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Post by Jane on Aug 28, 2008 19:38:06 GMT 10
As you know my green turquoisine hen died so I went on the hunt for a new green hen. Of course being a bird obsessed person with no reason or self control  I have bought 5 yellow turqs  Still no green hen Anyway I went to get 1 hen on Sat and came home with a pair and 2 hens and my parents are picking up another yellow hen on Monday sorry they are all looking abit scruffy because I took these photos when I had just got them home and wormed them etc Here is the pair:  Here are the two hens plus a cockbird I bred 2 years ago I am letting him choose:   I had to make an educated guess which hen was the mother of the other 2 hens, I hope I picked right, the one I decided on has a deeper blue brow than the other two  |
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Post by pinkdevil on Aug 28, 2008 20:02:40 GMT 10
They are beautiful. Love the colours. Looks like you may need to go shopping again to get your green hen   |
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Post by vankarhi on Aug 29, 2008 21:34:21 GMT 10
aren't they absolutely beautiful. Such bright and pretty colours ;D
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Post by vankarhi on Aug 29, 2008 21:35:00 GMT 10
oh and what a BIG oops hey. "hey darl, I am just going out to buy ONE, birdie" PMSLOL
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Post by farseeker on Aug 29, 2008 22:10:21 GMT 10
Aren't they gorgeous? Turquoisines are a bird I'd love to own but really don't feel I know enough about them - I'd have to spend a decent amount of time researching them.  |
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Post by rainbowfeathers77 on Aug 29, 2008 23:35:22 GMT 10
BEAUTIFUL birds Jane!!! I'm not too good with maths either...1 to me means 5 aswell ;D ;D .....you just wait till I go to the nest bird sale here in Singo in Oct ;D....all mathematics will go out the window and I will shop till the wallet is empty.....or will I? |
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Post by farseeker on Aug 30, 2008 13:36:17 GMT 10
Hey Jane, guess what I saw at the pet shop today? A couple of green turquoisines. According to the lady I talked to, one was even a hen. |
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Post by vankarhi on Aug 30, 2008 19:13:10 GMT 10
oh no.......hide your post from Jane ......... she might be "tempted " to buy it. lol
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Post by Jane on Aug 30, 2008 19:47:54 GMT 10
oh no.......hide your post from Jane ......... she might be "tempted " to buy it. lol good call Tracey I do really need a hen but of course freight would be more than the bird Don't worry my better half was there he did the price bargaining bit, its not my strong point Farseeker if you are interested the cocks have the red shoulders so they are easy to tell apart from about 3 weeks old And fingers crossed with 3 pairs of yellows now (1 red fronted opaline yellow pair) I should have oodles in a few months so anyone who wants some let me know |
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Post by farseeker on Aug 30, 2008 22:08:33 GMT 10
Well now I'll be able to go back and tell you with 100% certainty whether they have a hen or not. They also have two bonded gcc breeding pairs. One is priced at $400, the other has been dropped to $250 cause one of them is plucking the other. Considering that they've been there since before I moved back up here I'm not surprised. I had to leave pretty quickly though, otherwise they would have been coming home with me.  |
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Post by Jane on Aug 31, 2008 18:14:00 GMT 10
the other has been dropped to $250 cause one of them is plucking the other. Considering that they've been there since before I moved back up here I'm not surprised. I had to leave pretty quickly though, otherwise they would have been coming home with me. Yeah you gotta watch that, once there is something not right and you want to help the poor birds you have to leave very very quickly ;D |
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Post by farseeker on Aug 31, 2008 18:17:22 GMT 10
Yeah. It's not that the pet store is bad exactly - I just don't think there's a very large 'breeding' community here, so they get stock in and it can take ages to move. The cage they're in at the moment is pretty standard - not great-sized cage, no toys. This store is a sight better than most (all of the ones I've seen) up here, but it still makes me unhappy to see that. |
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Post by meandem on Sept 2, 2008 9:05:28 GMT 10
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Post by Jane on Sept 4, 2008 20:33:56 GMT 10
I decided not to risk having chosen a daughter instead of mum so I swapped her with the hen from my other pair, and my parents collected the other hen from Bribie so now I have 3 yellow pairs set up ;D
I know it'll probably take them a few more weeks now to decide to lay but its early in the season so worth the peace of mind.
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Post by sypher on Jun 24, 2009 18:18:39 GMT 10
I was reading some old posts and came across this one. How are the pairs going jane, Did they breed for you?
shaun
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I have bought 5 yellow turqs 
