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My mulberry tree went mental this year and I have about 3kgs of fruit. All the birds love them so they each get a couple a day - not to mention all the wild birds feasting. Chook and Yubee got into the house and broke into the mulberry container when i was at work (blame the child for letting them i...

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For a long time it was just Chooky and me. He was my little mate and viewed me as a big featherless birdy girlfriend. Now I have Yubee who I am 99% sure is a girl, and they are both competing for my attention. Yubee was a 'returned' baby of mine that I hand raised last year. The guy who got her from...

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Hello everyone! It's been so long since I've been on this site. I still have my Chooky boy who is now 6 years old, and he now has a little sister 'Yubee' who just turned 1. I still have the rest of the crazy crew - Chuckles, Sunny, Greeney, Yellowy & Frank. We only have Mrs King Parrot - Mr died...

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I'm waiting for the home computer to get fixed, then I'll be able to post properly and put up new pics of the fids. I'm at work and can't really do it from here

Jade

Hello everyone! I think its been almost a year since I last chatted. Hope all is well with everyone and their fids. Chooky is now 5 years old and still ruler of the house. I'll catch up with all of the posts I've missed over the months. Great to be back.

Jade

I have parrots breeding too at the moment. Here in Aus there just aren't as many birds available. Australia is unfortunately, a bit behind with the birds for friends thing. If you want a pet, you have to of course educate yourself first (which is what I get prospective buyers to do and i also tell t...

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I have a sister and brother bird - Chuckles and Sunny who live in an aviary together. I had handraised these two and I find that they do play fight. I now have the rule that if theres blood, its serious, but they never have. They will chase each other all over the aviary, grabbing at each others tai...

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all i can say is 'welcome to the world of the delightfully difficult IRN'

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neither of them will say anything other than their own names so I'm not sure if they can pronounce 's'. I have noticed though that chuckles calls himself 'chuckle' but i mostly call him chucky or chuck so i kinda thought this was why. Maybe he can't make an 's' sound?

Jade

Chooky and Chuckles can say their names and the 'ch' is quite clear in their pronunciation.

Jade

Is she drinking? Try giving her some juices like cranberry juice. I know that Chooky loves warm porridge so maybe a bit of that too? By the way, you can buy pre-husked sunflower seeds. My shop sells them with the other seeds and nuts in the cooking aisle. Good luck with everything. My love is with y...

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Sorry, its a bit long, but i couldn't resist!

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I was in exactly the same position as you only last year when Chuckles flew the coop. I have one piece of advice to give you. Wait until later in the afternoon before the sun goes down, and go to where you think he might be. Try and visually spot him and when you do, just wait until the sun goes dow...

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I have never heard of that before!! Wow, where was this information 18 months ago when Chook fell in a container of oil? And to put it in your hair to remove gum! wow....love this information.

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Chook doesn't scream much either. Only if he thinks hes being ignored and wants some attention, but usually he's pretty quiet.

Jade

Worry balls all around!!! I sent some to Jen they are SUPPOSED to help her be calm....she's my little worrier so it seems now that she is not alone and there are more of you!!! You guys need to get more 'Aussie' and just relax and not give a damn!!!

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Well, we had enough of Lonnie carrying on that he didn't have a special friend of his own. He was annoyed that Chook only loves him when he is playing with bouncy balls but won't let him cuddle and hes annoyed that the dogs are 'our' dogs. Jamie and I went out on the weekend and bought a guinea pig ...

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Glad to hear hes doing better. Its a hard adjustment - physically and mentally, when you lose a limb, but if you have good family support, its a much easier thing to deal with. Best of luck and warm wishes.

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i agree!!!

Jade

I have a suggestion...how about we take this board back to how it was originally....all bird talk. None of this personal stuff because that just asks for trouble. I have been a member of this board for a very long time now and i hate to see that something so good, go so bad, because of PERSONAL clas...

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Oh to have the luxury of water!!!! We only have tank water and are going through drought. The animals drink water from the dam and bore water is too brown and metallic to do anything except water the paddocks on occasion. If we need water because we've run out, we have to pay for a water tanker to c...

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woohooo I think the Aussies are outnumbering everyone else now!!! Yep, we are all bird nutty here!

Jade

Chooky's the same, he will run into my bedroom and hide until the nasty visitors have gone. If they are there for a while, he will sneak out and take a peak but if they look at him or anything, off he goes back into the bedroom. ALTHOUGH if there is food and he isn't noticed, he will help himself an...

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Its funny, Chooks half brother Chuckles hates water and will do anything to get away, but then his half sister Sunny adores water and will go nuts in the rain and spends her day either in her water bowl or food dish! I think its like dogs - some love water, some don't.

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LOL I still wear an icecream container on my head when i go down to the dam in magpie breeding season!!!! They nest in one tree down there and they are so vicious.

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What a gorgeous picture!!! I'm so glad the water torture treatment is working!!!! First time i took chook in i thought he was drowning because he did that floppy bird thing until i took him out and he bit me until i put him back under!

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I've noticed that the magpies are also annoying my irns and my kingys but with the new aviaries, when the maggies land on top, the irns and kings climb up and bite their feet until they go away. They also do that to the butcher birds. Ive also got the magpies hassling the chickens - especially the b...

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I can't seem to capture the colour on camera. I'll keep trying to get a pic to show you. I don't think its blood and the toys he has are the same he's always had in his cage. It looks like its actually the feather colour. I'll keep trying with the pics for you. Thanks for the help with this.

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Thanks guys. I'm feeling a bit better now - still having evil thoughts about the bloody magpies though

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Dani: I have the opposite problem - trying to keep Chook out of the shower!!

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I had another look in better light this morning and it doesn't look as bad as it did when i came home last night. The feathers have like a golden tinge to them on his wings. He eats properly - well won't eat pellets, but has a varied diet full of fruit and veg and he does love seed too. Maybe its no...

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Sorry for the urgency but I'm nearly out of my mind with worry. I came home tonight and i've noticed that Chook's got some light brown feathers. I haven't noticed them before today for some reason. I don't know if it was the light or what, but they are a tan colour. I'm really scared. Can someone te...

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Well, I told you guys how I rescued a baby peewee when his parents kicked him out of the nest too early. Well he was doing so well, adult feathers were all coming in. Of course, we released him as soon as he could fly so for the past few months we have only had visits from him and caught glimpses of...

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Looks like a Riley to me

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Sorry, i get a bit carried away. I just think PERSONALLY that it shouldn't be done. In their natural habitats you wouldn't get these birds to mate, its only that they are put together in an unnatural environment and then add the birds natural hormones .....you get the picture. Certainly not trying t...

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Okey dokey, found that site. Go to www.agric.wa.gov.au, its bulletin no. 4658. Or you can go to the left and choose 'pests weeds and diseases' and get an entire list of all categories for each specific animal and what restrictions are placed on each. Ringnecks are classified A2 - Subject to eradicat...

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Sorry, not banned, but considered a pest I think. I'll get back on later with that site when i find it. I didn't have time to look yesterday.

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Julie:

Are you for real? I think it makes it that much worse when you know its family.

Jade

Please don't do it! The offspring will be picked on by all the other birds!! Apart from that, its just not right. Sorry, not trying to be mean, but its just not.

Jade

EXCELLENT - my son will love that story when i show him!!

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I only found out about it when i was searching for an IRN site (before I found this one). It was an article published by the Western Australia something or other council thing and i read it and it said they were banned. A lot of the wild birds were trapped and shipped off to holding cages, but now t...

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I don't know about green cheeks, but did you know that IRNs are considered an introduced pest in WA? They have mass culling programs over there because they apparently have a serious problem with wild IRNs taking over the breeding habitat of local species.

Jade

Yep, you can have an excellent wedding without the cost. Jamie and I had been together for 5 years and engaged for 2, I was 19 and then I fell pregnant, we decided to get married and only had $2,000 to spare. My parents and I haven't spoken really since I was 17 and Jamie's parents didn't have any m...

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Do you want to know something really spooky? He looks just like my tiel who is also called Max! I was actually getting really upset at the thought of my Max passing on because your pics brought it all home to me. My thoughts are honestly with you.

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a natural remedy is bachs serum. You can get it from any health food shop and all you need to do is put a drop under a wing and it has natural healing and soothing powers to calm the bird down. I read this in a book (i told natalie the title) i can't remember it now.

Jade

Can you send me a photocopy of it please!!! Love ya

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Ditto on the above!!

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I'm convinced they do. Primarily because in the wild they have to find their food and i don't think they can rely on sight alone. I know with all the galahs and rosellas and lorikeets around my place, if i have put new seed in the feeders, they flock to it within 1/2 an hour, but if i forget to refi...

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I handraised a peewee when it fell out of its nest and was rejected by its parents, and my Chook hated every second of my time spent with 'the other bird'. He would get nasty to me to show his dissatisfaction with the situation. He is very happy being the only bird and loves to strut in front of the...

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I handraised chook, chuckles and sunny all on Heinz baby food. Even now, chook gets all excited when he sees a jar of forest fruits being opened! Its his special treat.

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