Is He old enough to be trusted?

[allanimals21]

Ok so Sid (my peachick) is going on 6 months now. A couple months back we had a scare when he was dumb and ate a wad of straw that plugged him up and made him quite sick. He has been freerangeing supervised the last couple weeks. My question is at 6 months is he old enough to be trusted outside alone. I mean can he eat straw and hay and what not without problems? Or do I need to worry about him? I'm looking at a kennel tonight 12ft long by 6 ft wide and 7 ft tall. I want to set it up for him outside but not if I have to worry about him eating things. He is being housed in a smaller kennel now and gets to be loose while I am home watching. Which doesn't take much because he doesn't leave my sight. If he can't see me he gets upset and runs back into the building. lol

 

[zazouse]

Well my 5 peas are around 4 months old and even though they have the best feed,veggies and grain they eat their poo and anything else they can swallow, so i guess ya have to wait and see or keep him penned up cause i think it's the nature of the birds.

 

[allanimals21]

I figured that...but he should be old enough to be able to digest more of the stupid things he eats right? lol

 

[zazouse]

Yea he will be fine just keep string and plastic stuff picked up and if he's penned i would make sure he has grit for digestion, i just put mine in a ground pen a few weeks ago, i feel much better now, just waiting for the rite time to let them loose for good here.

Do you have a photo of you boy to share?

Heres mine on when i first put them in the big pen.

 

[allanimals21]

I don't have any recent ones. I will be sure and get some tomorow to share with you. I really want to get him some playmates or mates in general. Its really hard to find anything locally.