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Post by madaussie on Feb 5, 2009 15:40:40 GMT 10
Well iam a softy went to the shop for milk and bread innocent yes until i meat up with a breeder i know .
So i went over to his place for a chat and came home with 4 Alex's 2 king parrots and a male ekkie to pick up Saturday well there is a female ekkie coming but hey are so cute.
j
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Post by sypher on Feb 5, 2009 20:43:43 GMT 10
LOL, its always the way.  Shaun |
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Post by vankarhi on Feb 6, 2009 7:07:01 GMT 10
OMG ...... how much money do you need to buy bread and milk PMSLOL ;D ;D ;D I hope you remembered the bread and milk too. lol
Congrats and we need pics too ;D
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Post by madaussie on Feb 6, 2009 13:57:56 GMT 10
Here they are the ekkie pic tomorrow i haven't even seen him yet . j Hommer had to put hommer in [a href="  "] [/a] [a href="  "] [/a] [a href="  "] [/a] [a href="  "] [/a] [a href="  "] [/a] [a href="  "] [/a] |
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Post by vankarhi on Feb 6, 2009 16:13:30 GMT 10
wow you have some birds there ;D
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Post by madaussie on Feb 7, 2009 10:09:01 GMT 10
OK i got the male ekkie home after letting him out i noticed he has 3 toe nails only on one foot will this stop him breeding will he be able to hang on ? j [a href="  "] [/a] [a href="  "] [/a] |
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Post by sypher on Feb 7, 2009 12:51:36 GMT 10
He should be fine with the toe nails he has. Hope they breed for you. How old is he?
Shaun
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Post by madaussie on Feb 7, 2009 13:02:12 GMT 10
He is 12 months she is 2 and half now i have been told the females like to boss the male hope they will get along .
j
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Post by vankarhi on Feb 7, 2009 14:04:48 GMT 10
yes sometimes the females can be downright bitchy towards the males. My pair get along extremely well. There is little fighting between them. I did not put them together immediately either. My female though can be downright aggressive to me at times and has attacked me savagely on 4 occassions. My hen (Skye) was around 3 years old when I got the male (Gunny) and I wanted a male at least 3 years old and a not an ex pet. I wanted the male old enough to be able to defend himself in case Skye was aggressive to him......but she isn't. Gunny though does pluck the chicks......  |
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Post by sypher on Feb 7, 2009 15:10:46 GMT 10
I was attacked by my eclectus hen yesterday. They do bite hard! A Gang gang bite beats it though. It was my fault, I was giving her a biscuit and pushed my luck and pat her belly. Her eyes dialated and that was it! munch.
Shaun
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Post by madaussie on Feb 7, 2009 17:08:13 GMT 10
OK now iam worried about the age difference ,and wether this bird might have been a hand raised gone bad , as when i approach him in the Avery he does not get startled and i can get close and even pat him he does not like it but that is why iam worried he might have been a pet.
j
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Post by vankarhi on Feb 7, 2009 19:52:39 GMT 10
Not being a pet was "my choice" that doesn't mean he wont be a good breeder. That is just what I was looking for in a mate for my girl.  As for ekkie bites........Shaun come and visit me and step inside Skye's aviary.....actually she probably wont bite you as she seems to like my husband now....it is only me.......and when I say attack......I mean attack not bite. She full on lunges, screams, bites and flaps at me and most times now she doesn't even give a sign.......she just does it. I have heard that the females can actually be unpredicatable like this and not always show signs of being 'anti social" or "in a bad mood". Stephen was actually very shocked at the bruises and chunks of skin taken out of my side and arms the last time she attacked me (just before Erik hatched)......yes she had a reason this time......I just didn't realise it until Erik hatched ;D because until that day she had been perfectly fine with me in the aviary (she had attacked me before though but the two first times were as a house pet.....hence the aviary was built). Madaussie, Gunny is apparently was handraise but never a pet. He is quite a nice bird and has never shown any aggression to either me or my husband. We both think he is just lovely. He flies to my husband (not me as I don't encourage it ....... Skye has made me warey now) and he takes food out of our hands.....yes I do feed him from my hand, I just don't encourage him to fly to me. |
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Post by sypher on Feb 7, 2009 20:36:33 GMT 10
My hen hates my wife also Tracey. Shw fluffs up at her when my wife is in the walkway and tries to bite as she feeds them.
Shaun
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Post by angelicvampyre on Feb 8, 2009 7:06:36 GMT 10
Hmmm strange how they seem ok with one person and not with the other.
Love the pictures of the birds
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Post by vankarhi on Feb 8, 2009 10:58:50 GMT 10
It can be perfectly normal for birds to choose one person over another......especially hens prefering male humans too and vise versa.
Shaun the fact that your hen dislikes your wife seems to put a bit more credance to "can birds tell the difference in sex in humans". someone started a topic by that name (or something similar) in the polls section.......I believe they can.......
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Post by madaussie on Feb 8, 2009 11:17:14 GMT 10
Yes i agree as well they can tell our sex and do .
j
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Post by angelicvampyre on Feb 8, 2009 17:48:23 GMT 10
See I have to agree Elmo does perfer me over men, however my gay friend he loves as well so I guess he has worked out he is not threat to him
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Post by sypher on Feb 8, 2009 19:21:06 GMT 10
I believe they can also Tracey as over the years I have seen evidence of it with different birds prefering a certain sex.
Shaun
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Post by vankarhi on Feb 8, 2009 21:01:52 GMT 10
yes me too Shaun especially with my female galah....it was as obvious as ....... well I wont say what ;D ;D
But that doesn't mean all female birds prefer male humans or vise versa.......they still quite often just pick a fav person.......but then not always sometimes they just like people in general. lol Kind of like us humans hey.........unpredictable. lol ;D
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Post by meandem on Feb 10, 2009 8:53:01 GMT 10
She full on lunges, screams, bites and flaps at me and most times now she doesn't even give a sign.......she just does it. I have heard that the females can actually be unpredicatable like this and not always show signs of being 'anti social" or "in a bad mood". Sounds a bit like my daughter at times  |
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