Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[GregnLety]

Good

Finally got some rain this morning with more called for through Saturday.

Hope life is treating you and your babies well.

 

[featherhead007]

Always classical music. But there was no music this time.

 

[featherhead007]

Always classical music. But there was no music this time.

My chooks only seem to throw up, when they hear 70’s disco music especially the BeeGees!

 

[notabitail]

My chooks only seem to throw up, when they hear 70’s disco music especially the BeeGees!

I just get annoyed. Real annoyed.

 

[featherhead007]

It's okay they are practically coming out of my pockets I need to get rid of all the babies!!! The crazy thing is they bite, very hard!

There was a movie once about a man who had thousands of rats (Willard) maybe you could make a movie ? Call it “Finches, the new killers!”

 

[featherhead007]

I just get annoyed. Real annoyed.

Funny thing is, when I play George Strait music, they all go lay eggs!

Even Jaffar!

 

[RoyalChick]

I'm kinda stressed out having these all these birds in the aviary, as they breed like once a month and the finches have like 6-8 babies each, and with 22 pairs you can imagine how many I get every month! Not including the budgies I'm so overrun with birds I'm debating releasing sone of the more "wild" birds. They forage, make their own nest in the vines, they do good in winter, and they are fast enough to evade predators so they would be fine. Should I get rid of some of them? There are so many I can't sell them all!

Here is one of the example birds of what I'd release: (he's a tagged breeder make so he's staying)
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I don't know anything about these kinds of birds, but two things you need to think about before releasing any of them:
- Would they survive on their own or are you effectively setting them up to die slowly of starvation
- And conversely, might they be too successful and breed and compete with native wild birds
Both of these reasons are why in general it is a bad idea to release non native pet birds into the wild.
It sounds like you have got in a bit over your head and maybe need to take a step back and figure a plan for managing flock size. I have no idea how to do that as I have only ever had chickens.

 

[featherhead007]

I don't know anything about these kinds of birds, but two things you need to think about before releasing any of them:
- Would they survive on their own or are you effectively setting them up to die slowly of starvation
- And conversely, might they be too successful and breed and compete with native wild birds
Both of these reasons are why in general it is a bad idea to release non native pet birds into the wild.
It sounds like you have got in a bit over your head and maybe need to take a step back and figure a plan for managing flock size. I have no idea how to do that as I have only ever had chickens.

Maybe ask local pet shops if they take any?

 

[SimpleJenn]

I agree with not releasing them! Where I live I believe it is illegal to release them to the wild.

 

[Sir Sacabambaspis]

Maybe ask local pet shops if they take any?

Please if anyone knows more about zebra finches it's me, the people at the pet sore said that they had only female albino zebra finches because they didn't have male coloration even though they aren't even feather sexable! They said a completely seed diet is all every type of bird needs, but in reality they need a varieted diet depending on the spieces. I've thought this out perfectly and they have all the aspects needed for survival in my area. The only predators they would face is the little owls and kestrels, but seeing as they are so fast and the budgies can't ever catch them I think they'd be fine. These guys are foragers and they eat mostly on the ground. That's why I can't grows plants in the aviary, these guys eat every seedling they see! The are also super cold hardy! I think ad long as I release them in small groups they will be fine. They also are very protective of their nests and they tend to make their nest connected together so a predator will have a harder time. Imagine a kestrel vs 3-5 pairs of super territorial parents. The kestrel would freak out and I don't think they will get kicked out of their nest. Also they are super picky when making nests so them taking another birds nest is highly unlikely.

Edit: I'm kinda stupid I read that wrong. Also I could ask, but a good pet store would never as they don't know if the birds could get their other birds sick.