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Post by alemap on Dec 27, 2009 5:29:15 GMT 10
Do any of you guys breed these? im interested to know more about them, ive been offered a pr from this year that are hand reared and unrelated, im interested to know if there are any issues with hand reared birds breeding,how noisy they are and at what age do they start to breed. thanks.
happy new year everyone...................
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Post by zooyouthben on Dec 27, 2009 6:22:46 GMT 10
Handraised Cocks normally arent good breeders. but if you chuck him in a large aviar with no human contact he should be alright. They are noisy, very noisy. Start breeding anywhere after 4 years.
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Post by vankarhi on Dec 27, 2009 17:23:58 GMT 10
I have heard though that there can be issues with handraised imprinting too much on humans but it is not impossible. We did have a man on this forum from WA who told me that he had a handraised male who he had paired off with a hen but he still flew to him when he entered the aviary.
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Post by megzly on Dec 28, 2009 17:39:51 GMT 10
Our males are handreared and still breed very readily with their mates. They still all come inside and are handled everyday. They arent too imprinted on us (although one tries to feed my partner  ) It may just depend on the bird. |
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Post by Robyn on Dec 29, 2009 6:36:55 GMT 10
My thoughts are that it doesn't have as much to do with imprinting as compatibility. If a pair of any species don't like each other the chance of them reproducing is pretty remote. A compatible pair will breed well.
With any bird i want as breeders i hand rear them & as soon as they are weaned they go into the aviary. I have found that if they grow up together they seem to bond better. Whether it is the same with the RTB, i have only ever owned a single male as a pet.
A friend owns a ZOO with heaps of blacks, most were hand reared & are just starting to reproduce. Not sure at what age his has started to breed, they didn't have any nest logs in place but had a large log just laying on the ground & yes the hen laid her eggs in there & they found this little yellow ball of fluff wandering around on the floor of the aviary.
HAPPY NEW YEAR,
Robyn.
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Post by alemap on Dec 29, 2009 8:05:53 GMT 10
The birds im hopeing to buy are hand reared but will grow up together in an outside flight. They are this years babies.
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Post by Robyn on Dec 29, 2009 8:34:31 GMT 10
Alemap,
Sounds like a plan to me. At least you will be able to interact with them without turning them into sooks. Plus the fear factor isn't there because they have been hand reared. I'd go for it.
Cheers,
Robyn.
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Post by vankarhi on Dec 29, 2009 18:05:19 GMT 10
I probably would too as I know that a lot of handraised birds can and do breed.........Skye is one. Shrekie is another and hopefully next year will see Takoda proving that theory wrong too.
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Post by alemap on Dec 30, 2009 5:50:06 GMT 10
My galahs were all hand reared and breed fine too, i asked you guys as red tails are hardly ever seen in uk although the person who im buying from has 5prs all breeding and im told there are more red tails than any other black toos in uk. people who keep these birds are very secretive for obvious reasons.
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Post by vankarhi on Dec 30, 2009 6:46:34 GMT 10
is that because they are very expensive over there?? (secretive that is)
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Post by alemap on Dec 30, 2009 8:11:46 GMT 10
Yes they are expensive, we have a fair bit of theft, some dont like you breeding the same birds they have though.
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) It may just depend on the bird. 
