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congrats angie

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I think with the biting. Not only do you need to have the toys but you need to be sorta pro active with them. With my guys if there are a bunch of toys sitting on the table they wont get touched, humans are far more fun to interact with so what gets bitten is my hand or my mouse or my keyboard if i'...

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hehe looks like you have been warned :p

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I wouldnt worry either Yuki is crazy flying at the curtain and letting it catch her like a net then she growls and flaps before flying away. Sometimes birds are just eccentric :p

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welcome to the family

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I did notice something weird about my birds though. Instead of sleeping on the perch at the back of the aviary. Two of my pairs (only recently introduced to each other) sleep out from the cover on the wire opposite each other. like mirror image on the wire. maybe to share body heat? The wire is doub...

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I found this website that does Flightsuits, ornaments and hand crafted bird jewelry. http://www.bestplacebythefire.com/ They do all kinds of birds. I'm going to order a Conure necklace. They even customise the necklace to look like *your* bird if you send in a picture. http://www.featheredfinds.com/...

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I'm not a huge fan of the clipping thing, (my opinion, I do think its necessary as a last resort for some situations) Now I have one of those feral birds that I cannot touch but who chirps to me and flies to me and gives me kisses. Birds love routine so if you get into the habit of a set "bedti...

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My job is pretty flexable as far as time goes so If I need to I can come home at lunch to feed bubs. but lately I've been covering the late shift on the reception desk soo by the time I get home it's dark cos the days are shorter I havent seen my babies for a week!! I have no idea how many eggs my s...

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I'm glad I read this too because i'm really concerned for my birds now outside in their nice roomy aviaries but so cold! being raised indoor birds I was worried about them adapting to this new outdoor life. If there's anything out there that can make them more comfortable I'd like to know about it, ...

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and happy birthday to your baby girl!

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Speaking of baby suns.. Bappy has an egg!!

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Only the top two worked for me too. we need more!! that baby sun is sooo cute

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grey and blue babies

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I do that all the time too. Most of my birds are called nicknames rather than their actual names lol. It just happens.

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Dont you all feel better knowing that you are not the only one with this problem, and when your partner looks at you like your crazy you can see all the replies on this thread and just know that birds just do that to people.. And when that wild eye'd flufball in that toy filled cage worth a weeks wa...

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There are lots of fun toys that birds like you can get some good ones from your local store, online store (like mine, sorry so shameless i know), or even stuff you have laying around your house or all of the above. Your bird will get used to toys and treats when you play with them first. I actually ...

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I cant remember If we have done one of these or not so I'm starting a new one. Raises Hand.

Hi My name is Karen and I have MBS.
I am owned by 19 birds and counting...

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It's so hard choosing a name when you dont know the sex of your birdie. They learn their own name before they learn anything else usually so you want them to learn the right word!

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A content bird usually looks like.. puffy.. They mumble and make little quiet noises especially when they are sleeping. They sit there with one little foot tucked up. They sit really low to the perch and sometimes their feathers cover their feet. An alert/stressed bird is flightly, has the feathers ...

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I really like the look of that Cinnamon Turq Grey cockbird.

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It seems that in my flock females are the talkers. Yuki says Yuki Chookie and a bunch of annoying noises I taught her

. I'm happy with few words since my flock are bonded with each other a bit more than they are with me.

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The aviary is still being built. But once they are in the Mature pair should breed this year, Yuki and Growls may start this year or next. The rainbow probably wont start till next year or the year after, but he seems to have bonded with the grey lacewing hen. Breeding season for us is in about 4 mo...

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Showing your bird that you eat the same treats and they arent poisoned or anything helps too. You wouldnt walk out into the bush and pick berrys off a tree and eat them unless you saw someone else do it and were sure it was safe. It might help your baby to trust the treats your offering a bit more

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Thanks guys,

Cant fight that MBS it's a real killer..

He's a beautiful rainbow but unfortunatly those two pairs are WILD!! so I'm hanging in there until I can get hold of some nice bubs in a few years from him.

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You have to wait I'm afraid. The ring is the only real way to tell them apart other than DNA testing of course. But you can be lucky and guess correctly :p You still have a long way to go to earn your birds trust. It trusts your shoulder and your face but not your hands unfortunatly alot of birds ar...

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I used to do that with the baby budgies I raised when I was a kid. Hopefully with the parents being tame they will learn from them. The pairs I have are as follows I have this Turq Cockbird paired with the Silver hen below. http://www.featheredfinds.com/Gallery/rbw2.jpg Silver Hen, And this Grey Lac...

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Thanks this really helps. I have a proven breeding pair ready for this year too. I'm more interested in my 2yo birds learning how to be successful parents than how many chicks I can get out of them atm considering the parents are hand raised tame pet birds. I want to make sure they can do it properl...

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This is a question for you expeirenced breeders. I have a tame pair coming up to the two year mark. I wish to handraise the bubs of course but I want to know which clutches they should raise themselves to ensure happy parents. I would assume to let them all raise their own first ever clutches or at ...

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I think it's the MBS striking (Multiple Bird Syndrome) Once you get one, you get another and another then you have too many and then they breed. And by the end your overrun with birds and you sit on forums all day and talk with fellow Victims of this dreaded disease. I started with one cockatiel.. T...

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yep choose out the pics you want.. Kaela, give meat least two clear images, your fave ones, one close up, one full body action shot. The sig is for you so you do have a say in what goes on. Oh ps. Yall gotta stop buyin more birds.. making me work more.. these sigs are gunna start going off the side ...

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Depends if they are *taught* in context.. It you just dribble nonsense to your bird then they are going to mimic.
But if you associate actions with words then they will get it.

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growls regurgitated for me even when he was a baby, i think he was smitten. but Kiva changed all that. Spose it's all for the best. I just wish growls was split to Ino, but he's not Baby creaminos would be awesome oh and IRN's arent the most friendly creatures.. but DAMN they are jealous. It's so ha...

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specifically the southern cross pipe from australia to america.. if anyone cares that much heh, I dont really but thats what I heard.

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This thread may be able to help you, but let us know if your still stuck

http://www.indianringneck.com/board/viewtopic.php?t=2332

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I had the same problem even in IE. I heard later on today that the backbone has been having some problems. Some of the phpBB forums were down too. I dont think it was just us or a browser specific thing. :/

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I so love your hair, so pretty. Yeah i'm weird..

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I got a DNA'd Hen, because I wanted a girl. Red rings just dont do it for me I'm afraid.
When I choose a bird without knowing it usually always ends up being a boy lol.

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I find that young parents and even seasoned birds sometimes have these problems so it's not limited just to tame birds. Alot of breeders in my area including myself had so much bad luck with their birds last year. So I agree that the tameness of the bird doesnt affect breeding. If possible use the n...

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Let me clarify. What I meant by unfair is which bird would you clip and which would you leave flighted.. isnt it unfair to take flight from one and not both. And what happens if you clip the "victim" leaving the "agressor" flighted. You need know that there is a problem first and which bird is the a...

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check out my article here and post back if your still having trouble
http://www.featheredfinds.com/ffndinternet.htm

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It's broken

it keeps asking me to download php files.
kyria told me to clear out my internet files cache that seemed to have helped.

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I think that it's unreasonable to take flight away from one bird and not another just because they *might* fight. If they DO fight then split them up not clip them. Its very unlikely that the two irns would kill each other. Killing only really occurs during breeding season over nest boxes and territ...

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Thats sad

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whats weird is the parrots for dummies book says exactly the same as what I've said.. but i've been doing it that way for years, since before i read the book which was what a month ago, and even in the book it tells you to try training with lights out or low, which is a method I use on some bronco b...

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It seems I'm so disagreeable.. but.. I dont believe they need to be in seperate cages. Even in cages in the same room makes it exactly the same. If these are wild birdies then your job is going to be a long and hard one. They WILL prefer each other to you any day of the week, This doesnt mean you ca...

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Not sure if there is anyone on the boards in your local area. But you can always look for your local bird clubs and ask if they can refer you to a breeder. Most would be happy to refer you.

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Most of the time a clipped bird, or a baby that was clipped before fledged wont fly when it's wings grow back. Part of the reason is they just arent used to it and the other part is the fact that because they have lost all strength in their wings. like when a person doesnt exersize much and then is ...

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