I'm starting to think my new duck is a goose...?

[EvenLater]

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Well Hi there! Welcome to the gaggle! Or flock! Lol I'll have to check out that thread! I'm new here too!

 

[WaterWindStone]

I don't have any house poultry but I would love to. My hubby would kill me if I brought somebody in here.

I used to keep parrots here in the house, they have all passed on from old age. I miss snuggling them on the couch.

I sneak the chickens inside sometimes when he is not around. Then he finds feathers and gets suspicious.

"Honey, I have NO idea how that feather got there!!"

 

[EvenLater]

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We have a parrot as well! Biscuit the rescued Umbrella Cockatoo What kind of parrots did you have? Biscuit adores me but she's a "one person" species like most parrots, and while she tolerates anyone else I tell her is "OK" she will only snuggle and such with me. My hub is greatly enjoying finally having a feathered thing that likes to snuggle with him too!

 

[WaterWindStone]

Oh, Umbrellas are such pretty birds! How nice to have rescued this bird! I used to keep Lovebirds and Cocketiels. And yes, they CAN become one person birds. They would get so attached to me that they bit anybody that came near me! LOL I had a single Lovebird that hung out with me all day long. She would get on my wrist as I was washing dishes or vacuuming, screaming for me to work harder or faster. LOL She would snuggle under my shirt at night while watching TV. She would sit on the shower rod as I showered and guarded me, so she thought. LOL She lived to be 12 years of age. Average for a Lovebird. Gosh I miss that bird so much!

How old is your Umbrella? Where did she come from?

 

[Skyfire]

Hey Sky...just curious...did (or is) Jupiter go through a (for lack of something better to call it) "teething" type phase, where she would pick and pull at all things? (Pants, shirts, carpet lol) Just wondering because Cas is incredibly uh...active today! I watched him tug so hard on the carpet he fell backwards! Lol (Of course I corrected by giving him one of his toys that he CAN tug on

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lol, ya she's teething like a boss

I let her nibble on my zippers or anything I don't mind she shreds. I avoid wearing clingy clothing when cuddling her because she gets my skin and that smarts! I don't let her nibble my skin. I gently push her beak away and she usually moves on. I've had to do the "no skin" beak grab on occasion. She doesn't like that, lol. It only takes one time and she learns. Do you guys have room to throw a hunk of sod in his space? that helps A LOT. Jupiter gnaws on the sod (4 x 2) and it helps keep her off stuff we don't want her chewing on.

 

[EvenLater]

lol, ya she's teething like a boss

I let her nibble on my zippers or anything I don't mind she shreds. I avoid wearing clingy clothing when cuddling her because she gets my skin and that smarts! I don't let her nibble my skin. I gently push her beak away and she usually moves on. I've had to do the "no skin" beak grab on occasion. She doesn't like that, lol. It only takes one time and she learns. Do you guys have room to throw a hunk of sod in his space? that helps A LOT. Jupiter gnaws on the sod (4 x 2) and it helps keep her off stuff we don't want her chewing on.

I do actually have space! So after spending about an hour outside with him I grabbed whole clumps of yard (I'm sure my DH will LOVE that! LOL) dirt and all and set those in his house with him. He found an ant while we were outside and it terrified him, then he got mad and ate it! Lol It's totally adorable watching him learn! Now he's rooting through his dirt clumps looking for more!

 

[EvenLater]

Oh, Umbrellas are such pretty birds! How nice to have rescued this bird! I used to keep Lovebirds and Cocketiels. And yes, they CAN become one person birds. They would get so attached to me that they bit anybody that came near me! LOL I had a single Lovebird that hung out with me all day long. She would get on my wrist as I was washing dishes or vacuuming, screaming for me to work harder or faster. LOL She would snuggle under my shirt at night while watching TV. She would sit on the shower rod as I showered and guarded me, so she thought. LOL She lived to be 12 years of age. Average for a Lovebird. Gosh I miss that bird so much!

How old is your Umbrella? Where did she come from?

Biscuit was dumped in our trash by someone roughly 10 years ago when we had our farm. Had she not said a weak "Hellllo?" We wouldn't have known she was there and...I shudder to think what would've happened Whoever dumped her, put her in a shoebox with no food, no water, no note. She had plucked herself completely everywhere she could reach. She had mites and worms and her growth permanantly stunted from poor feeding. She's a tiny thing for an Umbrella. She's just about the same size as Cas is right now! She'll never be fully feathered (she'd done so much damage to her follicles some feathers will never come back) but we love her dearly. She's been with us now for a bit over 10 years, and the vet estimated her around 2 years old when we found her in our trash. Cockatoos can live upwards of 60-80 years, so we will have many many more with her to come

 

[WaterWindStone]

Biscuit was dumped in our trash by someone roughly 10 years ago when we had our farm. Had she not said a weak "Hellllo?" We wouldn't have known she was there and...I shudder to think what would've happened Whoever dumped her, put her in a shoebox with no food, no water, no note. She had plucked herself completely everywhere she could reach. She had mites and worms and her growth permanantly stunted from poor feeding. She's a tiny thing for an Umbrella. She's just about the same size as Cas is right now! She'll never be fully feathered (she'd done so much damage to her follicles some feathers will never come back) but we love her dearly. She's been with us now for a bit over 10 years, and the vet estimated her around 2 years old when we found her in our trash. Cockatoos can live upwards of 60-80 years, so we will have many many more with her to come

Oh that is just awful!! I am so sorry! But I am very glad you found her.

People can be just horrible. Parrots are so intelligent and sensitive and will self mutilate if not taken care of properly. They can become very emotionally disturbed, it is so sad. But she has a wonderful home now with you!! And I am sure she knows she is loved now. At least she was young and didn't have to suffer moving from home to home in awful conditions all of her life. What a happy ending for this bird! Thank you for sharing your story about Biscuit. May you both share many many many more decades of love together!

I will let you get back to your baby goose here. Enjoy her as well!!

 

[EvenLater]

She's an important part of our family now and we couldn't imagine not having her here. It's amazing though just how many people see a farm with animals and will do a drive by dump with dogs or cats or whatever other poor soul they might have bored with. We always got critters dumped at our farm and it was always sad

 

[WaterWindStone]

I can imagine your circumstance. We live in the middle of nowhere and have found dogs wandering around down here, obviously dumped in hopes we will care for them.

When we lived down in the desert (we are now up in the mountains) we frequently found boxes of puppies at the side of the road on the edge of town in the desert. I don't know if the people that left them were hoping the coyotes would eat them or maybe these pups would grow up to romp in the desert fields. (can't roll my eyes enough). People can be so heartless.

But I sure am glad you found your Biscuit and she has a family with a heart of gold.