Pages

▼
Saturday, February 27, 2010

Defeating Moths

›
Moth eggs and larvae seem to always be in parakeet seed, probably in other forms of bird seed too. When introduced into your house they can...
Sunday, February 21, 2010

Brand New Eggs Can Wait ...

›
This is Rivka, a Scarlet-chested parakeet hen, better known as a Splendid parakeet. Rivka has laid her first egg in this clutch. She doesn...

Choosing Names

›
I talked a bit about naming birds in the past, and thought I'd elaborate. I want to remember the parentage of birds kept as breeders. We...
Wednesday, February 17, 2010

A Parakeet Health Risk

›
If you keep other birds along with your grass parakeets, there’s something you should know. I learned about it the hard way when we lost ...

Bourke & Splendid Relationships

›
The following question came from a gentleman in Delaware: "I was wondering if you could post some thoughts on your BLOG about Bourkes ...
Tuesday, February 9, 2010

Joined Bird Breeders Site

›
http://www.birdbreeders.com/   Registered as "Windy Ridge Rosies" !!! Very interesting site.
Monday, February 8, 2010

Photos Compliments of Others

›
This baby Splendid was rescued and is being hand fed by Debbie in San Diego. Not all new parent birds realize they must feed their young. My...
Monday, February 1, 2010

Now There Are Three

›
       My last post shows a single baby in the photo. She now has two siblings. These photos taken today, February 1, 2010, show three baby ...
Wednesday, January 27, 2010

Brand New Out of the Egg

›
Cherry's no longer young, and she still hatched this little fellow only moments ago. I noticed her out of the nest being fed by her mate...

Current Two Clutches

›
Hand feeding the older two babies.  Banded the two smaller ones yesterday at 8 & 10 days of age. Notice the soft fuzz that covers baby B...
Thursday, January 21, 2010

Hand Feeding Answers…

›
I’ve been asked if I have a way of knowing the appropriate weight of baby parakeets as they grow (specifically Splendids). Honestly, I’ve ne...
11 comments:
Tuesday, January 19, 2010

Hand Fed Baby Bourke Parakeets

›
The tiny Bourke in the photo with two eggs hatched the day the photo was taken, Jan. 18, 2010.  His head is facing downward so that only his...
Wednesday, January 13, 2010

More on Incubation – What We Did Wrong

›
I researched incubation of eggs and decided that, although the maintenance temperature for our Bourke parakeet eggs was okay, when they star...
2 comments:
Tuesday, January 12, 2010

Informative BOURKE BOOK

›
          This book was published in the UK in 1997. My husband found this copy for me in 2006 on Half.com. It’s not a large book and I’ve d...
Friday, January 8, 2010

Four in a Row

›
Our Fabulous Four are being split up today. Three are being sold. One stays. I can’t part with all of them. The three who are leaving will b...
Wednesday, December 30, 2009

No time to write, but more bird photos

›
Pinks with my hand are the Fabulous Four ... promised to a buyer on Jan. 8 ... I'll miss them! The three birds, two Bourkes and a Sple...
Friday, December 25, 2009

Egg Results...

›
It would seem that the little guys in the eggs being incubated weren't strong enough to make it out of their shells. Sad. I heard pippin...
1 comment:
Thursday, December 24, 2009

Merry Christmas

›
Merry Christ's Mass ... the reason for the Season.  God Bless one and all ... especially those too small to care for themselves.  Love a...
Friday, December 18, 2009

Incubated Eggs...

›
As an update... The two eggs are still moving inside and alive. Whether they hatch or not will depend upon the strength of the babies. Since...
Monday, December 14, 2009

Homemade Egg Incubator ...

›
Problem: An egg-bound hen with two abandoned fertile eggs. She’s fine now, and I’ll review how we helped her lay that egg in another blog. ...
5 comments:
Friday, December 11, 2009

Feeding the Fabulous Four!

›
Mama hatched all four of her Rosy Bourke eggs! Babies are doing fabulously ... each with a different personality, and all sweet and adorable...
Tuesday, December 8, 2009

BIRDS & CATS

›
I grew up with birds and dogs. It never occurred to me that birds, especially small ones, would be safe around cats. In fact, I was stunned ...
Saturday, November 28, 2009

›
Our first babies this Fall. Mom with four youngsters. All are one to two weeks old.
Friday, November 27, 2009

Thanksgiving Dinners to Shut-ins

›
This isn't going to be about birds... For the past five Thanksgivings, my husband and I have delivered meals to shut-ins. The turkey din...
Thursday, November 19, 2009

Privacy Please ...

›
Mated bliss photos show male on top of hen below. Spicy, is a tame male Bourke with normal coloring. He is also the tiny, newly hatched chi...