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Post by apache on Nov 2, 2007 21:57:58 GMT 10
 oh i love them to pieces!!!! ( still no names.... only had them 4 hours! ) they are soo cute...... they are sleeping right now.... hehe the kids want to call the yellow one sunny............. im not sure on the blue one...... it will come........ i just want to play with them but being their first night i guess i should leave them alone  |
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Post by clara on Nov 3, 2007 7:23:33 GMT 10
wow Apache they are georgeous , beautifful colors  , and 'Sunny ' is a good name and the second maby ' Skye ;D Amicalement. |
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Post by Jane on Nov 3, 2007 10:33:55 GMT 10
Oh they are stunning  |
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Post by petiel on Nov 3, 2007 12:27:19 GMT 10
Love your babies apache the colours are so bright. Love the name Sunny for the yellow and what about Chip for the blue, I sold a blue ringneck a few years ago and the owners called him Chip (Blue Chip) I thought that was a really cute name.
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Post by Jane on Nov 3, 2007 12:45:43 GMT 10
Lol Pauline that's cute |
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Post by robert on Nov 3, 2007 17:06:12 GMT 10
Your new birds are indeed very beautifull,Apache. Recently I minded a friends collection of birds,while they went on holidays. I saw the babt Alexandrine at two weeks and then at four weeks. There was a huge difference in size. from Robert and Angel
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Post by grego on Nov 4, 2007 14:17:22 GMT 10
Wow  Lovely and bright colours there apache,you have done well The Blue one look's just like my Mylo when she was young,keep the pic's coming they're great |
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Post by apache on Nov 4, 2007 17:23:47 GMT 10
heres some more pics.... oh how i love my new birds! here they are having dinner last night! ( yeah i know... i should not encourage them to eat at the dinner table  )  and here they are in their new home ;D ( do you think this cage will be big enough we then are grown? )  |
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Post by petiel on Nov 4, 2007 19:08:55 GMT 10
That cage is a great size. They loved their veggies don't they.
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Post by vankarhi on Nov 4, 2007 20:54:42 GMT 10
Gee they are just so pretty Apache
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Post by apache on Nov 4, 2007 22:16:29 GMT 10
thanks guys they are soo cute........ i have not felt like this about any of my birds before.... they are such fun to have! hey i have read all the threads in here in the ringneck section ( and my god have i learnt a lot! ) and i read that sometimes you can tell what colour and sex the baby's would be by the colour its parents were or something like that..... anyways the blue was hatched on 28/8/07 and its parents were a grey/cin cock and a green hen and the yellow was hatched on 8/9/07 and its parents were a green/lutino cock and a lutino (yellow) hen does this make sense to anyone?   |
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Post by petiel on Nov 5, 2007 13:41:46 GMT 10
Sometimes you can but not your parent pairings. The first pair grey/cin cock carries the blue gene as well and the green/blue hen would have tc be split blue to produce a blue baby, so both parents carry the blue gene so the baby blue will be either male or female.
The same for the Lutino both parents carry lutino so the baby would be either male or female.
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Post by apache on Nov 6, 2007 8:37:11 GMT 10
^ oh...... bugger..... oh well thanks for your reply i have heard that the pet shop can give you a dna test that you do at home and send away... i might like into that.. anyone here done it that way? |
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Post by petiel on Nov 6, 2007 9:19:58 GMT 10
apache if you like I can send you 2 kits and you can take the small amount of blood and send the kits back to me and I will send them away with my samples. I will be doing a few samples in the next couple of weeks. PM me if you want to do that.
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Post by vankarhi on Nov 6, 2007 14:24:28 GMT 10
Pauline that is lovely of you ;D
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Post by apache on Nov 11, 2007 10:31:46 GMT 10
oh wow thanks soo much for the offer you are a very kind person im actually going to take them in to the pet store today and have them tested..... i dont feel comfortable taking blood myself as im chickenshit.. but thank you so much for the offer peace and love to you xxx |
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Post by petiel on Nov 11, 2007 12:34:04 GMT 10
Thats ok you are not the only one who hates the thought of taking a small amount of blood, I have done it many times now but I do remember the first time I was a bit scared.
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Post by apache on Nov 12, 2007 19:39:20 GMT 10
^ i rang the petstore to make sure the person was there to do it and of course she wasnt darn it.... my local vet can do it as he is an avian vet but he only does it surgically and i dont like the sound of that... i will try again with the petstore tomorrow.. the owner does it but he is in hospital untill the the 22nd.... there i one other girl that works there that does it and im not sure what day she works as when i rang back they didnt know who i spoke too.... bugger.... this is harder than i first thought... my babies still have no names i kinda want to know what sex they are before i name them... hey is there anyone that could recommended any particular type of food? im getting low on the stuff the lady gave me when i got the birds and i should save some to mix with new stuff.. but im a little unsure on what is the best for them... they are eating vegetables and fruit well... but they wont take it from my hand yet.. that will come im sure... |
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Post by petiel on Nov 13, 2007 9:40:39 GMT 10
I give my birds a small parrot mix (peachface mix) you can also buy from Woolworths, Bird Munchies Gourmet Blend my birds love it.
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Post by vankarhi on Nov 13, 2007 21:59:14 GMT 10
I use a small parrot mix of seeds I buy from the local feed barn and then I add stuff like, shredded coconut, pepitos, slivers of almonds etc etc. Oh and rolled oats too. Then they get their fruit and veges too.
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, and 'Sunny ' is a good name and the second maby ' Skye ;D
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