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Re: Happy Easter

Pat B — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 16:52:27 GMT

Hi Joey, Happy Easter to you too! Nothing new here - all the babies I had are now weaned - been keeping them on my dining room table so they'll at least get a

Happy Easter

Joey B — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 16:25:12 GMT

Hey Group, I just wanted to wish each of you a Happy Easter. Hope all is well and every birdie is well. Anyone have any new babies? I'm up to two new baby

Re: Randy

Randy Robinson — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 20:21:03 GMT

Hello group well I raise lots of different kinds of birds [or catch myself try to] african grays,blue&gold,scralet & greenwing macaws,eclectus,amazons{double

Re: New Baby

Carie Nixon — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 23:20:19 GMT

I have a pair of normal Bourke's on eggs. Last time I looked, there were 5 of them in there. This is a first time for this pair, but both were paired with

New Baby

Joey B — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 23:07:32 GMT

Hey Group, I've got a new baby red-rump. It hatched on Friday. She laid 5 eggs and only two were fertile, their first time breeding. Maybe I'll get another

Randy

Joey B — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 21:33:23 GMT

Randy, Welcome to the group. I hope you enjoy being with us. I know a little about you and your birds but the rest of the group probably doesn't know much,

Re: Question for handfeed Bourkes

Pat B — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 03:44:04 GMT

Hi Nancy, Well, I'm glad to hear they're eating well and getting along with the rosies. However, I don't think I would take that for a sign that they're not

Re: Question for handfeed Bourkes

nancy eiss — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 23:57:24 GMT

Hi all I guess mean was to strong of word. When I put my hand in the cage the one bird tries to bite me and he has connected a couple of times. my other birds

Re: Question for handfeed Bourkes

Pat B — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 04:13:37 GMT

Yes. frankly Stephane, I'm baffled and do hope Nancy will come back and explain what she means. My breeders, who haven't been handled at all - aren't mean.

RE : Re: [Neophema_GrassParakeets] Question for handfeed Bourkes

Stephane Tintin — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 03:52:32 GMT

Hey Pat & Every Birdie, I suppose then that the use of the word 'mean' most probably was quite inadequate. In my mind, the word mean refers to an aggressive

Re: Question for handfeed Bourkes

Carie Nixon — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 00:14:00 GMT

I am sure they are quite frightened. Hopefully she will be able to reassure them and they will settle down once they realize they won't be eaten. Poor little

Re: Question for handfeed Bourkes

Pat B — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 23:37:48 GMT

Re: Question for handfeed Bourkes

Pat B — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 22:45:34 GMT

Hi Nancy, What do you mean by mean???? They WERE handfed up and had just weaned 5 days before I brought them up to you. I just had the one remaining bird

RE : [Neophema_GrassParakeets] Question for handfeed Bourkes

Stephane Tintin — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 18:36:54 GMT

Hey Nancy & Every Birdie, unfortunatly, being hand-reared does absolutely not guarantee that a Bird is any more or less properly educated, socialized &/or

Re: Question for handfeed Bourkes

Carie Nixon — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 18:06:14 GMT

I have never had a handfed Bourkes that was mean at ANY age, but especially at 2 months old. They usually demand attention. Are they just frightened? Did