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disformed baby?

Posted on January 26, 2012 by admin| 1 Comment

ok first of all is it poible for a baby to be dis fromed by parents breeding with there mom or dad or brother or sis?my one babys wings are rely far down near its legs and it had a rely long neck and its legs look like they are the bent up the wrong way meaning its feet are pointed to the sky not to the ground like a normal bird. when its an adult and have to fend 4 itself will it die or will it stay in the nest and keep having he otheres feed it?i dont want to have to humanly kill it if it has a chance but i dont want it to suffer..so i gas it or leve it do do what is needed in nature…i would prefur to give it a fighing chance.
All my socity finches live togther along with 2 zebra i cant exacty tell the ok you breed with this one and this one if the want to **** there family they can i ant got money to seperate and i dont want to they all are a big faminly who would go insain if seperated…i cant take to vet the baby is only about 16 days old will wait till adult to see what happens …i will leave it alone and see what happens

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My budgie laid an egg! Help please!?

Posted on January 24, 2012 by admin| 7 Comments

After I got home from school today, I went in my room to say hi to my birds and I noticed there was a egg in one of the food bowls. I’ve noticed Violet (the budgie who laid the egg) has been in the food bowl lately just laying in there. I thought she was just digging out the hulls, but she used it as her nesting place. I removed the egg and put it into a nest box. I put Violet and the nest box in a separate cage because all the other budgies were bugging her, all the females were extremely curious and all the males wanted to mate her. I checked the egg and it looks transparent, its unfertilized right? But I heard that removing eggs makes a female want to lay more and the thing I fear most is her getting egg binding. I read in a book when females lay more eggs it makes their life span shorter? I love my birds very much and I’m worried. The bird that mated with her is her SON! Will that effect the chicks? But too tell you the truth I don’t really want to go through having more baby budgies again. Violet had her first clutch in August 2006, and only 2/4 chicks survived (the dad accidentally cracked one of the eggs, one was infertile, one starved because Violet didn’t feed it, and somehow one broke its leg and died), I cried for both of the baby birds and the cracked egg and missed school. I’m in high school now and I can’t really afford to miss any more days of school. What should I do? I have Violet and her son (which is now her mate) in a separate cage with the nest box with the egg in it. She doesn’t spend much time with her egg, but when I hold the egg in a cup form, she uses my hand as a nesting spot and rolls her egg under her chest and lays on it in my hand. Please what should I do?!
but i thought removing eggs make her lay more?

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Traditions or habits picked up from your parents?

Posted on January 7, 2012 by admin| 3 Comments

I’m happy to say that I have picked up a few traditions/habits from my Dad who passed away 3 years ago. He always made sure we had a good Christmas; he always made sure to feed the wild birds in the wintertime and pre-warms his coffee mug before pouring coffee in it…. A bit quirky, but I like it. How about you?

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Traditions or habits picked up from your parents?

Posted on January 7, 2012 by admin| Leave a comment

I’m happy to say that I have picked up a few traditions/habits from my Dad who passed away 3 years ago. He always made sure we had a good Christmas; he always made sure to feed the wild birds in the wintertime and pre-warms his coffee mug before pouring coffee in it…. A bit quirky, but I like it. How about you?

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What do you do about a baby bird that fell out of a tree?

Posted on December 22, 2011 by admin| 2 Comments

I live in rural North Carolina and we had a nasty storm today that blew down a lot of tree limbs and apparently dislocated a few baby birds from their nests. We managed to save one, what looks like a sparrow. It has most of its adult feathers and can fly (learned that the hard way) but didn’t seem to be able to fly when we found it, so we brought it in to keep it safe from our dogs. One baby robin wasn’t so fortunate and was killed by our lab before we could help it. It ate some mushy cat food/water and is now asleep in a shoe box in my little bathroom. I don’t plan on keeping the bird, that would be wrong, but I want to help it. My dad won’t take it to a vet or rescue group because he thinks it will cost us money, even though I’ve told him it won’t, but it’s like arguing with a brick wall. He says keep it for a couple of days, tie the dogs up and let him loose outside to see if he can fly away. hopefully he won’t go up a tree where we can’t keep an eye on him or feed him. Not sure what to do. Open to any suggestions. Just don’t tell me to take him to a rescue, I know that already, but I’m only seventeen and I can’t take him there w/out permission.
Okay, Squeakers (believe me, it’s an appropriate name) is back in the tree, flying around from branch to branch, and we left some of the mushy catfood out there for him. The dogs are tied. we thought he was probably okay when he escaped from his shoebox and flew to my shower curtain.

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What shall I do with a baby blackbird?

Posted on July 4, 2011 by admin| 8 Comments

Last night it rained heavily and my brother found a baby blackbird at the bottom of our trees, it was soaked, shaking and couldnt stand, so we brought it into the house put it in a box and kept it warm. This morning the bird was fine and it had small feathers and bits of fluff on some parts, but my dad said it has probably fell out the nest with the bad weather as he didnt think it was quite old enough to be out, we couldnt find the nest so we decided it was best to put it back in the garden and let its parents look after it, so i put it in the garden and I sat all day looking out of the window every 10 mins or so, I seen a few blackbirds hovering around and a male went up to it first but I didn’t see it feed it, then a bit later a female went up to it, but I am unsure whether it fed it as the grass was too long to see. The bird has hopped under some wood and has been sitting there for a couple of hours, what shall I do I dont want to leave it in the rain to die and starve?
Can I also point out that the state the poor thing was in when we found it, it wouldnt have lived, and the house behind have cats so bringing it in was the best answer. The bird has been hopping and spreading its wings all day and has been opening its mouth for food to me. I am also wondering how long it will live without food as I am unsure wether it has been fed today.

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How do I make a incubator/brooder for Cockateil?

Posted on July 2, 2011 by admin| 5 Comments

My cockateil started laying eggs. Her and Dad were sitting. Mom laid egg #5 and then died. (Egg Binding problems?) Have Exact to feed and syringe etc. How can I make an Incubator and Brooder or is there another way I can help out Dad? Grandma gave me the birds and she thought they were not a mated pair. Surprise!

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