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Turquoise parrots. Strange behaviour?

Posted on April 3, 2011 by admin| 4 Comments

My 2 turquoise parrots (male and female) seem to be really quiet and shy. Is this normal? They have a great diet of parrot seed, plenty of water, the odd dried fruit eg. sultanas, mango, etc, and always have a cuttle bone in the cage. They have plenty of space, I’m talking a 2.5×1.8 m aviary, shared with 2 green cheek conures and 2 button quails. We were told by a bird breeder that they conures and turquoise parrots are compatable. They have their own nesting box of the recommended size, with some wood shavings and soil on the floor as suggested by the bird breeder, who we purchased them from. They don’t go in the nest box though.

Is this behavior normal for turquiose parrots?
I just noticed this morning that the female is inside the nest box!!! Mabye she is laying.
By the way, the box isn’t on the ground, it is near the top of the cage.
The aviary also has a roof and three walls so it is nicely sheltered.

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pigeon housing advice needed?

Posted on April 3, 2011 by admin| 2 Comments

Hi there, i need to build a loft, aviary,coop or whatever you call it for 12 runt pigeons, because there are allot of cats in our neighborhood, and the neighbors will complain to the council the birds will have to stay locked up at all times , so to begin with how big a loft do i need to build for those sort of circumstances? i plan to have 6 double nesting boxes, an area where they can bath, and get plenty of sun as well, what type of paint do i use over wood and or would it be better to use builders lime instead? the floor will have to be 12 ml waterproof ply wood, do i spread newspapers over the floor or can i use sawdust, wood shavings and have it removed every two months or so in order to keep things clean and germ free?

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Parakeet breeding?

Posted on March 21, 2011 by admin| 4 Comments

I have 2 parakeets: male + female. They are between 5-8 years old right now and I am interested in breeding them. I went to a local bird store and bought a nesting box and put a little of wood shavings on the bottom. Then I put the box inside the cage. However, it seems like my birds don’t understand what the nesting box is for. The male bird often stands on top of the box on the flat surface. The female doesn’t do anything. She never went inside or showed signs of interest. What can I do to ‘teach’ them to use the nesting box?

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Our FINCH bird is laying eggs, she has 5 already, Is there anything we need to do?

Posted on February 9, 2011 by admin| 5 Comments

We put a small box with wood shavings as a nest, but is there anything we need to do, as you can tellI don’t know much a bout these litle birds. The bird was a gift to our 4 year old son..

any info that will help will be great

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