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Wednesday, January 4, 2012

A New Song in the House - Gouldian Finches

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 Our new Lady Gouldian finches. Young and not fully colored yet. We visited another bird breeder yesterday, and spent over 8 hours in t...
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Thursday, December 29, 2011

Program Progress of Partial Hand Feeding Coupled With Parent Feeding

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Fuchsia and Flame's two youngest. I blame it on the holidays … smile. I’ve not been hand feeding these baby Bourkes as often as...
Friday, December 23, 2011

BABY BOURKE PARAKEETS, TAMING AND FEEDING

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Hello All, These are about the best age to begin hand feeding. Both are Rosies, but one has pink eyes.  I can't believe I haven...
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Friday, December 9, 2011

Raising Bourkes, a Question from Sarah

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Sarah writes:  " Hi - I have just purchased 2, 5ish week old bourkes to finish hand raising (they're the blue mutation and I could...
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Avian Connection and eBay ads are up.

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As an FYI, I posted an ad on eBay's classified ads, Kijji, and also on Avian Biotech. You can post there too. Here are their links:  Ki...
Sunday, December 4, 2011

Lutino Bourke Parakeets ... On a Happy Note.

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These beautiful photos were contributed by Jill Warnick. Thank you, Jill. The parents of this clutch of four babies are a Rosy Bourke...
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Egg Hatching Update to Previous Post

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In spite of his mother's assistance, this baby didn't survive. His four older siblings did. Fuchsia's fifth egg didn'...
Saturday, December 3, 2011

Question for my Reader/Breeders...Smile.

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Fuchsia, 12/03/11. Four babies and an egg hidden under her. Hello All, This morning I checked Fuchsia's nest box while she was ou...
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Friday, December 2, 2011

ROSY BOURKE PARAKEET BABIES, December 2, 2011

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Rosie had four eggs. Three hatched, but only these two survived. White circle around babies are their own droppings. Rosie and Pretty B...
Thursday, November 24, 2011

Rosy Bourke Hens in nests, November, 2011

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Photo taken Nov. 18 of Rosie on four eggs. Rosie laid four eggs. The first baby to hatch lived for less than a day. Not sure why, but its...
Thursday, November 17, 2011

CATS and HUMMINGBIRDS, Hummer Update

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Admittedly, this photo is borrowed from Google. Aren't they pretty? Yesterday as I replaced a refilled hummingbird feeder, a little ...
Monday, November 14, 2011

Breeding Bourkes

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Bourke Parakeets, unlike Splendids and some others, are eager to raise a second and third clutch of baby birds. Hens will return to the nest...
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Friday, November 11, 2011

USA Veteran's Day, Nov. 11

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In Memory of all our brave men and women in uniform. God Bless them all, past and present.
Thursday, November 3, 2011

Splendid Comments on Bourkes and Scarlet-Chested Parakeets

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I’ve been asked if Splendids, also known as Scarlet-Chested Parakeets, are difficult to keep. I didn't want to part with this little g...