Birb General

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One of my birbs

>>2447773
nice birb

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my borbs, also have 8 parakeets three of which are babies that we're gonna sell.

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>>2447773
Very nice

>>2447884
Also nice, always adored their rad hairdo

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These are my 2 budgies, green and vert (im not a creative man). They are brothers so they always stick real close. really wanna tame them but since they are my very first birbs, i have no clue on how to start with it, any pro's got some good guides?

>>2447987
I don't have any guides off hand, but I know with birds as far as cages go to get the biggest cage you can afford/accommodate. Also have varying perches of different sizes, and you should probably get a cuttle bone too.

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>>2447987
this should help!!! I love budgies
add toys and perches of different thicknesses, shapes, and textures
they like playing with ladders, balls, and bells
2-3 toys at a time

how to tame a budgie
1: get social activity in room (talking to your budgies suffice)

2: they love listening to music with you but they also have sensitive hearing, do not play music too loud

3: watch videos/TV/play video games around your bird

4: interact with budgie without touching him *DO NOT MAKE EYE CONTACT* in a budgies brain eye contact=predator (unless he is already tame

5: place hand on bars of the cage and talk to budgie in soothing tones 20 mins a day
-do this for a week-
(after step 5)
6: place hand inside of budgies cage to get him used to your hand 20 mins a day
-do this for a week-

7: Place your hand in his cage with a treat, such as millet.
Slowly move your hand closer to your budgie and see if they
will walk to you to grab the treat.
do this over at least 3-5 sessions, moving your hand closer every time

Having a treat in your hand each time that you reach into the cage to
change your budgie’s food and water will encourage them to get more
comfortable with your hand
this step ranges from several days to several weeks

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>>2447987

---HAND TAMING

1: slow, steady movements and soothing voice.
slowly stick out your finger so that it will act as a perch
and move index finger closer to your budgie slowly
try another time if he is too nervous

2:Once the budgie is comfortable with having your index finger close to him,
slowly place your index finger on his chest just above his feet and gently push up.
Make sure to use light pressure when you place your finger on their chest
use millet/seed to entice it

3:when your budgie has perched your finger hold finger as steady as possible
reward him with a treat as positive reinforcement
Practice having your budgie use your finger as a perch several times a day,
rewarding them each time

4:take budgie out of the cage on your finger
do this everyday for practice, may take a week to get used to

5:once budgie is comfortable being perched on finger, tkae them to rooms that are
unfamiliar to them
offer treats
aim to take them to different rooms for 15-20 minutes at a time, a few times a day


---TEACHING BUDGIE TO STEP UP


1:Have him perch outside of your cage

2:place your finger just above his feet

3:have your other hand holding up a treat that your bird can see,
try to entice your bird into stepping up

4:once the bird is about to step onto your finger
to eat the treat say "step up"

5:practice this over and over until they can step up onto your other index finger
without having to push on their chest
after associating your treat and stepping up positively, he will now follow
the verbal cue step up

always try to do practice sessions 10-15 minutes and several times everyday

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My birbs please give me attention

>>2447773
>>2447884
>>2448332
cute birbs

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I've had this sweet 3 month old indian ringneck for about a week now and he's seriously done a great job, but struggling to get along with our other birds or even his own reflection when they get inside of his personal space.

Anyone with IRNs have any advice? We have a tiel and a 3 month old conure that's even smaller than the tiel, and It'd be nice if I could help them all get along.

>>2448332
Millet is like heroin for birbs

>>2447987
1) Bribe with food
2) Find which food they like best
3) More efficient bribing
4) Play with them a lot

>>2448439
For mine its dill. Overdosed once and he almost died.

>>2448797
Did you get him or her the help they deserved. I have tried talking to my birds about millet but they just gang up on me

>>2448800
Hand feeding and rehydration powder to stop the diarrhea.

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Baby parrots are so ugly.

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Yawning/crop emptying is among the most fun things to photograph in birbs.

>>2448867
Looks like a dinosaur roaring.

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>>2448893
Pretty much

>>2448412
Also just spent one night away from home and now he's upset with me :/
Really weird because he's never been aggressive since I got him.

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I'm adopting this cockatiel on tuesday. They don't have a sex listed for it, I think it's male but can anyone confirm?

Also any pro tips on adopted cockatiels would be appreciated.

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Hi. Does anyone knows what species this buddy is? I have seen some pictures and it looks to me like a white-fronted amazon but i am not very sure.

>parents had two lovebirds
>one died
>have been looking for a new buddy for him
>his cage is outside and I see he starts making other bird noises when sparrows and shit are at the bird feeder
>I'm talking to him and letting him nibble my fingers since we are outside and he doesn't like to be held anyway
>get the bright idea of showing him a video of lovebirds singing
>he desperately starts 'replying' and flying around his cage
>didnt seem afraid or scared, just desperate or maybe excited

Holy shit, I feel like the most vile person to ever walk this Earth. Now he is chirping the most soft, quiet noises I've ever heard him chirp. Did I accidentally just torture him?

I don't know if I'm anthromorphizing him too much but my heart just shattered.

>>2449587
Yellowfronted greenback eclectacaw

>>2449534
99% certain that's a male.

>>2449534
It's male.
Either that, or a female tiel in drag.

Speak softly, spend time with it as much as you can and feed it treats like millet and noodles from your hand. There are some good resources online too

>>2449587
My best guess is yellow-crowned amazon, but the red and the size make me think that's not right.

Instead of clipping my bird wings maybe I should just pluck his flight feathers?

>>2449757
Would you like someone to rip our your fingernails instead of trimming them?

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My birb, he's a rescue cuddle bug.

>>2449765
clipped wings turn dry and sharp and hurt the bird, real answers only btw

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>>2449558
Help clean those pin feathers

Here's my birb, just went on a trip and my roommate sent me snaps showing him learning to escape his cage and leave a shit trail up my bed to the windowsill.
He loves chirping at the other birbs outside, but is quite when I take him out

>>2449810
But pulling them out by the root is better? Feathers are embedded deep. Legit question, btw.

>>2449825
I used to pull flight feathers from chickens, they don't feel it, I pulled blood feathers before so why not just do it on a larger scale? I'll make sure to soak the bird before I pull the feathers

>>2449831
I see what u did there m8

>>2449769
Cute.

Unfortunately, those are illegal where I live.

>>2449841
Huh

>>2449534
Keep us updated on how he's doing. Go slow and associate yourself with good things like treats. I don't know where you got him but I know a lot of dog and cat shelters end up socially neglecting birds because they simply don't have time or know any better.

>>2450146
I'm actually a little concerned. I'm a first time bird owner and the shelter has now told me about a number of health issues it had such as eating issues, fluffed feathers, and green stool.

He was friendly to me, but definitely a biter. Biting isn't an issue for me, personally but should I be concerned about the health issues?

thanks in advanced.

>>2447910
the parents look so proud in this picture
>he's just as retarded as we are!

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Is this swift crippled? It never perches or stands on it's legs. I looked at its legs and, as far as I can tell, there are no external signs of broken bone. Likely to have suffered a 4m fall from a branch/birdhouse.
Also walks with its wings spread. Pic incoming.

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>>2450277

>>2450277
how hot is it where you live? it could be heat stress, or stress from you.

>>2450338
20+ C, so not likely the heat. It's been in our care for a few days and was very weak, when we found it. Is muscle atrophy due to malnutrition a possibility?

>>2450358
I think it would have just starved to death if that were the case

>>2450280
Maybe it's autistic?

>>2450780
This. Get a copy of it's vaccination record to find out what gave it autism

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Baby bird is growing up. Just came back from the vet.

>>2450840
Is that a tiel?

>>2450849
Yep! The little mohawk is starting to sprout.

>>2450855
beautiful little dinosaur. Will it be hand fed?

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>>2450863
I prefer to let the parents feed, but if necessary I will step in and do some hand feeding. Will be doing daily handling.

Pic related are the parents.

>>2450865
Great. When I was breeding cockatiels I liked to let the baby birds spend a lot of time with their parents. It pretty much helps them understand how to be a bird.

>>2450867
>>2450865
Not to say you shouldn't teach them how to fly and how to perch yourself though.

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>>2450870
Yep I will be helping the bird learn how to fly using the two-perch technique.

I don't want to do pure hand rearing because I think the bird will be emotionally healthier when it doesn't think its a human. I also think birds will grow to be healthier when fed by the parents. I could be wrong but this is what I think based on what I have read.

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>>2450876
This is defiantly the way to do it with tiels. Have you done this before? I've raised a few cockatiels but I mostly breed macaws and amazons.

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>>2450883
No. Originally my plan was to not hatch any of the eggs my cockatiels lay, but my partner wanted to try it out so here I am.

My dream bird is a scarlet macaw, trained to the point where it can free fly. However I do not have the time, space or lifestyle for a commitment like that. So amazing that you breed macaws and amazons. Beautiful birds, but not many people are prepared for birds that require so much effort and live for so long.

>>2450886
I hope you enjoy it, cockatiels are a blast once their hand tame

I mostly work with hyacinth and blue and gold macaws but I have done scarlets in the past. Scarelts are especially difficult because they only will interact with one chick per hatching, bit they usually lay two eggs so I let the first hatched primarily live with its parents while the other is completely hand fed. I try to let the second one socialize with my hyacinth pair because they prefer a different time of the year to lay eggs.

It can get pretty sad though because there have been times when people buy my macaws for $2350 each but return them for $500 a few months later. They all get homes eventually, but it's a shame when people buy macaws not knowing what a commitment their getting themselves into.

As for training a bird to freefly, It's actually not too hard once they grasp the concept of flying. It's easiest to do the training than use a long avian flight leash the first few times.

>>2450587
It could be fresh out of the nest. There was an empty bird house above and it seems of departing age.

>>2448596
>when the pool opens in the inner city

>>2451142
Great birb

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>>2447741
>be me about 4 days ago
>wanting to get a new birb
>thinking about what kind I want, color I want, where I'm gonna put it, etc.
>thinking a conure or maybe another cockatiel
>browse Craigslist just for the hell of it
>somebody is getting rid of their Senegal Parrot, 400$ with cage food toys and every thing

Next day, I drove an hour and a half to go pick up this guy.
He's skittish as fuck, but I can get him to sit on me for a couple minutes at a time. Also 100%fully floghted and according to the original owner always has been. So if I get too close and he doesn't like it he just circles around the house a few times.

>>2451297
The frustrating part is that sometime when he free flies he lands on my cockatoos cage. I don't mind him exploring the house but my cockatoo is areally aggressive jerk to other birds, and strikes at his feet (has never landed one, I always shoo the Senegal off the cage before that can happen). So I think what's going to end up happening is I'm going to move him into my room, which is fairly large, and just shut the door during the day so he can be out of his cage. I really want to avoid clipping his wings because I already took him away from his original owner and I feel like if I took away his flight he'd probably hate me forever

>>2449594
You should try getting another lovebird to be his friend. They aren't too expensive, usually less than 100 bucks, and if you asked a breeder they'd probably let you bring him in to see if he reacts to any of them

>>2449587
It does appear to be a white fronted Amazon, although that is a grainy pic

>>2451297
Man I want a Senegal.

Any advice for a female quaker parrot that screams and makes lots of pissed off noises when a group of 2 or more people sit down to watch TV in the same room?
Attention does not seem to be the answer, as she'll continue it anyways. Same results for just simply letting her out of the cage.
Covering her cage up for an early naptime doesn't work either and I don't like the idea anyways.

She's not even my bird, but I probably have a better relationship with her at this point than her owners, who are kind of at wits end.
They did recently get a new dog, so jealousy might be a factor? I don't know though.

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search up holle cropper pigeon right now on images.

>>2451632

I really would like one of them

Any advice on Zebra Finches?

I just bought four from a pet shop on Saturday.

I believe I have 3 females and 1 male. I think the male must be young though as it only has very light colouring in its cheeks.

There seems to be one "dominant" female in the group. She is "allowed" in the nest, another female seems to "guard" the nest and won't let the other female or male in it.

The other female and the male seem to have paired off and cuddle with each other at night.

A lone natural male came into the pet shop the next day. I was tempted to pic him up as he was all on his own but I read it is not good to have odd numbers.

Also should I change my cage? It is quite high but have read finches prefer long cages.

my parakeet's beak is hot as FUCK
what did he mean by this?

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Slow thread. So heres two out of three of my birds.

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Will it ever be possible for this cute fat birb to roam new zealand's mainland again?

The kakapo is my favourite wild parrot species.

>>2452225
No, unless NZ becomes completely invasive-predator-free.

http://predatorfreenz.org/

>>2447741
>We Shoot Birds

I feel like this can be easily misinterpreted

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My 2 birds (and cat). They're pretty cool except literally any second I'm in a different room.

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Here's a picture of my bird. He'll yap when he wants attention, and will shit on his own toys, but he's OK

Thinking about buying a rainbow lorikeet. I've been wanting one (or more). For a while now. What are they like? Anything to look out for? Theres a breeder near me and a really cool bird shop.

>>2452341
Cute little fluffball.

Birds make me happy. This General makes me happy.

>>2452370
Rainbow Lories are beautiful birds. They have an amazing personality and love to play. they do have explosive shits though. Remember to take the birb out of the cage often though, they will forget how to be social after a while

>>2452341
I love cockatiels

>>2452337
Glad your cat gets along with those conures

>>2452485
>Conures
She gets along with them as well as you'd expect. I don't trust her Alone with them, caught her eyeing the fat one a few times. She ain't fuck with the black headed one. Too feisty and flies very well. The fat one can't fly well and is too cuddly.

Someone is burning trash or something in my neighborhood and the smell won't leave my house.
It's probably bad for birds right?

>>2452595
pretty bad for birds. give them shit for it and make sure they never do it again. birds can't even be around candles.

>>2451573
This is my first experience with one and so far he's pretty crazy. Doesn't bite at all though.

>>2452485
they're caiques retard

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>>2447741
What kind of bird is pic related? I'm sorry for the poor picture quality, but I took it hurriedly and at a distance.

I ask because I got into a fight with one about a year back, and now I'm seeing them in the area again.

>>2453254
Area/locale? Clearly a hawk of some kind

>>2453257
I live in central New Jersey. Also, not sure if relevant, but they only started appearing a couple of years back, I never used to see them.

>>2453240
Sorry, at first glance it looked like a conure because of its colors. Totally forgot about caiques

>>2453254
Red-tailed hawk.

They probably never left the area, You just didn't see them for a while. Also, why would you fight one?

>>2453311
I have a pet rabbit, and was walking her. Didn't even notice the hawk at first, but suddenly I feel a tug on the leash and she's trying to run back home. I should have followed her lead, but I just kept standing around and staring and trying to figure out what was causing the reaction.

Spot the hawk, mostly because it had started swooping in, and I just tried to grab it at first, getting it near the "shoulder" (I have no idea if that's the right term, just near where the wing met the rest of the body). It didn't like that, and started scratching at my arm with its talons, so I punched it in the head a couple of times, before dropping it (my arm was really bloody and burning). It fell to the ground and then flew off after a second, and I had a bitch of a time finding Binky and calming her down.

>>2453316
Holy shit good thing you noticed. Red tails are very common, so keep a look out for them

Just got a parakeet yesterday. Pic related is cage setup. Made sure the A.C. is pointed up and away from the cage so there's no draft. First couple times the A.C. started up, he perked up and looked around. Now he doesn't seem to mind very much. Ran the washer and dryer (other side of the door), the former is the loudest during the rinse cycle which is about 5 minutes, but otherwise not so bad. The dryer is fairly quiet, although there is a small but frequent sound of the clothes being tossed around.

Hoping to dessensitize him from all these sounds, but I don't want to stress him out too much. Been considering moving the cage a bit further away or placing it in a different spot all together.

What do yall think? Will he get used to the sounds or perhaps is it too much? The only sign I have to go off is that he is crouched over, but I can't tell if that's from the noise or if he's eying up the food in his cage.

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>>2453632
Forgot pic.

>>2453634
Technically he's already getting used to it, moving the cage will be very stressful though. In my experience background noise actually calms them. Sudden loud noises are startling though

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>>2452225
Hey, that's a pretty good site to keep track of this topic. Thanks Anon!

>>2453653
>>2452225
Obligatory: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9T1vfsHYiKY

>>2453663
I first saw that video a long time ago. It always makes me laugh.

>>2453663
That was so cute how he was beating him with his wings wow that was adorable

>>2453728

My budgie has started doing that to my finger. It is a real step in our relationship

>>2453634
if he doesn't seem to be getting used to it, play some music when you run a load

>>2447741
how much millet is too much millet for 2 birbs?

>>2451347
From what I was told he was adopted from a woman who had a shit ton and were probably inbred. He had lived with 8 others but was given to them for free with the one he seemed to pair off with.

I'm really not seeing lovebirds around as much as I used too. Not in any petstores I've been in or called and there was one person on Craiglist selling hand fed ones but they were already sold.
I was told by another person I contacted and was out that they were opening a store in the US soon not far from here.

I think he would be much happier with some buds. They talk and sing to him constantly and he is allowed out. He doesn't like hands but he will fly, perch and crawl around you.

I feel for the little dude. They're full of personality and I can't imagine what it must be like for parrots to lose someone.

>>2453316
Kill yourself you animal abusing piece of shit.

I have 4 Zebra Finches only had them a week.

3 females and 1 male. The male is fairly young and his cheeks are only just starting to come through. I do not know their exact ages.

I initialy put one bamboo nest in the cage, just for them to sleep in really. However two of the females seemed to claim it.

One of them would sit in the nest making almost sad chirping noises, whilst the other female that has a leg band would stand guard and chase the other two off.

So yesterday I bought a second nest, it caused a little bit of a ruckus at first but with some adjustment each pair seems to have chosen a nest.

Then this morning when I went and checked on them an egg had been laid but not in a nest. It looks like whoever laid it just ploped it out and it fell to the floor.

I do not know their ages and don't really want them breeding at this point. Maybe in a year when I know they are generally at a good age to breed.

Should I remove both nests? Why did the female who laid the egg just let it drop to the floor? Will she lay more eggs? I heard the batches can be from 5-10 eggs but it has been a whole day and no more have been laid.

Is kwik stop good to have in my bird supplies?

>>2454446
I usually buy a pound of millet for my one birb

>>2454510
They tend to do that sometimes. It will probably happen again though. I recommend removing the nests for a day or two to see haw they behave

>>2454526
Yes
Broken blood feathers can be fatal

I live in a small one-bedroom apartment. I'm debating on clipping my cockatiels wings because I have many windows and I'm afraid she will hurt herself.

Any advice? Should I do it or not? If not, how to I make sure my bird is safe?

>>2454526
This stuff is awesome for stopping any bleeding, not just on birds.
>Accidentally drop a knife while making dinner one night
>Knife hits point-first on top of my foot, goes way deep, then bounces off a bone and pops back out
>Seriously bleeding all over the floor, gonna have to drive myself at least over to the neighbors and possibly all the way to the hospital in town (Rural life has its ups and downs)
>Don't think I'll be able to drive barefoot while bleeding like this
>Don't think I'll be able to bandage it well enough to stop or slow down the bleeding
>See the kwik stop on the shelf by the back door with the other chicken supplies
>Think, "Eh, why not?"
It burns like a mofo, but it sealed up my gashed foot enough for me to wrap some makeshift bandages around it and then drive 5 miles without ruining the interior of my truck.

>>2455331
I personally don't like to clip my birds wings but in that case it might be necessary

>>2455335
She's very young, about 3 months or so. She's only flown once. I don't want to make her depressed though.

>>2455339
The goal of clipping wings is not to totally remove the ability to fly, it is to limit the speed and distance your bird can cover. I clip my budgies wings starting at the outermost feather and only clip maybe 3 or 4 feathers. They can fly across the room and even put themselves in their cage but they can't fly into windows full speed.

>>2455350
That's really good to hear! Thanks so much for your input. I feel a lot better about it now.

>>2455357
I had an argument with my grandmother about the ethics of clipping, and then she saw they could still fly.

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Just rescued these lil shits. They're amazing.

Do crows feed on other species of birds or just their corpses?

>>2455664
Supposedly crows and owls have a blood feud and murder each other all the time. Not sure if they eat each other though.

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> Drop off shit at a local business
> see a miserable old cockatiel
> fucking nothing in the cage other than sunflower seeds water and a single perch stick
> friend used to work there, says the tiel has been there for a couple of years
> try to offer some advice
> cunt says he's happy

Been thinking about going back and offering some cash for the poor bastard, but it probably won't work knowing her.

>>2455799
Buy it.
Or buy it a toy and actual fucking food.

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>>2455701
>crows and owls have a blood feud

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>>2454548
>>2455964

They seem happy enough in the cage.

I just fed them boiled egg with shell and they seemed to like it.

It also looks like another egg has been laid this time in the nest.

>>2456129
Yeah, you need to remove the nests if you don't want to find eggs all over the place. Cage dimensions seem decent for 4 birds

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>>2456136
I would sat that is an egg.

>>2455910
I have more than enough proper food and toys to spare thanks to my own retarded flock. Gonna leave it if they don't accept.

I'd love to get a large parrot, but I don't know about committing the rest of my life to the little bugger.

>>2456511
Then don't.

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Tell her she's beautiful

https://my.mixtape.moe/fieses.mp4

What the fuck is wrong with the grey chick? Y'all told me she would shut up if I buy her a friend, so I did. Her friend is cool af, just sitting on the swing chilling, while the grey one jumps around and shouts 24/7

>>2456745
Birds make noise cunt.

>>2447741
What kind of boob is that

>>2456511
similar situation. I don't have an issue with long term commitment, but I'm concerned about noise/neighbours and accidental poisoning

I just took my falconry test two hours ago in Wisconsin. Will get my results soon. I think I passed!! I did it, I am surprised I got this far.

>>2456148
OK...

This nest now has 2 eggs in it. I was expecting that. That is fine.

But the other nest... it somehow has 4 eggs in it now...

FUCK!!!

>>2456935
You got a muslim finch, he has thre wives, mashallah.

>>2456935
Finches lay eggs if they have a mate and nest or not. Budgies will only lay if they have an appropriate nest (so I've been told)

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>>2456935
>>2456972
Enjoy the finch invasion

>>2456518
She's blurry. Get a picture of her looking at the camera and I'll probably oblige.

How to tame an African Gray? She is super cute and just recentlystarted talking a little bit, but she doesn't trust me. I like giving her grapes and stuff and let her out of the cage sometimes, but I know I should do more. Advice?

>>2457281
I've been meaning to ask, do grapes have something in them that harms animals or is it just a choking hazard

>>2457289
Grapes are harmful for some mammals but not so much birds. You only need to worry if they're consuming pesticides that were on the grapes.

Onions are bad though which some people try to feed birds, although I throw them out in compost and my chickens avoid eating them on their own.

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>>2456900
Here's a pic of a young female Cooper's hawk from my last club meet!

>>2457289
>>2457299
yeah pesticides are the main worry

wash vegetables and fruits very carefully before handing them to your bird

>>2457299
>>2457307

Thanks. I'm sure they would avoid them on their own if it was bad for them, but I couldn't be sure.

>>2447741
Im looking at getting a bird what kind would you guys recommend

>>2457364
Depends if you've had experience with a bird. Cockatiels are a good starter birb.

>>2456900
Congrats man, what kinda falcon will ya get?

>>2456900
Good luck. First year for me was a wild ride. Wasn't ready, but don't think I ever could have been. Reminds me of how some describe having a baby.

But my current one is pretty and nice and I like her.

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>>2457486
I will be starting with a red-tailed hawk.

>>2457571
I got my results today and passed. Thanks man, I feel like I could have done better but I was happy to finish the test on the first try, some questions were stupid though such as "Who was the author of [x] book?" and I knew I was going to miss those questions.

Now the nerve wracking experience of asking one of my falconry friends to sponsor me. I've already picked a mew location in my yard that gets a lot of eastern sunlight but less western sunlight so the bird can warm up in the morning and stay cooler in the afternoon. What kind of bird do you have now?

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My African Gray

Ive had my budgie for about a week. He's getting used to his cage but hasn't really explored his birdbath too much. What's the best way to keep him clean? Will he freak out if I use a use a spray bottle to mist him through the bars?

>>2457719
2/3 of my birds hate the spray bottle one of them fucking loves it
Depends on the bird, they could love it or it could scar them

>>2457720
Welp. Just tried it. He actually didn't really react too much besides fluttering his wings a couple times.

>>2457759
Well if he hated it he wouldn't have fluttered his wings.

>>2457777
I check your quads and thank you for the help sir.

>>2457692
they look so goofy from the front

i finally got mine to take a bath since he's scared shitless of water

we found that for whatever reason he'll instantly jump in a bowl of water if you turn the vacuum on

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Is it a bad idea to get a corvid as my first pet bird?

>>2457797
Lul that's weird

How easy are domestic pigeons to take care of? There's a breeder show coming up near me and my SO thought it might be fun to raise a couple of the sillier looking ones. I've read that they need an outside and inside cage to be happy, but are there other things that make them more complicated than a parakeet?

>>2457657
Red-tail, going for squirrel. She needs a coping. Current plan is to take it easy until it's closer to the time the leaves come off the trees, but I'll keep an eye on it and if it gets cold fast and I think the foliage isn't too bad I might go out earlier. Already ramping weight down, but she is like 200g over flight weight so it's about time for that anyway. First intermewed bird.

Around here you have to have a sponsor before the test. August is slightly late to start building a mews imo (I didn't finish mine until Dec.), but better late than never.

What game you plan on hunting? How long have you been looking to get into falconry?

>>2458041
Maybe early July, but I was aware falconry was a sport around two years ago but was unable to participate due to lack of land and time.

I'd like to hunt cottontails, but I have no idea what game will work best for whatever bird I end up trapping, maybe it will just be one that doesn't do well with cottontails. The law says you can't retrap as an apprentice (once you take it home/report it). If you end up with a dumb hawk, you either have to release and try again next year or stick with that bird. My falconer friend warned me that he once ended up with a red-tail that didn't stop bating for five weeks no matter what he did and ended up releasing.

Luckily, permits don't pause here if you release but I wouldn't want to miss out on the experience just because I ended up with a hawk that couldn't be manned and wasn't allowed to trap again until next year.

It is late but I am confident in my abilities to build the mew at least, not so much with everything else but hopefully I get there. I am hoping to trap a large female before November, and they do inspections and sending out your permit quickly here so we'll see. I would love to trap a large female but I am probably going to fall in love with the first red-tail I trap and think it's too significant for my first experience trapping to release. Even if I end up with a male.

Grats on intermewing, how was it? What's your permit level? How's having an adult red-tail? I have heard they're harder to work with. Was she a passage or eyass when you got her?

Sorry about a mildly scrambled post, I am a little tired.

>>2457834
Yes

>>2457797
I've heard many stories of birds associating vacuums with bath-time. I imagine they think it's raining when one is turned on, either from just the sound or maybe the vibrations/change in air pressure plays a role

>>2457834
It's a bad idea to get a corvid as a pet in general.

>>2457907
Pigeons are one of the easier birds to care for, I think the hardest part of them is meeting their required cage space because they are pretty large birds. You do need at least two though.

>>2458518
>Need at least two.
That, or be able to be around basically all the time.

>>2458133
Permit level general, year 1. I don't know how ornery she'll be yet, but she has a ways to go to be as bad as my males were. Intermewing is not exactly hard, you just feed the bird and remember to not hunt, I guess. I'm pretty sure nobody does eyass red-tails in the US unless they're getting like a rehab bird, even then I wouldn't want it, an aggro red-tail sounds like a problem I would like to never have.

The later in the year you trap, the more you should think about keeping the first passage you nab. I got my first bird mid-January and in 2 weeks saw 3 passages total out of about 250 birds. By that point a lot have died off, so there's no room anymore for being picky with. Got the first one about a day into trapping, thought "oh I'll get another this one is too small," and wow was that a mistake.

If you have game and don't make supermassive mistakes I think you'll be alright.

Sage advice from the falconer I went trapping with: you find red-tails where there are lots of cotton rats. His advice for finding a place with lots of cotton rats was to look for a place with lots of red-tails.

Shitty wally world binoculars leads to shitty trapping and bumping every bird because you have to get too close. Passage vs. Hag is easier to ID if you can tell the difference without looking at the tail since their wings cover most of the tail when sitting. But I didn't figure out how to do that until trapping my second bird.

Have you been out hunting much? Do you have a particular bird in mind you'd like to have?

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Is it a good idea to put a fountain in a bird cage?

>>2458811
It's going to get messy very quickly.

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>>2447741
My hybrid of 6 years got attack by a fox 3 days ago and died today. We have two fences surrounding the garden. All the other chickens are confused on what to do. It feels bad.

>>2458811
But it's going to get cover in shit

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>>2458689
I haven't been hunting at all, maybe due to only having one falconer near me and he doesn't have a bird right now. I will probably go quite a few times in September before I have the bird.

Ah yeah, I forgot that red-tail eyasses get aggressive despite reading it a couple times.

I have been checking out where passages are hanging out, there's a highway near the capital with huge open fields and tall electrical poles. There's usually a passage on every pole, sometimes even two (nestmates). There's a decent amount near me too but that will probably thin out a lot by the time I am trapping.

Do you mean when I reach general? No, not really. There are a lot of interesting raptors out there, and many come with pros and cons. I can't really determine what would be best for me, I have most game around. Have you tried anything but red-tail? Do you plan to?

Here's a cute pic of a kestrel looking proud. The rest of the time, she was just making noises and wondering where the food was.

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>>2458287
>>2458518
but all black birbs are cool

>>2459085
is it kingfisher?

>>2459128
yeah, in that family. I think it's that bird with the crazy ass call. Kookaburra I think.

i'm having problems making my budgie get on my finger
>>2448296's method doesnt work, he just gets spooked and runs away
i've also tried holding some millet so he'd have to step on my hand to get it but he just ignores it

Ok, so in a couple of years, im planning to get a Blue and Gold Macaw because I find them absolutely beautiful. I read they ate fruits and nuts, need large cages and need to be allowed to roam the house as well.

Here's the catch though: I have mental invalidity. not severe enough I can't be a functional individual, but there are some traces of my behavior that makes me not too sensitive to others. I want the Macaw really badly because it would give me a life companion of a kind, something to grow old with. I don't plan to have a family or GF in my life because of previously mentioned mental disability (i would hate to pass it on to offspring, would rather end my bloodline where it is than have a kid suffer what I got)

what do you guys know in particular about Macaw care?

So we have had a fledgling bird in the backyard for 3 days now. my mother-inlaw has been -obbsesing- over it "is it too cold? does it need food? should i bring it inside?" we have been doing everything we can to keep her from messing with this bird till today. while we were asleep this morning she went out and tried to feed the bird then assumed it was too cold and put it in a box in the shed. we are looking now for the number of a wild animal sanctuary to take care of this. but my question is has the damage been done now? or can i just tell her to fuck off and set the bird free again in the back yard?

Also fuck middle aged woman and animals. I used to work at a shelter when I was younger and they were the ones more often then not we had to rescue animals from.

>>2459080
>>2459082
>>2459083
>>2459084
>>2459085
Australia has the most interesting birds

>>2459719
Man that's sad.

>>2450277
Swift's can't walk or perch like a normal bird. Their feet are too small and they have to cling to vertical surfaces much like a wood pecker. If it's not flying or resting on a vertical surface something is wrong with him.

>>2460011
He was probably ill, rather than simply malnourished and too weak to fly. RIP

How do I humanely euthanize a bird?

>>2460029
If it's too injured, put the poor thing in a Ziploc and gas it with a co2 canister if you have one.
Or you know use a search engine.

>>2460043
So hit it in the head with a hammer?

WHAT UP NIGGERS. BIRDFAG IS BACK AND READY FO IDS

>>2450277
>>2450280
It's fucked. Probably hit a window. Should be put out of its misery. Try to throw it upwards to encourage flight first. (i know this is a week ago)

>>2450886
House Sparrow. Niggers of birds.

>>2451142
Galah

>>2452225
>>2453653
Kakapo <3. And no, they're fucked on the mainland cause of rats n shit.

>>2456972
>>2457059
kek

>>2457301
Nice. Good shit.

>>2459080
Galah & Australian Raven

>>2459082
Maned Duck

>>2459083
fuck these fags

>>2459084
Galah again

>>2459085
Laughing Kookaburra

this thread is real shitty

>>2460126
Glad you showed up to improve it you shit

>>2460126
You and that Andy Sixx motherfucker are probably my two favorite people on 4chan

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wild chicken thing hanging out with mountain goats

>>2459036
> I will probably go quite a few times in September before I have the bird.
Better than nothing. If your confident / know what you want I don't think it'll matter, but from my perspective if I had to evaluate someone's suitability for falconry it would be done watching them in the field and looking into their initiative. For instance, if you get queasy at blood it is a no go, or if the prey dying makes you cry, or you have some kind of legendary incompetence that makes you a danger to grass. (A falconer I knew told a story about taking a lady out who had literally never stepped off of pavement in her entire life.) I feel like most people who would do that probably wouldn't be taking the test in advance, you seem like you know where you're headed. I don't want to come off as too judgy, it's one of my bigger gripes about internet falconers.

Other thing is if you haven't hunted you didn't see the good part.

Have you hunted outside of falconry?

>I have been checking out where passages are hanging out, there's a highway near the capital with huge open fields and tall electrical poles. There's usually a passage on every pole, sometimes even two (nestmates). There's a decent amount near me too but that will probably thin out a lot by the time I am trapping.
Sounds like a plan.

>Have you tried anything but red-tail? Do you plan to?
I've had people shilling goshawks and Harrises. ("Why don't you go trap a Harris?") But I hunt squirrel, and FRT is generally considered optimal for that. I don't want to start experimenting until I feel more competent. Aplomados look cute and I haven't heard bad things about them, so maybe I'll look into that at some point.

>>2447741
Any idea where to get hybrids (not mutations) like in the OP? or rare parrots or softbills in general?

>>2460218

birdbreeders.com

If you get one from a trusted breeder, shipping birds does not hurt them in any way.

>>2460220
as far as I know, there are always mutations, only few people have hybrids and are not usually publicly listed.

Rather looking for specifc contacts, if by any chance any pro or someone acquainted was browsing here

the hybrids, or rare parrots like black cockatoos, kea, or kaka, are not listed publicly. I do know some people mostly wrt mammals, not birbs.

I have for sale a young pair of amazona brasiliensis

>>2460225
to add, the amazona brasiliensis are in the rare category; though this database is not reliable, it has only 14 zoos listed having them (one of these zoos has the pair in question borrowed)
http://www.globalspecies.org/ntaxa/831720

>>2460225
>>2460218
You could always look in the classified ads

>>2460126
>It's fucked. Probably hit a window. Should be put out of its misery.
I know now. It's dead.
>Try to throw it upwards to encourage flight first.
Tried. Could glide, but too weak to fly.

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sup /birb/, I'm in the design stages of a birb enclosure like pic related for 3-5 cockatiels. i intend to use 2-3mm steel for the curved blue section, but as their "hidey hole" is also up against this steel, i am worried about noise should they find themselves in the middle if a heavy rain/hail storm while we're out.

TL;DR, is steel too noisy to put this close to birb? do not want heart attack.

>>2460199
I've heard a lot of good things about goshawks for this area but also that they can be boring because they're just "too good". My state requires special permission for goshawks too for some reason, not sure why. Harris.. as cool as they are, it's just too cold here and I would have to heat the mew/hunting on exceptionally cold days would be impossible. Plus, it would have to come from someone who bred it or I would need to trap it out-of-state (you know how troublesome that would be permit wise!).

I would love to try an owl, I know everyone says they're extremely difficult to train but I love going out at night around here and I can't hawk at night with any other bird. I may just be a one time deal obviously.. because I may find out I can't handle an owl.

I'm not squeamish, don't worry. I am a chicken and pheasant farmer who grew up on a dairy farm. Obviously, I have to kill my meat chickens, shoot vermin, etc.

I enjoy fishing a lot but never did hunting, mostly because I didn't finish hunter's safety until five days ago. I may get deer tags this year and try it out. I had a lot of fun trying a muzzleloader and really want one. The most I've done is just helped clean deer and other dead animals my relatives got. Sometimes, I move dead pheasants and hawks off the road that got hit when I can pull over, just because I respect the birds a lot and would hate to see their corpses continually ran over.

I haven't encountered any squeamish falconers yet, but Wisconsin is a pretty "hillbilly" state when it comes to hunting and it's considered extremely normal. I would be surprised to meet someone who was against killing an animal here.

What are peregrine laws like in your state? What about other laws? Do you have many restrictions on what birds are okay? Falconers can take 2 peregrines per year here and it's first come, first serve basically. Whoever traps it gets it. They are working to raise it to 4 per year.

>>2449769
Quakers are adorable. You have a good birb.

>>2460582
I'm in Texas, so I can just go get a Harris basically, whereas I've only ever seen one gos and one gyr in captivity around here. Bit warm for snow birds.

I mean I haven't really explored owls, but honestly I would find one or five falconers who've done owls and pick their brains first. The only one I know who did one imprinted a EEO and last I heard it doesn't really hunt, and the impression I get is that in spite of its owner having your "I can do it" attitude he in fact could not overcome its unsuitability for falconry.

I suppose main thing with not having hunted before is just generally getting the hang of it. Finding game, scouting the fields, permissions, specific strategies in getting rabbits to move, etc. There's a fair bit to pick up. I know this because I was also from a farm, and I have had to pick it up as I go, and it's ... I don't know what to call it. Not hard, but maybe like sex or something, anyone can, but there's stuff to learn, and it felt weird for a while while just trying to pick up the rhythm, so to speak.

Word on the street is peregrine take may go up to 100+ nationwide, which should give one to almost everyone that wants one. I think it's 10 permits here, 6 in state and 4 out of state, random draw / lottery system.

I got to go down to trap peregrines last fall (helping someone else) and it was great, plan is to go again this year. Saw ... think it was 35 peregrines in one morning. Good stuff. You should go trapping with other people if you can, it's a lot less stressful when it isn't your bird you're trying to get.

For other laws it's basically a copy paste of Fed regs. Lots of apprentices with Harrises, and I have heard something about one with an Aplomado. I'm a pretty big fan of freedom, so I've mostly grown to resent the laws, but what can you do? It's still better than anytime in the last 40 years.

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what bird is this

How to wash untamed budgie guys?

>>2461091
Mist lightly with a spray bottle.

>>2461092
Thx

>>2460904
Location?

It's one of the little Accipiter hawks and they all look similar enough that knowing where you are should make an ID possible.

>>2461247
NW illinois

>>2461384
sharp-shinned hawk

>>2450231

kek

>>2448292
>>2448296
Does this work for lovebirds too? I've got a pair of rosy faced ones, they're very afraid of my hands.

I'm babysitting a canary for a week, and all it does is jumping in a loop between horizontal bars, occasionally stopping to eat.

Is this how canaries are meant to behave?

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ID on this feather? found it at work recently I think it's some kind of Owl but not certain.

(Central Massachusetts)

>>2462004
Nope
But it is what pet birds do.
In the wild they spend most of their time finding food, finding fuck, or preening.

Considering getting pigeons when I get a home I can keep them at. I grew up with chickens, so I know my way around a flock.

Birdseed me on best breeds.

>>2460502
just lay something to dampen impacts over the steel if you're worried about it.

>>2462212
Good luck anon. I'll be getting my own round coomachine soon. I can't help though; I'm as much of a pigeon novice as you are.

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HOW DOES THIS PICTURE MAKE YOU FEEL

>>2462059
Are the edges of the feather soft and fuzzy or somewhat stiff like a normal feather? I can't really tell from the pic.

>>2462831
somewhat stiff, pretty similar to a hawk feather I also have

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This was my bird, he died a few days ago

>>2462901
F

>>2462869
If the edges are stiff then it's another hawk feather. Owl feathers have soft and fuzzy edges so that they fly silently.

Some anon that knows hawk feathers better will have to help you out on what species it came from.

>>2462901
RIP in peace brave warrior

>>2460582
Does anybody use a black or turkey vulture for falconry? I imagine they would need to be trained differently but they are supposed to be really smart birds.

>>2463090
Nigger those are fucking scavengers not birds of prey

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I want to get a Senegal Parrot because I want a cool, intelligent, trainable, exotic pet.

Will I regret it? I'm worried that I'll never have peace and quiet again.

I heard they're supposed to be sort of quiet but I've also heard the opposite. Also I heard if you go on an extended vacation they may hate you when you return.

Thoughts?

>>2463125
If you're planning to go on any extended vacations a(ny) parrot is a bad choice

>>2463136

Usually I never leave more than 10 days at a time (minimum once per year sometimes twice) but I want to do a 1 month backpacking trip at some point.

Does this completely preclude me from having a parrot or is there a way to keep it socialized and not hate me when I return.

Are 10 day trips too much assuming I didn't do the 1 month trip?

Thanks

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>>2463084
word. I work on a golf course and theres a family of Red Tails that hang out around it. If it's a hawk its probably one of them (pic related)

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>>2460126
IM BACK BITCHES FOR A MOTHERFUCKING ID UPDATE

>>2460153
go suck a log

>>2460182
White-tailed Ptarmigan. Good shit!

>>2460904
Cooper's Hawk

>>2461407
lol coop and SS have near-identical ranges in the lower 48 in winter. Sharpies are also smaller, more slender, and have a different-shaped tail.

>>2461798
Crested Pigeons

>>2462059
Red-tailed Hawk. Probably from a juvenile moulting.

>>2462531
Eastern Rosella unless you're a perthfag

>>2462533
Why are these posted in every fucking thread. Fuck them and fuck aussies. You lost a fucking war to Emus. Off yourselves.

>>2462901
That's what happens when you keep birds in a tiny cage with no friends. You should follow it's path.

>>2463153
Yeah they like gold courses as there's a good balance of trees for perching and open areas for hunting.

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>>2463247
Edgy

>>2462901
RIP ;_;

I usually leave bird food outside one of my windows several times a day, most of the birds that come are house sparrows and inca doves. Anyway, like three days ago I found a cat outside of another one of my windows when it was raining, it left after I saw it so I didn't think too much but today I heard a bird screaming and I went outside and saw a little house sparrow all scared on the ground (he can't fly either) and I saw that stupid cat again and now I'm worried what if it knows that tons of birds come to my house everyday? I don't want it trying to eat them... Wat do, /birb/? How do I scare off the cat?

Also, how do I take care of the sparrow? I managed to trick him and got it inside my house but he doesn't let me touch him, should I just leave him food and water and hope he gets better?

>>2463348
>How do I scare off the cat?
.22LR works just fine.
Live trap if you are nogunz

>>2463141
Unless your car reeks of man-made shit and It's hot all of the time, or you're flying, you can take them with you.

>>2463264
aussie detected

I might have lucked out! My zebra finches seem to have stopped incubating their eggs at around the day 10 mark.

So I may not have to deal with babies.

Having said that my house is really warm, about 26C so maybe they don't need to incubate them?

I'll wait 7 more days to see if they hatch, if not I will remove both nests.

>>2457008
>Budgies will only lay if they have an appropriate nest (so I've been told)
wishing this was true.

My little brother has two budgies he never managed to ID gender of and they started laying eggs. Mom insisted they were infertile and not to worry about it before they left on their vacation. Now they returned from vacation and there was one egg left that didn't crack apart, and today he is now freaking out about what the hell he should do because there is a small hole in the egg and he hears occassional noise from the egg. The mother has also stopped sitting on the egg and is constantly staring at the egg from her perch.

So birb general, the gist of it is, what the hell should we do? I am not feeling like he is satisfactorily getting the proper research right now, this egg is sitting on the wire bottoms of the cage and I fear if it does hatch then the little guy will fall between the bars. We have no nesting box, no one thought to prepare for this eventuality so I am stuck coming to you guys for some advice.

BANTI

>>2464331
Fill a small bowl or cardboard box with dried grass and that will do for now. I am not too knowledgeable about the rest. Guess leaving it to the parents should be fine.

>>2460523
Cats and dogs should be switched. There are so many typical dog people who go "eugh but cats are mean and will scratch your face off!" Dogs are the most normie pet.

Do birds require more dedication than dogs?

>>2464270
So last night one of the nests wasn't being used at all. The parents did not sleep in it.

So I removed it.

Checking the eggs with a torch, 2 were not fertilised, 2 had some veins but nothing else, 1 had a tiny lump inside but the egg has a hole in it and I see no movement and the tiny lump doesn't appear to be developed.

The other nest is still being used butall the eggs are covered up with nesting. I'll give it 7 more days and if nothing happens I will remove that one as well.

ALERT
RECAPTCHA HAS BIRD IDENTIFICATION NOW

TOLD ME TO PICK THE WOODPECKERS
THESE WAS ONLY 1 AND IT TOLD ME TO SELECT MORE
ONLY OTHER BIRD HAD A CONE BEAK
THE AI IS READY

>>2447987
Dont fuck with their cages, it's their save spot/home.

>>2464497
>implying birds are somehow not normie
>implying that pic is a scale of what pet is normie
>implying you're not just a buttblasted catfag

>>2464586
Depends on the breed and what you want from the animal, but yes

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Some of my birbs

How do I deal with a newly aggressive parakeet besides separation? About a week ago my male lad started beating the shit out of his ladyfriend, biting her feet, legs and stopping her from eating. I often take her out to let her eat near me and he makes that aggressive chriping and WILL bite me once my hand is inside the cage.
I've been doing what I did when I first got them to make them friendly but it's not working.
I'm going to separate them today but is he a lost cause?

>>2464048
Always flights overseas m8. Basically I wanna know how long a Senegal can be left with somebody else babysitting before I risk having it hate me. Like 1-2 weeks a year is ok I suppose? What about 1 month as a one time trip?

Who has experience with going on vacation and leaving parrot behind?

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Its not clear, shitty phone, but you can see a momoto (actually 2) an a collar dove

Hey guys, my Budgie got sick a few weeks ago and the vet prescribed a drop of a penicillin sort once a day for 7 days. He seemed to be getting better, but now seems to be getting sick again with the same symptons as when we brought him to the vet (fast breathing, tail bopping). It's the weekend and in my area all the vets and the like are closed for the weekend. Would it be acceptable for me to start giving him the dose of penicillin again, or should i wait for monday to come by so i can call the vet? Thanks.

>>2465595
Yes, give him the same dosage as last time.

My family adopted a 4y/o parrot yesterday, because he didn't get along with anybody other than my father. He used to attack the people looking after him, but he warmed up to my dad pretty well.

He seems to hate me in particular, he hates it when I look at him, or talk to anybody while I'm in the same room as him.

Could it be my size that's freaking him out? I'm much taller than my family and I'm bigger built.

>>2465603
Could be. Try bribing him with fruit or greens. If you know his favourite food, that would be perfect.

Can a birb and dog be good friends? Do I pretty much have to raise the bird as a baby to not he terrified of a dog? I have a livestock guardian breed (Great Pyr) who is extremely gentle and protective of small animals, so I was wondering if a bird would be a good addition to the family or if it would die of fear. Obviously wouldn't leave them alone together or force them to interact if they didn't like to, but it would be a nice bonus if they liked to play together.

>>2465256
put him outside and let him starve

>>2448412
Ringnecks are very independent and can be arseholes
Just spend time with him and let him adjust to the others in his own time

>>2459021
Sorry anon :[

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>>2463125
Mine is pretty quiet. He sings and whistles a little in the morning but no real AAAAAAAAAA like other parrots
>>2451297
Also update on this post, he's way calmer now and while he doesn't like to be pet he is always game for a shoulder ride

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>>2453663

>>2465199
why are the chooks so raggedy looking?

whats a nice bird that doesn't obnoxiously screech and shit on things?

>>2466241
Everybody poops, anon.
Pigeon noises aren't too obnoxious though.

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>>2447741
hey guys, could anyone recommend me a cage?
I'm looking for a really big cage that can house 4 budgies and 2 cockatiels.
I do not mind paying lots of money

>>2466294
Budgies need different bar spacing than 'tiels. A cage with bars too wide can cause a budgie to get stuck and struggle, leading to injury or death.

>>2466300
well i'll get 2 separate cages then
what's a good budgie cage and what's a good tiel cage?
given i'll have 4 budgies and 2 tiels

>>2466300
This is true. However, I've kept cockatiels in large cages with smaller bar spacing with no problem.

I also had one cockatiel that managed to stick her head though the bars of a normal cockatiel cage.

(I can't believe I never noticed, FF's spellchecker doesn't recognize cockatiel. But it offers cockatrice as a suggested correction. Now I want a pet cockatrice.)

>>2466304
After a quick Google the max bar spacing for parakeets is also the minimum for cockatiels. As long as the spaces between bars is no more than a half inch just buy the biggest cage you can find. More room for exercise and will let the cockatiels hide from the budgies.

>>2466224
They look like juveniles.

>>2465856

From the anecdotes I've heard, it's far more likely for a parrot to bully a dog than the reverse.

>>2447773
little bastard

>>2447741
Are birds capable of affection towards their humans or are they the same as reptile pets?

>>2466635
Look up "affectionate parrot" on YouTube
There's hundreds of videos of parrots seeking out their human for scratches and cuddles

Just adopted a sun conure from someone and I assumed he'd be difficult to deal with because of the transition, but it turns out he's absolutely lovely.

Here's the thing- he's amazing and sweet and takes to everyone, but I have this one friend and he just hates him right off the bat. I mean drew blood the second he saw him. Is this normal?

>>2466644
Yeah. Sometimes it has to do with some small things like nail polish, cologne, hatred towards a certain gender, height or race and etc.
Sometimes it's because they accidentally hurt them once 12 years ago and they never forgot, sometimes for what seems like no reason at all.
It might not always be like that though.

>>2466241
Depends on the bird.
You can potty train them, but it can also result in them not pooping and getting super backed up which is a big issue.

It just makes it easier to keep a tidy house. Having three birds has made it a lot easier to build up the motivation to keep my house clean. Get a bird stand/tree or two to keep the mess a little contained.

>>2466185
Yeah that's what we've been doing.
He's super attached to me, never aggressive or anything and starting to warm up to one of my siblings.
He still aggressively strikes or does this behavior where he screams, makes really cute noises and lowers his head when he's afraid? of other birds or his reflection.
But we're not in any rush.

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what do y'all think about dressing up birds?

>>2467500
If the birb is plucked because of some disease, that is fine and even keeps the birb warm. If you are doing this because of some retarded fashion sense, please skin yourself.

>>2466368
Why does their religion matter?

>>2460502
You're keeping them outside?

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>>2463100
That hasn't stopped some people out there.

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I've just got one question for you birdies. What the fuck is this duck?

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>>2467979
They've taken over a particular couple of ponds in our neighborhood.

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>>2467979
>>2467982
muscovy ducc

>>2467979
where are you? I wanna say some feral Muscovy, they're popular fowl because of how swole and hardy they are but that means they're invasive in a lot of places now

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>>2467989
North Texas

>>2467987
seems like it

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I've been thinking about getting a Quail, probably keeping it in a rabbit cage or something around that size, but I can't find anything about how social they are, do you guys think a single bird would be ok or should I get a pair? How many do you think could comfortably stay in a cage? I know farming they keep them packed quite dense but I can't really find much about keeping them as house pets.

>>2468045
My dad kept a few quail in a smallish cage for a while, they had a bit of room to walk around though. I would definitely recommend getting more than one, as they are social animals in nature.

Personally, I wouldn't keep them in a cage, a fenced in yard with a coop they can get into at night would probably be better, unless you have lots of stray cats/predators around.

>>2468087
The problem is I live in an apartment so I can't give them any outdoor setup or a tremendous amount of room, at least for now. I was thinking a larger rabbit pen or maybe even a dog kennel would give a pair of them enough room to walk around and a few different places to hide, and give them time outside to roam around the apartment during the day. I have a fair amount of room indoors so I could move up to a full hutch but I don't want that many birds, preferably the minimum amount for them to be happy.

>>2467803
I can imagine owners doing that to try to make the best of a plucked bird scenario, whatever the cause was.

Doubt anyone would purposefully induce their bird to pluck for the sake of fashion.

>>2467022
>hatred towards a certain gender
Does your birb browse /r9k/?

>>2468211
Some owners do it with dogs, so some would with birds. There definitely are plenty of retarded women/homosexuals out there, that just want to stand out at every opportunity.

>>2468487
This

>>2468045
I had 3 and they all fucking died for no reason last week

>>2468665
How old were they? They really don't last that long in general

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can I look at /an/ for memes, or should I stay on /wsg/?

does anyone know what the ideal cage dimensions are for an african grey parrot?
if anyone can recommend me a cage that would be very appreciated

>>2470167
Ideal? An entire room. Some people do this. Minimum would be one of those closet sized cages. Make sure you don't buy a cheapshit one made with nickel plating.

Is there any literature about the reason why birds pluck when they're stressed (as opposed to doing something else)?