Its more common then people think, I have 2 pair i have to seperate after they have mated the females do fine and prefer to raise the babies on their own without help from the male. Just another twist in the breeding world
Donna
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- Fri Apr 22, 2011 12:34 pm
- Forum: Breeding IRNs
- Topic: aggessive female
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1468
- Fri Apr 15, 2011 6:17 pm
- Forum: IRNs Behavior & Taming
- Topic: Need Help... Anti-Social Behavior, Biting, general questions
- Replies: 3
- Views: 4315
Re: Need Help... Anti-Social Behavior, Biting, general quest
To start if you want to tame them into pets give them their own cages. Take the gloves and the oven mitts off this only freaks them out more. This tamming is going to take time and patents don't rush them, it doesn't happen over night.
Donna
Donna
- Fri Apr 15, 2011 6:08 pm
- Forum: IRNs Behavior & Taming
- Topic: Need Help Taming older parrots
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2059
Re: Need Help Taming older parrots
If you are breeding these birds don't tame them. If you want to makes pets out of them seperate them. It's very difficult to have it both ways. Donna
- Fri Feb 04, 2011 4:47 pm
- Forum: Miscellaneous Comments/Questions
- Topic: worried my baby irn is going bald
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1899
Re: worried my baby irn is going bald
I think their both going through a molt, sometimes they molt so hard they do lose their tail feathers we call that a duck butt your baby is probably going through its first molt, if it isn't pulling the feathers out I wouldn't be too worried.
Donna
Donna
- Mon Jan 31, 2011 8:34 pm
- Forum: Introduce Yourself!
- Topic: HI new member
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3057
Re: HI new member
Hi and Welcome to the board! Glad to see someone that lives close to me I live in southern Ohio near Cincee!
Donna
Donna
- Mon Jan 31, 2011 8:28 pm
- Forum: Miscellaneous Comments/Questions
- Topic: Tail feathers and gaps between bars???
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1277
Re: Tail feathers and gaps between bars???
They will lose their tail feathers during a hard molt. Cage bars should be 1/2" to an inch no bigger.
Donna
Donna
- Sat Jan 29, 2011 10:36 pm
- Forum: Introduce Yourself!
- Topic: Hi all from NE Pennsylvania
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2517
Re: Hi all from NE Pennsylvania
Welcome Donna!!
I think you'll do fine Just let him take as long as he wants to get use to his new home.
The traveling in the cold weather shouldn't be a problem as long as you cover his cage or crate.
Glad you joined us
Donna
I think you'll do fine Just let him take as long as he wants to get use to his new home.
The traveling in the cold weather shouldn't be a problem as long as you cover his cage or crate.
Glad you joined us
Donna
- Fri Jan 28, 2011 3:56 pm
- Forum: Breeding IRNs
- Topic: !!!!!!!!!! Moving to a new home...will they still breed?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1555
- Fri Jan 28, 2011 12:13 pm
- Forum: Miscellaneous Comments/Questions
- Topic: So many questions so little time!
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1103
Re: So many questions so little time!
You may have African ringnecks they are smaller then your indians. The one that you say does not stand straight may be ill or injured have it vet checked asap. As for the one tugging and nipping at the other one, a female will do that to get the male to mount her.
Donna
Donna
- Thu Jan 27, 2011 2:10 pm
- Forum: Breeding IRNs
- Topic: !!!!!!!!!! Moving to a new home...will they still breed?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1555
Re: !!!!!!!!!! Moving to a new home...will they still breed?
You can get the babybird formula at any pet store that carries bird stuff. As for them breeding after you have moved them is up to them but i have a pair of breeding african greys that sometimes if they are not in the mood to breed i take them for a car ride works everytime, I also moved them about ...
- Wed Jan 26, 2011 9:20 pm
- Forum: IRNs Behavior & Taming
- Topic: Will Male IRNs try feed other Males?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1461
Re: Will Male IRNs try feed other Males?
Sure they do! He's not feeding him for sexual reasons he's feeding him because his a baby. Males do help feed the chicks in the clutch.
Donna
Donna
- Tue Jan 25, 2011 5:14 am
- Forum: Miscellaneous Comments/Questions
- Topic: Chipping of the beak, is there something wrong?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1656
Re: Chipping of the beak, is there something wrong?
chipping of the beak is quite normal it's like our finger nails, the ditch in the beak could be from him rubbing the cage bars. Anything that is done to the beak should only be done by a vet. I really don't think you have anything to worry about just yet.
- Sat Jan 22, 2011 5:45 pm
- Forum: Miscellaneous Comments/Questions
- Topic: not wanting to come outside cage
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1144
Re: not wanting to come outside cage
Just give her more time. some birds take months to get comfortable with new surroundings, your doing the right thing by letting her come out on her own to explore.
Donna
Donna
- Sat Jan 22, 2011 3:32 pm
- Forum: Breeding IRNs
- Topic: will they breed
- Replies: 1
- Views: 953
Re: will they breed
Hard to say if they'll ever get along and breed with each other, females are usually the dominate ones untill breeding season. If your going to leave them together watch them closely she could hurt him or he could go hungry if shes not letting him eat.
Donna
Donna
- Sat Jan 22, 2011 1:59 pm
- Forum: Alexandrine Parrot
- Topic: Behavior change since winter onset?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3973
Re: Behavior change since winter onset?
You can try a spectrum lighting, not only does it curb aggrestion it helps with their vitiman D and calcium intake.
Donna
Donna
- Sat Jan 22, 2011 11:40 am
- Forum: IRNs Behavior & Taming
- Topic: Nervous about getting an IRN because of bluffing
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2739
Re: Nervous about getting an IRN because of bluffing
Quakers and ringnecks are not a bird for you then. They can bite at any given time not just going through a stage. All birds bite, bigger the bird harder the bite.
Donna
Donna
- Sat Jan 22, 2011 11:35 am
- Forum: Alexandrine Parrot
- Topic: I just bought a Alexandrine Parrot chick :P
- Replies: 86
- Views: 42397
Re: I just bought a Alexandrine Parrot chick :P
Why are you buying baby birds if you can't afford the proper diet?
Donna
Donna
- Fri Jan 21, 2011 6:43 pm
- Forum: Miscellaneous Comments/Questions
- Topic: Letting Milo fly around the house?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1521
Re: Letting Milo fly around the house?
Im a big fan of wing clipping but do both, just one wing clip puts them off balance. keep your training sessions to about 10 minutes 4 times a day. you've heard the saying fight or flight, it will be much harder (not impossiable) to train a full flighted bird.
Hope this helps
Donna
Hope this helps
Donna
- Fri Jan 21, 2011 8:22 am
- Forum: Breeding IRNs
- Topic: Can someone help me please !!!
- Replies: 12
- Views: 3351
Re: Can someone help me please !!!
there is really nothing more you can do to make them breed. Some birds bond with each other and never produce chicks others do very well. Just leave it up to mother nature now. What u should do now is learn everything you can about careing for the chicks and handfeeding. There is alot to learn and n...
- Thu Jan 20, 2011 6:09 pm
- Forum: Miscellaneous Comments/Questions
- Topic: Red feathering on Lutino Ringneck
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3365
Re: Red feathering on Lutino Ringneck
Thanks bec i missed everyone!
Donna
Donna
- Thu Jan 20, 2011 6:03 pm
- Forum: Breeding IRNs
- Topic: Can someone help me please !!!
- Replies: 12
- Views: 3351
Re: Can someone help me please !!!
I don't understand what u want Do you want them to breed or do you want them as pets. I don't really feel your really ready for breeding them. It's a big responsability when the babies do start to come. Seperate them if you want to tame them.
Donna
Donna
- Thu Jan 20, 2011 3:32 pm
- Forum: Breeding IRNs
- Topic: Can someone help me please !!!
- Replies: 12
- Views: 3351
Re: Can someone help me please !!!
Is their cage in a place in the home with alot of traffic? Breeders like to be left alone,
and what do you have for bedding in the nest box?
Donna
and what do you have for bedding in the nest box?
Donna
- Thu Jan 20, 2011 1:27 pm
- Forum: Miscellaneous Comments/Questions
- Topic: Red feathering on Lutino Ringneck
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3365
Re: Red feathering on Lutino Ringneck
Hi Leo good to see you again
Donna
Donna
- Thu Jan 20, 2011 11:31 am
- Forum: Breeding IRNs
- Topic: Can someone help me please !!!
- Replies: 12
- Views: 3351
Re: Can someone help me please !!!
Sounds like u need a nestbox ASAP!
Donna
Donna
- Tue Jan 18, 2011 3:18 pm
- Forum: IRN Diet & Housing
- Topic: They wont eat their veggies !
- Replies: 13
- Views: 3888
Re: They wont eat their veggies !
If they have never been offered veggies when they were younger it's going to take awhile for them. Keep offering them. Try corn peas greenbeans. What i do is buy bags of frozen veggies and put them in microwave for a few seconds just to get them thawed. I also make birdiebread and hide the veggies i...
- Sun Jan 16, 2011 12:44 pm
- Forum: IRN Lounge
- Topic: Need help with downloading photo of our birds
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1640
Re: Need help with downloading photo of our birds
Yes, images can be shown in your posts. If the administrator has allowed attachments, you may be able to upload the image to the board. Otherwise, you must link to an image stored on a publicly accessible web server, e.g. http://www.example.com/my-picture.gif. You cannot link to pictures stored on y...
- Sun Jan 16, 2011 12:21 pm
- Forum: IRNs Behavior & Taming
- Topic: Taming advice please !
- Replies: 1
- Views: 935
Re: Taming advice please !
Hi!! The first place you want to start is seperating them to their own cages. Once you have done that, work with them one on one. This is going to take a great deal of patience on your part. Wing clipping does help but not until they get used to their surroundings, you dont want to force yourself on...
- Fri Jan 14, 2011 3:41 pm
- Forum: Alexandrine Parrot
- Topic: I just bought a Alexandrine Parrot chick :P
- Replies: 86
- Views: 42397
Re: I just bought a Alexandrine Parrot chick :P
Please make sure you keep it warm under lights or in a brooder. feed every 3 hours and just feed until crop is full but not so full that its stretching the crop. Your formula should be at about 102 to 104 degrees f. If to cold the crop will not empty properly. Do not feed again until crop is complet...
- Fri Jan 14, 2011 3:25 pm
- Forum: Alexandrine Parrot
- Topic: I just bought a Alexandrine Parrot chick :P
- Replies: 86
- Views: 42397
Re: I just bought a Alexandrine Parrot chick :P
You know how to hand feed right? A baby this young should be on feeding every 3 hours with a special babybird formula. Im shocked that someone sold you a baby this young when you have all these questions. You should of had all these questions asked before you brought him home. Im hopeing the breeder...
- Fri Jan 14, 2011 3:06 pm
- Forum: Breeding IRNs
- Topic: Advice needed please
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2062
Re: Advice needed please
Not all birds you pair together are going to bond together. depends on the ages of the birds also. As for the colors they don't always like their own color, if that was the case we would'nt have all the color mutations that we have.Sorry about the slow response Donna
- Wed Jan 12, 2011 4:36 pm
- Forum: IRNs Behavior & Taming
- Topic: Ring neck bitting
- Replies: 12
- Views: 3158
Re: Ring neck bitting
for now it's best to leave him on your hand. I had one that would run up my chest and bite my lip for no reason (oouucchh) Donna
- Wed Jan 12, 2011 4:29 pm
- Forum: Mutations/Genetics
- Topic: Pakshi pretty tail feathers - is he more than a Green IRN
- Replies: 24
- Views: 4785
Re: Pakshi pretty tail feathers - is he more than a Green IR
Wing clipping has always been a big issue on these boards. Do it if you want to, dont if you dont want to :roll: Its a known fact that smaller birds can still fly a good distance with clipped wings,just ask some members who have lost their wing clipped birds never to see them again. I don't think u ...
- Wed Jan 12, 2011 12:22 pm
- Forum: IRNs Behavior & Taming
- Topic: Ring neck bitting
- Replies: 12
- Views: 3158
Re: Ring neck bitting
birds are quick and unpredictable, if your bird has bite issues you really dont want him that close to your eyes. Donna
- Wed Jan 12, 2011 12:17 pm
- Forum: IRN Lounge
- Topic: Have you "adopted" a bird before?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 5371
Re: Have you "adopted" a bird before?
Depends what kind of bird you want to adopt. some of your larger parrots such as cockatoos and macaws that come from a previous owner has major issues and problems that takes an experienced bird person to deal with. Your smaller birds may have issues but much easier to deal with. Adoption is great i...
- Tue Jan 11, 2011 9:02 pm
- Forum: Miscellaneous Comments/Questions
- Topic: Alexandrines and Eclectus as pets?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 3794
Re: Alexandrines and Eclectus as pets?
Birds of all types and sizes are going to bite thats just what they do :) as for ekkies the males seem to be much calmer then the females and they do require a more fresh food diet and not so much seed and pellet diet. they do make a special formulated pellet for ekkies. Hope this helps. Donna
- Tue Jan 11, 2011 8:50 pm
- Forum: IRNs Behavior & Taming
- Topic: Ring neck bitting
- Replies: 12
- Views: 3158
Re: Ring neck bitting
Hi! Male and female go through a bitty stage. Don't allow him on your shoulders until you learn his body language and he has come out of his nippy ways. Donna
- Mon Jan 10, 2011 7:21 pm
- Forum: IRN Diet & Housing
- Topic: eating too much?
- Replies: 1
- Views: 840
Re: eating too much?
Try to convert him to a good pellet diet, to much seed in his diet could make him over weight. Donna
- Tue Oct 27, 2009 6:57 pm
- Forum: Miscellaneous Comments/Questions
- Topic: Fledging
- Replies: 1
- Views: 675
Re: Fledging
Instinct tells them thats what their suppose to do from the time they hatch, practice makes perfect. It all depends on the baby and how brave it is to try, usually around 8 to 10 weeks they will get it going sometimes older sometimes younger. Don't clip the wings until it knows how to land properly....
- Tue Oct 27, 2009 6:41 pm
- Forum: IRN Diet & Housing
- Topic: dry feet or mites?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3572
Re: dry feet or mites?
You sure do know plenty about birds. lol.
Thanks! been around birds my whole life, I know a little.lol
Donna
- Tue Oct 27, 2009 6:36 pm
- Forum: IRN Diet & Housing
- Topic: dry feet or mites?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3572
Re: dry feet or mites?
The feet look pretty normal to me, pay close attention to the bottom of the feet, if they start looking red or inflamed different perches may be what you need. The skin on the feet do flake sometimes which is normal.
Donna
Donna
- Mon Oct 26, 2009 6:45 pm
- Forum: IRN Diet & Housing
- Topic: when do feathers malt, is chicken wire poinsonous?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2568
Re: when do feathers malt, is chicken wire poinsonous?
Galvanized and zink coatings are not good for any birds that tend to chew on them.
Birds molt their feathers all year around but the hard molts are usually before and after breeding season and last 3 to 5 weeks depending on how hard the molt is.
Donna
Birds molt their feathers all year around but the hard molts are usually before and after breeding season and last 3 to 5 weeks depending on how hard the molt is.
Donna
- Mon Oct 26, 2009 6:05 pm
- Forum: Miscellaneous Comments/Questions
- Topic: Beak color?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1254
Re: Beak color?
Do all color mutations get a red beak?
Yes
Donna
- Mon Oct 26, 2009 3:44 pm
- Forum: Miscellaneous Comments/Questions
- Topic: Beak color?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1254
Re: Beak color?
Looks normal to me! cute too
Donna
Donna
- Mon Oct 26, 2009 3:41 pm
- Forum: IRN Diet & Housing
- Topic: dry feet or mites?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3572
Re: dry feet or mites?
You can buy pure aloe juice at your local walmart or pharmacy and delute it with water 50/50 and spray him once a day with it, will not hurt the eyes. Bump up the humidity in your house as well.
Donna
Donna
- Thu Oct 22, 2009 6:48 pm
- Forum: Breeding IRNs
- Topic: Need Help Pleaseee!!!:)
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1832
Re: Need Help Pleaseee!!!:)
females are rarely friendly to the males until breeding season, don't seperate them if they have been breeders together. When breeding season does come around you will find the female will be more civil towards the male and you may even see him feed her, don't put the nest box on till you see this b...
- Thu Oct 22, 2009 5:10 am
- Forum: Miscellaneous Comments/Questions
- Topic: update on tango, wierd thing happening now
- Replies: 33
- Views: 7960
Re: update on tango, wierd thing happening now
Hi Leo
I can tell you there is nothing wrong with the red feathers in your birds head in most cases they will molt out or fade as the bird gets older. It's nature it happens! Don't worry your bird is probably healthier then most of them.
take care
Donna
I can tell you there is nothing wrong with the red feathers in your birds head in most cases they will molt out or fade as the bird gets older. It's nature it happens! Don't worry your bird is probably healthier then most of them.
take care
Donna
- Wed Aug 26, 2009 7:47 pm
- Forum: Breeding IRNs
- Topic: babies being fed
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1271
Although I'm on a ringneck board I still have to say my Hy. is my favorite she is such a sweetheart never bites like some of my other macaws. I do have more photos but can't seem to find them all, I just moved and my computer took a dump on me and I'm trying to get everything back, when I do I will ...
- Tue Aug 25, 2009 7:13 am
- Forum: Breeding IRNs
- Topic: babies being fed
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1271
Their crop is right above their belly and you should see it full most of the time. Feed the parents soft food and not seed this makes it easyier for babies to digest. If the babies seem lathargic and lifeless then you have to pull them and start hand feeding every 2 hours around the clock for the ne...
- Tue Aug 25, 2009 7:05 am
- Forum: IRNs Behavior & Taming
- Topic: HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!
- Replies: 11
- Views: 2642
- Tue Aug 25, 2009 7:03 am
- Forum: IRN Lounge
- Topic: Is this an Indian ringneck
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2244