Caboodleschicks... Just so you are aware,theres no such thing as " CORNYX" quail. What you have are COTURNIX quail.
How did your hatch go?
Hope your hatch went well but on the off chance it didnt go well here are some tips to help for future reference.
Cots need higher humidity (about45 to 50 %...
For beginners...BIRDS are NOT INEXPENSIVE to own. Not in money OR Time either !
ALL parrot species require ALOT of time and attention, QUALITY, VARIED ( and that means NOT inexpensive...) foods and sufficient exercise for a healthy ,happy bird.
AND dont forget occasional AVIAN VET visits
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i currently have Peach faced Lovebirds and Masked Lovebirds available to go to new homes. Beautiful healthy birds.
A) Peach faced are from the following pairings..
1) opaline white faced violet hen X Pallid cock
2)Cinnamon Pied hen X Violet-Dutch Blue cock
3)Pallid hen X Cinnamon Pied cock...
He yells/"screeches" because he is calling you ...his"flock" to come to him. . its a normal behavior and especially seen with Handfed birds.
you reward him when you pick him up. He needs to spend more time with you or with another bird in the room to keep him company.this is an over simplified...
i m pretty certain thats a male,not a female.a recessive pied male budgie will have a "pink" cere not blue. and very young females have white on their ceres no matter what color it is .
i have photos of male and female recessive pied but unfortunately i was unable to figure out how to post...
i would worry about a hamster wheel in the bird's age..even supervised. Lovebirds DO like rolling things though. i give mine a big round oatmeal container with the bottom 1/2 cut off so it's a big tube. I stand it on end and fill it with crumpled paper, "hand" toys and what not. They get in the...
I have been told by our town that my birds are against ordinance so i need to find a caring, knowledgeable home for my Old German Owl pigeons.
There are 7 but a couple hens are setting eggs so there may be more very soon
Serious inquiries only please!
i'm in frederick county, maryland
does anyone know of some kind of treat that pigeons are particularly fond of ?
i'm trying to find something that will help me to tame down previously not handled birds. it's a semi life or death reason...
thanks for any offered ideas in advance!
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i live in a small town in maryland ,the town i live in is telling me that i have to "remove (my) old german owl pigeons from my property because they are against the code ordinance which does not allow chickens or "livestock/gamebirds" . I have until dec.3rd to have them gone
Does anyone have...
go to pigeonchat.net
then go to their for sale and adoption ...to fancy pigeons that was posted sept 12,12 ...color's different but this may be your breed....sorry... last bird pictured in the post
a Rabbit hutch is a good house for a very small # of pigeons...the kind that's off the ground, made of wood and wire and has a solid wooden box area at 1 end to protect from weather while the rest is 1/2 " hardware cloth enclosure .with a solid roof.
does the cat mess with them ? do the dogs bark ,lunge, leap at them or otherwise threaten them?
if not i would say they re taking a break in breeding while they moult and while the day light hours are shorter and temperatures are cooler.
They may not do any more breeding until spring ,that...
stellargamebirds is a good site to try. you can go to facebook to the hatching eggs page or southern chicks page for reputable sources.
this time of the year eggs arent as fertile however as they are in the spring and late summer.
i wouldnt recommend ebay eggs
the Coturnix in the video is a boy. That's their crow...and in the video you see that the bird (a brown) has no speckles on it's chest which is also a indicator that it's male . females( browns and golds) have speckled chests.Whites and Ranges(Tibetans and Rosettas ) have to be vent sexed .
yes...