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Post by Robyn on Sept 24, 2009 16:32:56 GMT 10
I guess a lot of you have eggs & chicks in the nest or are hand rearing babies. I have otherwise been occupied with my hubby's health lately & haven't been on much. Am just catching up the last few days.
I did already post somewhere else what i have at the present time.
See Tracey has 3 baby eckies congrats. & Shaun how's things going with you?
Good luck everyone.
Robyn.
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Post by Laraine on Sept 24, 2009 16:38:55 GMT 10
Not much is really happening at my place at the moment. My Red Rumps are playing games again....laying eggs, sitting on them and then going off them. I had 2 cute quails hatch, but they both died. One Cockatiel has hatched. One budgie is sitting on something??
I'm getting my new aviary put up on Saturday and am moving some into that, so that's exciting. Maybe the birds I put in their will breed.......
I hope your hubby is feeling better.
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Post by zooyouthben on Sept 24, 2009 17:41:51 GMT 10
We have baby marmosets.
Ostrich, moustache, bleeding heart pigeons, yellow crowned amazons, common bronzewing all on eggs. Blue and Golds and Blue fronted amazons working the box and Tawny frogmouth starting to prepare a nest. Also a Camel due in the coming months and a Rhesus Macaque about to pop!
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Post by Robyn on Sept 24, 2009 18:00:03 GMT 10
WOW Ben you sure do have a zoo happening there. Must be so exciting for you.
Laraine hope the new aviary gets them birds of your moving & you get some cute little fluff balls.
Would be nice if my Amazons breed for me. They are 3 years old this season so i won't hold my breath.
Robyn.
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Post by sypher on Sept 24, 2009 18:10:53 GMT 10
I am having a bit of a rough start Robyn. I think the weather may have played a part in the last week. I have a cock eclectus being handraised at about 50 days old, original eccies on eggs, slatey head chicks and moustache laying. I did have fertile plumhead eggs, but unfortunatley she died in the nest  others working boxes and displaying etc include pairs of suns, nandays, eclectus and quakers. I missed your post about what you have, but will have to find it and have a look. It has been a depressing week with everything in general. I hope all is going well with your husband. Shaun |
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Post by sypher on Sept 24, 2009 18:26:18 GMT 10
Couldnt find your post Robyn?? Where abouts did you post it?
Shaun
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Post by avinet on Sept 24, 2009 21:47:47 GMT 10
Fairly quiet for me. We finished hand rearing our first two ringnecks last week, as well as a sun conure and some cockatiels, and currently have 7 Alex's being fed. Two more nests of ringnecks coming along - one with 4 eggs and one with 6 eggs. We don't breed much these days, especially since we have joined up 4 of our flights to make a large "retirement" aviary for the various birds that come into us at the shop that are basically unsellable through one problem or another - bad pluckers, missing a foot, just too old etc. Currently have a mix of doves, budgies, cockatiels (about 15 of them), a pair of Princesses, miscellaneous finches, a canary and a pair of African Masked Doves (my favourite dove) that were brought home to breed but have proved singularly unsuccessful with every egg infertile cheers, Mike |
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Post by Damo on Sept 24, 2009 22:34:45 GMT 10
Its quite here aswell, i dont really look in the boxes as i dont want to disturb them but today i checked the boxes and the moustache, western rosellas and kakarikis are all sitting so i put it in the book and ill check the boxes in another 2 weeks and see how all is going  |
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Post by Robyn on Sept 25, 2009 9:59:56 GMT 10
Bugger, Shaun can't find it myself. Think i may be loosing it.
OK hear we go again. Have pulled 2 sunnies yesterday, left them a bit older than usual. Will see how they go. Got another nice little pied as well. They had 3 chicks but lost one in the nest. 2 eckie chicks, will take them next week. Still have Gypsy's 2 girls on 3 feeds a day. Green Cheeks are hatching chicks at the moment, she had 6 eggs so will wait & see what i will get. Last time i kept disturbing her & only ended up with 2 chicks. I'll leave her be this time. And the best news of all is my friend Bob's Crimson Bellied Conures are sitting on fertile eggs, due to hatch in about 2 weeks. I can't wait. As i have mentioned Bob paid big money for them and then the price started to fall fast. At least he knows now that he actually has a breeding pair.
If my Amazons & Majors breed for me that would be great but i won't hold my breath. In the mean time i will just enjoy what i have got.
Mike sounds like you have your hands full for the moment.
My Hubby is doing OK. We have an appointment with the hospital surgeon on the 12th Oct. We will get the results of the last tests then. So far things are looking brighter that first thought.
Robyn.
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Post by xoxoEbzxoxo on Sept 25, 2009 15:49:33 GMT 10
well atm I have 3 baby blue red rumped parrots tht should be fledging any day now, 2 baby peach face lovebirds and baby indian ringnecks. And we had a baby lamb born on my birthday and still more due soon  |
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Post by vankarhi on Sept 25, 2009 21:01:44 GMT 10
I have 3 ekkie chicks and I am raising two of them and there are 2 alex chicks in the nest box too.
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Post by Damo on Sept 26, 2009 1:59:02 GMT 10
looks like everybody is having a good start for this season.
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Post by vankarhi on Sept 26, 2009 6:32:08 GMT 10
Hey Robyn I just reread your first post in this thread..........how is your hubby??? Also I did read your thread on what your birds are doing.......it might be in squark talk.......  ? lol I can't remember either but some days I can't remember what I did 3 mins ago lol |
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Post by Lewis on Sept 26, 2009 12:11:19 GMT 10
ive got a tiel chick in a box therer was another but died an hour after hatching then got another pair of tiels on 5 eggs was 6but 1 got smashed
then the lovies are all working there boxs and im picking up a mature budgie hen tomoz at the bird club open day
then in a few weeks i will have 3 whiteface pied tiels to riase from a friend then sell on
im only just starting
lewis
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Post by Robyn on Sept 26, 2009 12:30:09 GMT 10
Tracey thank god, some times have to wonder about myself  That's great Lewis. You have to start somewhere. Cockatiels were my first birds to breed & hand rear. Also tried my hand at lovebirds & budgies as well. Now day's i am into the bigger parrots. I do get a lot of enjoyment out of bird keeping. Robyn. |
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Post by zooyouthben on Sept 26, 2009 15:54:57 GMT 10
Have 2 Little baby Rainbow Lorikeets in the nest, and a redtail black too has just feldged.
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Post by Lewis on Sept 26, 2009 21:08:28 GMT 10
thanks robyn
well the lovies have been seen mating all of today and same witht he tiels but im not happy with one pair of them
she had 5 eggs 2 hatched on bub died she started to double clutch so i took the infertile eggs from the last clutch and now she has 3 new eggs
and they were caught mating today
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Post by ozwell on Sept 27, 2009 8:06:33 GMT 10
Good to here the breeding going well. Sorry to here about your hubby.
I am not sure how mine are going, know I have Alexes and mum informes me she can here heaps of chicks in the back walkway. She thinks western, palehead rosellas, portlincons and some ringnecks. Can't wait get back next week (for good).
Looking forword to looking in the ringnecks as I never know what color babies to expect. They are a pair of greys but must be split a few colors, have had blue,white,grey, silver and a pastel ? (off white)
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Post by Laraine on Sept 27, 2009 20:11:58 GMT 10
As of this morning 3 little fluffy tiels. My tiels have the habit of going off the nest when the babies get to about 3 weeks so fingers crossed.
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Post by Damo on Sept 28, 2009 0:02:47 GMT 10
I hope all goes well this season Laraine.
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others working boxes and displaying etc include pairs of suns, nandays, eclectus and quakers.
? lol I can't remember either but some days I can't remember what I did 3 mins ago lol