An uncommon love story...

[Peskypigeon]

I love Hitoko, but don’t always have time to follow him around when he’s out of his tank getting into trouble. So I knew I needed a friend for him. ...but I’ve only ever had bad luck hatching my own eggs, partially due to a garbage incubator. So he’s never gotten a little

i don’t have a traditional flock. I am an aspiring (pet) pigeon breeder, with a handful of friendly pigeons, a dove, and my little Hitoko (button quail).

well, the other day in petsmart, I saw young society finches and thought “that’s just Hitoko’s size!” And got him one. He’s a very sweet, easy-going bird and I knew it would be no trouble. Plus, society finches don’t live long and I wouldn’t need to be overly attached to him if he didn’t tame.

well, things are going better than expected! Hitoko doesn’t seem *as* interested as Kahlúa is with him, but he still cuddles and kisses him as best he can, and Kahlúa seems happy about it too.
Hitoko is 4 months old, but I’m not sure how old Kahlúa is. Maybe he is also 4 months, because they’re already expressing sexual interest! Both birds are monogamous and Hitoko is for sure a boy (though he enjoys bending over...), but I didn’t expect the finch to be such a go-getter cock?!

i don’t really intend to separate them (though I know it’s me Hitoko cries for when I leave the room... sorry Kahlúa), and this family has never really been traditional!

i will keep you updated on their relationship status!

 

[FloorCandy]

I love Hitoko, but don’t always have time to follow him around when he’s out of his tank getting into trouble. So I knew I needed a friend for him. ...but I’ve only ever had bad luck hatching my own eggs, partially due to a garbage incubator. So he’s never gotten a little

i don’t have a traditional flock. I am an aspiring (pet) pigeon breeder, with a handful of friendly pigeons, a dove, and my little Hitoko (button quail).

well, the other day in petsmart, I saw young society finches and thought “that’s just Hitoko’s size!” And got him one. He’s a very sweet, easy-going bird and I knew it would be no trouble. Plus, society finches don’t live long and I wouldn’t need to be overly attached to him if he didn’t tame.

well, things are going better than expected! Hitoko doesn’t seem *as* interested as Kahlúa is with him, but he still cuddles and kisses him as best he can, and Kahlúa seems happy about it too.
Hitoko is 4 months old, but I’m not sure how old Kahlúa is. Maybe he is also 4 months, because they’re already expressing sexual interest! Both birds are monogamous and Hitoko is for sure a boy (though he enjoys bending over...), but I didn’t expect the finch to be such a go-getter cock?!

i don’t really intend to separate them (though I know it’s me Hitoko cries for when I leave the room... sorry Kahlúa), and this family has never really been traditional!

i will keep you updated on their relationship status!

I believe someone here has an old boy named Scrappy who lives with a dove. The dove often tries to have relations with Scrappy and both seem fine with it. I’m thinking a key to having a mixed group like that is that the smaller bird can easily fly away in a stressful situation, and they can choose when to interact and when to stick to their habitation levels.

 

[MageofMist]

Here's my unusual couple, and their child...

The chick is a Serama chicken, they are the smallest breed of chicken in the world. I have two others from the same clutch, Jeremy and Dolly, but they bully Snowbell due to her head injury from her biological mother rejecting her, so they are kept seperate unless out and supervised. Thankfully I had two very gay birds who were already an unusual enough couple, a male Diamond Dove, Lulu, and a male Japanese Quail, Scrappy, who wanted a baby of their own.

Scrappy is the 'mama hen' of the ground and Lulu is the aloof, but still caring rooster of the roost.

 

[CovidtimeQuail]

Here's my unusual couple, and their child...

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The chick is a Serama chicken, they are the smallest breed of chicken in the world. I have two others from the same clutch, Jeremy and Dolly, but they bully Snowbell due to her head injury from her biological mother rejecting her, so they are kept seperate unless out and supervised. Thankfully I had two very gay birds who were already an unusual enough couple, a male Diamond Dove, Lulu, and a male Japanese Quail, Scrappy, who wanted a baby of their own.

Scrappy is the 'mama hen' of the ground and Lulu is the aloof, but still caring rooster of the roost.

What an incredibly progressive couple they make with their adopted child of another breed. (Scrappy is the CUTEST mama)

 

[MageofMist]

What an incredibly progressive couple they make with their adopted child of another breed. (Scrappy is the CUTEST mama)

The amount of times the two have tried to make chicks happen by themselves... It wasn't too surprising that they took to adopting Snowbell as well as they did.