The 5th Annual BYC Easter Hatch-a-long!

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or, like my visiting skunk momma, have the <U>most beautiful coats</u> of ANY animal around.

It will probably make her coat so shiny and pretty that everyone will assume she is just extra fluffy because her fur. Until she decides to be a lap dog...then bones will be crushed in the most adorable way possible.  :p
 
Got snowflake bobwhite quail eggs in the mail today. :) Hope to hatch out some of those beauties.
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AWESOME​
Congrats!
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I wonder if one can by exotic bird eggs, like those big parrots and such?
HarmonyAnn asked for a bird for in the house and I think it would be fun to hatch one, and I am home and can care for one, I think it would be fun to try.

Don't even try......The only people who advertise selling parrot eggs are scam artists. They say that the eggs can be shipped and will come in a portable incubator...
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Parrot eggs cannot be shipped and are worth too much as babies to sell as eggs. I incubate a lot of parrot eggs and have never, ever had any luck with poultry type incubators. Only digital incubators that can be fine tuned with humidity and turn smoothly.
I am involved in bird rescue and have quite a pack of old bachelor macaws. I only have a few birds used for breeding. (A pair of macaws, pair of Greys, pair of Goffins cockatoos, and some parrotlets). I really dislike the whole pet market thing, but those few breeder birds are the way I can support all the rescues...Love to sell babies to people like you because they will go into responsible homes and they can bond to someone else instead of to me:). Sometimes people do legitimately need to find another home for their bird. If it's a responsible person, they will make sure that the next home is appropriate. Rescues are full of older birds that could use their own family again. They sometimes have health or behavior issues which often can be worked out. Sometimes the best life is in a large enclosure with a friend they can live out their life with. Even old birds have a two year old child mentality.....
My family tries to keep our animals in the family through the younger generations. My grandmother worked with reptiles. I still have her tortoises from the 1940's
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My own kids understand this trend...And sometimes it skips a generation where the animals are passed from grandparents to grandkids...
That said....if you are still interested in a really young baby, some breeders will record the hatching of your bird that you have made a deposit on and some breeders will sell an unweaned baby that you can raise. They, (myself included), will only do that if they are certain the buyer knows what they are doing and signs a waiver, etc....
Sorry that's such a long opinion! If I can be of any help, ask away!
BTW, I think you are amazing with keeping up the work you do on this forum. You sure make it a good time for everyone!!!
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