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Post by Laraine on Feb 18, 2009 15:29:16 GMT 10
I am so over birds at the moment. A couple of weeks ago I lost 2 baby cockatiels as the parents decided not to feed them. Then on the weekend I put a small budgie in with a show budgie while I hosed out the aviary and she killed it. Now yesterday another budgie killed my 3 baby budgies still in the box. Grrrrr I have had a really bad breeding season this summer.
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Post by madaussie on Feb 18, 2009 15:32:59 GMT 10
Well that is a run of bad luck hang in there .
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Post by silvercloud on Feb 18, 2009 15:54:39 GMT 10
Oh no Laraine. RIP to all the babies.
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Post by vankarhi on Feb 18, 2009 16:18:36 GMT 10
Bl##dy h#ll Laraine that is really sad. I would be more than cheesed off if I were you ....... but maybe you are being "lady like"  <<<hugs>>> and RIP little guys |
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Post by sypher on Feb 18, 2009 19:22:13 GMT 10
Sorry to hear Laraine, hopefully your new blue quaker will cheer you up. He is almost ready. Sorry I have been meaning to email pics to you. He loves his food so might be a little harder to wean than normal.  Shaun |
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Post by angelicvampyre on Feb 18, 2009 19:54:58 GMT 10
Or you could just post the pictures here  |
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Post by meandem on Feb 19, 2009 12:39:14 GMT 10
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Post by robert on Feb 19, 2009 12:47:45 GMT 10
This is so sad, Laraine. Hope your next breeding season,is more positive.Hope your new Quaker will cheer you up,too. Best Wishes
from Robert and Precious
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Post by angelicvampyre on Feb 19, 2009 13:31:54 GMT 10
Ok one of my posts went AWOL.
I am sorry to hear about you losing all the birds, I hate it when things like that happen. Hopefully this will be the end of bad luck for you.
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Post by Laraine on Feb 19, 2009 13:54:47 GMT 10
So far this season I have lost 16 babies of all different species. It's very disappointing. Hopefully the budgies and tiels will keep breeding for a little while longer. So far the babies that I have still alive are 1 red rump, 1 tiel (I gave 2 to a friend) 2 budgies which I have kept and 3 more budgies still in another nest and 1 eastern rosella. Luckily the demon budgie didn't get to them as well. I have taken her out and put her into solitary confinement until I can look at her again.
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Post by just4birds on Feb 19, 2009 14:21:16 GMT 10
Heyy Laraine.... Sorry to read about your crappy season ... did the princess parrot egg/chicks make it  and arent you a sneakkkky thing ... getting a quaker  your secret is out now !!! *Lisa* |
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Post by Laraine on Feb 19, 2009 15:41:33 GMT 10
One survived which I ended up handraising. I have now got the proper Z shaped boxes so hopefully next year lots of baby Princesses.
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Post by vankarhi on Feb 19, 2009 17:39:48 GMT 10
Yes Lisa I thought that too.........Wow a quaker and we didn't even know ;D But we do now and I am so jealous ;D and a blue one too boot also.
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Post by meandem on Feb 20, 2009 8:03:28 GMT 10
This is the poor little begger that didn't survive the mothers attack. (Obviously a before shot) He/she was quite a pretty little budgie. We took the second babe from her and she still has one in the nest, so I am keeping a close eye on it, if she even looks like hurting the last little treasure I will take it from her.  |
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Post by Laraine on Feb 20, 2009 10:56:26 GMT 10
Now you have all discovered my secret, I'm buying a baby from Shaun.  |
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Post by Laraine on Feb 20, 2009 10:59:20 GMT 10
They can be really sneaky. I took another female out of the cage when the eggs were first laid because she kept looking in the box. The demon one didn't ever show any interest (not while I was looking anyway).
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Post by meandem on Feb 26, 2009 16:58:23 GMT 10
I ended up taking the last baby from her, nasty piece of work was starting to get a bit picky. Mother has gone down again, this is the last time then the nest comes out.
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That is so sad Laraine, my budgies tend to be a little nasty at times too. My hen attacked one of her babies the other day and it ended up dying too. 
your secret is out now !!!