quarter-inch holes in each side of the box, about an inch above the level where the tops of the eggs would be. Our incubator was complete. From that time on, our success in hatching chicks would depend on how we handled the eggs before and during their three weeks of development.
HANDLE WITH CARE!
The incubation of chicks requires care, patience and, of course, good fertile eggs to start with. In fact, the success of the hatch really begins with your flock's nutrition and the health and management of your breeders. Hatching eggs must contain certain elements in the proper quantities to produce vigorous chicks, and they must have good strong shells to be able to support live embryos.M/p>
The only way to tell whether an egg is alive is by incubation. The chances are improved, however, by a correct proportion of males to females in your colony. One rooster can tread from 30 to 50 hens, and each member of the harem should be serviced at least once a week to ensure fertility of her eggs. This fertility, however, may be impaired by too frequent coatings and excessive inbreeding may affect the growth and quality of your chicks. Gather eggs for incubation at least once a day, and try to choose those that are large and well-formed. Check them carefully for cracks (you can always eat the rejects). Since eggshells "breathe" through pores that allow oxygen to enter and waste gases to escape, you should wear clean cotton gloves-or make sure your hands are well scrubbed-to avoid clogging the openings with oil or grease. New-laid eggs are covered with natural protective coating and should never be washed. We do. however, date each of our gatherings with a non-toxic pen anal mark the other side with a circle to help us keep track of is, position when we turn it in the incubator. If you plan to keep the eggs awhile before incubation, handle them as little as possible and cool them slowly in a well ventilated place. Then move them to a storage area with a temperature of 55掳 to 65掳 F and a relative humidity of 70 to, 80 percent. Turn the eggs once a day. The longer you hold your hen fruit, the less fertile it will become. The decline sets in by the sixth or seventh day and is complete by the tenth or twelfth. We prefer to use fresh layings as much as possible.
When you're ready to incubate eggs that have been stored. remove them from the cooler and let them remain at room temperature for three to four hours. If you place cool eggs in the chamber with others that are already warm, the temperature of the latter will be reduced and their growth retarded. In warm weather there's a possibility that the eggs you gather may already have germinated and will be injured by cooling. At such times we've moved ours directly from the nest to the incubator until its capacity (50) was reached each egg should be positioned correctly in the hatchery. As, the embryo inside develops, the chick's head will move to the highest point and-by the 12th or 14th day-the baby will have turned lengthwise in the shell and its further growth will prevent it from moving again. This makes it important for the large end of the egg where an air cell forms-to be placed UP Then, at hatching time-about the 20th day-when the chick is ready to break through the amnion membrane into the air cell for its first breath, it will be able to do so. A brooding hen will turn her eggs frequently, and for a good reason: the embryos inside must have exercise to develop properly. If an egg remains in one position for too long, certain tissues will be strained and others underworked with resulting poor development or even. malformation or deformity. Rotating each egg while keeping its large end up-should be done at intervals of no more than eight hours. We do this four times a day, and at the same time check on the essential factors of heat, humidity and ventilation. HEAT
A chicken embryo can grow and develop only within a narrow range of temperature: from 99掳 to 105掳. At 40掳 to 60掳, life remains dormant. At 80掳 to 900 the germ will begin to grow but will soon spoil. Above 110掳 the embryo dies. Too much heat will cause the eggs to crack open prematurely. Too little means a late hatch. If the temperature is excessive when the chick emerges, its down will be too dry and will stick to the shell. At that time, also, the young bird will still be attached to the yolk (which is absorbed into its body after it breaks out of the shell and supplies nourishment for the first two days of life). Overheating may damage this essential store of food, or prevent it from passing through the fine ducts into the chick's intestines in which case death will result in a few days. For all these reasons, temperature control is the most vital part of incubation. Careful supervision of our thermostat-and-light-bulbs system enabled us to keep the temperature of our mini-hatchery within the proper range. Monitoring an incubator, however, is a trickier job than you might think because several factors placement of the thermometer, distribution of heat and amount of ventilation--all affect the measurement of warmth. Since warm air rises, you can take the temperature of an egg at three points and get three different readings which should average about 100掳. That is, if the lower end is at 97掳, the upper end should be at 103掳. If the bottom measurement is 100掳, the top should be too, The figures should remain constant and steady. An excess of heat during one period won't make up for a deficiency at another. HUMIDITY
The correct level of humidity is especially important early in incubation, when the air cell is being formed by the evaporation of water through the shell. Too much or too little moisture in the surrounding air will cause the space to be too large or too small, and the chick will die during the last three days of growth or while hatching even if all other conditions have been perfectly maintained. The relative humidity inside the incubator should be 65 or 70 percent. It must be carefully watched because the rate of evaporation from the water pan is affected by many factors altitude, weather conditions, temperature and air circulation and is quite variable. If the level of moisture in the air falls too low at a given time, you may need to provide more humidity by placing damp rags or sponges inside and around the container. Relative humidity is measured by a hygrometer. You can purchase one at a hardware store or make your own from two identical thermometers with exposed bulbs. Mount both instruments on a piece of wood at the level of the eggs' midlines, so that the bulbs overhang. Sew a strip of cloth approximately an inch wide and three inches long into a tube, turn it inside out and tie one end over the bulb of one of the thermometers. Submerge the other end of the fabric in a small vial or other container of water. When the bare thermometer registers 100掳 (the correct incubator temperature measured at the center of the egg) the dampened instrument should read 7掳 to 11 掳 lower.
CHART FOR READING HYGROMETER
Difference in degrees 7掳8掳9掳10掳11 掳
Humidity 77% 73% 70%r 68% 65%
VENTILATION
An incubating egg requires oxygen to live and develop, and
it produces carbon dioxide and several poisonous gases. Therefore, good circulation and ventilation are essential in the On the other hand, excessive drafts will cause changes in the eggs' temperature and too much evaporation of moisture so there's no need to overdo it. A proper schedule of opening the incubator to turn the eggs frequently allows - all the change of air that is needed. HATCHING
By the 12th or 14th day of incubation we could actually. see the formation of the air cell by holding an egg before o strong light (this operation is called "candling"). On the 20th day, we got anxious about our first batch and picked them up to try to determine whether they were indeed alive. We held them against our ears and sure enough!-there were the chick, inside, picking at the shells and cheeping. Like children Christmas, we couldn't wait to open our presents so with helped the process along by breaking through the tops of the eggs. This may not be advisable but we didn't lose any babies (All authorities know of recommend letting the young bird find their own way out. "A chick that has not strength enough to work its way out of the shell will not be worth anything after it gets out; while attempts to assist it are likely to do more harm than good, by prematurely rupturing the blocs vessels of the allantois, which corresponds in this respect to the afterbirth in animals, and this may cause the chick to bleed to death," says CF Thorne in The Complete Poultry Boot, 1886. -MOTHER )
When a chick hatches, its head-as we've already mentioned-must be directed toward the air cell inside the egg. Its first real voluntary action will be to push its beak into this space to receive the first breath of life. The broken amnion membrane next slips around the young bird and frees the yolk, which remains attached to the chick. The prisoner then begins to break the hard outer wall with its beak, turning counterclockwise within the air cell, until it has broken off a cap of shell through which it emerges. This event is called "pipping". The newly emerged chick is covered with albumen and blood, and is wet, ugly and still attached to the yolk. As the young bird breathes, its body will expand and draw in the food supply by means of the muscles in the yolk sac wall. Clear away the shell debris if you like, but leave the chick in the incubator until the yolk is absorbed and the down begins to dry. We keep clean water (containing a few drops of cider vinegar) available for the new arrivals and dip their beaks into it to teach them to drink. After five or six hours the chicks get nice and fluffy and we remove them to the brooder box. We found hatching our own chicks very exciting and rewarding worth all the time and attention we put into it. Although a hatch of about 60 percent is considered reasonably good, either our method or our luck has given us 100 percent success with all the fertile eggs we've tried. We're looking forward to a lot of chicken dinners.
Go to your vet and ask them if you could borrow theres for a few weeks, they'll probly cost about 10$ a day.
Yes get a aquarium and place a heating pad uner it and place pine shavings in the bottom of the aquarium. Make sure your aquarium has a mesh lid not a light lid.
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