Post by chelsea72 on Nov 17, 2020 19:03:24 GMT 10
Hi my names Chelsea my princess parrot just had her first ever chip hatch chuote author="avinet" hsource="/post/55727/thread" timestamp="1225159920"]It's pretty unusual to have many issues with compatibility with Princesses - mine have always settled in pretty quickly. Perhaps he does remember having his tongue bit.
I would suggest putting him and the hen back into the mixed aviary for a while. Sometimes being in a crowd helps to cause a bird to gravitate to their own species.
I had a similar problem with a ringneck pair this spring. I have had a pair for several years and they have always produced lovely babies in a variety of colours. This year, when the hen was about to begin laying, she suffered some sort of stroke from which she never recovered, and had to be euthanased eventually. Sine I had a virile male without a partner I took home a young (2yr) blue lacewing hen for him, and he promptly attacked her quite viciously. I had to remove her and put her in an adjoining mixed flight hoping that he would get to know her through the wire. A week later I tried again and again she had to be separated. So I moved him into the mixed flight and left her in his flight. A week later same result.
Finally I put both into the mixed flight (3.6 x 3.6) which has a mixture of retirement birds from the shop - the ones that are too old, too plucked. too un-sellable ect. After a couple of days he started to display a bit to her, and after a week I put them back into his flight without a problem. Now they have two chicks hatched, the second one yesterday, and still a possible fertile egg to hatch. If I had had another suitable hen available I might not have persevered, but in the end I have a pair producing babies that should be of a variety of colours and good temperament.
So maybe try them both in your mixed aviary and see what happens - may work!
cheers,
Mike
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I would suggest putting him and the hen back into the mixed aviary for a while. Sometimes being in a crowd helps to cause a bird to gravitate to their own species.
I had a similar problem with a ringneck pair this spring. I have had a pair for several years and they have always produced lovely babies in a variety of colours. This year, when the hen was about to begin laying, she suffered some sort of stroke from which she never recovered, and had to be euthanased eventually. Sine I had a virile male without a partner I took home a young (2yr) blue lacewing hen for him, and he promptly attacked her quite viciously. I had to remove her and put her in an adjoining mixed flight hoping that he would get to know her through the wire. A week later I tried again and again she had to be separated. So I moved him into the mixed flight and left her in his flight. A week later same result.
Finally I put both into the mixed flight (3.6 x 3.6) which has a mixture of retirement birds from the shop - the ones that are too old, too plucked. too un-sellable ect. After a couple of days he started to display a bit to her, and after a week I put them back into his flight without a problem. Now they have two chicks hatched, the second one yesterday, and still a possible fertile egg to hatch. If I had had another suitable hen available I might not have persevered, but in the end I have a pair producing babies that should be of a variety of colours and good temperament.
So maybe try them both in your mixed aviary and see what happens - may work!
cheers,
Mike
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