HELLO ALL!
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| These lovely Rosy Bourke babies are for sale. All are hand fed and banded. |
I've been so busy with my novel, "Cast Me Not Away," that is to be published soon, that I've not been able to do my favorite past time: blogging here.
Another time consumer: I agreed to hand feed baby Bourkes for two people. When I do this, I don't normally ask for a deposit. Feeding baby Bourkes is an act of love, but time consuming and more expensive than with parent fed babies, so I should take a deposit.
I removed two of Fuchsia's offspring and two of Rosie's to hand feed. They are ready, but the buyers are not. As has happened before, one said, "Oh, I thought North Bend was near Bend." Bend is in Eastern Oregon far from the south coast of Oregon where I live, near Coos Bay. No matter how often I emphasize where I am, there are still mistakes. The other buyer had a family emergency. Does happen.
So, I have four pretty babies waiting for new homes. Also have some parent fed Bourkes that I'll let go for $75 each or the very tame, hand fed youngsters are $125 each. Also, have two adult bachelors, both red-eyed opaline fallow Rosies that I'll consider selling. Both were hand fed and very tame. Kept them for a Lutino hen, but she's now paired with a Normal brown fellow.
I cannot ship. It's too far to PDX. I will meet people south of us in Coquille or Bandon, Oregon, or north of us to Reedsport or possibly Florence. We will be making a trip to Eugene in August if I still have birds at that time. More are coming, but they will be parent fed. I band all birds with closed bands giving hatch number, year of hatch and our initials: EGL.
If interested, write to me at: rosie.birds@gmail.com
Peace & Blessings!
Hi I have hand reared before but not Bourks I was wondering do the chicks take to a spoon as readily as a dropper or syringe as I prefer the spoon method thanks so much.
ReplyDeleteHello Carol, Bourke Parakeets under 2 weeks of age eat readily, but their beaks are tiny, so a spoon might prove difficult. When older than 2 weeks, they sometimes need to have food forced into their beaks the first few times. They're used to parent feedings. It's a lot easier to do that with an eye dropper. Try a spoon if you want to, but keep an alternative handy. Also, lots of tissues and warm water for clean up. Smile.
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