Chick Pics! Jordan's eggs.... DUW!

[theOEGBman]

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Agreed! Julio, you said it perfectly.

 

[ml]

Wow Amber great Job Lady! Love all the peeps in chat tell me about the yellow beak one please.

Ah CB and Rizzle little ones with those funny turkey ones too from C.

Nice job did you hatch them all?

Also like the caretaker of them

ml

 

[drafthorse39]

Thank you Jordan!

Thanks Mary Lee! I'm heading there soon so will do! There was 10 in all but they all made it here in great shape, the one had a bloodring a few days in and the other died about a week or so in. I think they started incubating in shipment though, a few were hot and they all hatched on day 18 except for 1 which hatched on day 19.

 

[Rabid Vulture]

Here's a site on different diseases they spread:
http://www.birdstoppers.com/site/439038/page/604418

Here is a Starling Damage Assessment by Wildlife Damage Assessment.
http://www.extension.org/pages/Starling_Damage_Assessment

Another Damage Assessment.
http://extension.usu.edu/files/publications/publication/NR_WD_011.pdf

Oh look, another damage assessment.
http://ianrpubs.unl.edu/wildlife/ncr451.htm

This site is nice because it lists pros and cons.
http://www.columbia.edu/itc/cerc/danoff-burg/invasion_bio/inv_spp_summ/Sturnus_vulgaris.html

http://www.oznet.ksu.edu/library/wldlf2/ncr451.pdf

OREGON

ODFW states Starlings as a threat "through interbreeding, competition, habitat degradation, and predation."
http://www.dfw.state.or.us/news/2001/Releases/213.asp

OSU study.
http://extension.oregonstate.edu/news/story.php?S_No=94&storyType=garde


Anyway, I think I'm done talking about this subject since it seems fruitless. I'm glad your chicks hatched well. I see no problem with owning and raising starlings, they are a beautiful bird and sometimes I find myself watching them due to their feather pattern. But, they are a threat to many areas and are non-indigenous. So they do cause problems. Sorry for the misunderstanding.

Peace out,
-Rabid.

 

[drafthorse39]

I didn't see anything about diseases in Sherwood Oregon specifically which is what I was asking about but I said I wasn't gonna argue so I won't, thanks for the links rabid. Here are some updated pictures of Kona since I said I would get a few.

 

[theOEGBman]

Ber,

Kona is hecka cute!

 

[drafthorse39]

Thanks PC!!!

 

[theOEGBman]

NPB.... I mean, HWH!

 

[drafthorse39]

 

[theOEGBman]