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 Post subject: Re: My flock
PostPosted: Thu Sep 03, 2015 11:19 am 
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anybody ever had any similar experience with wildlife that got too close to your birds, and what did you do about it?
I am thinking, when people have birds in outdoor aviaries, and they are not watching the aviary 24/7... anything possible, right? I know wildlife won't get inside the aviary, but can get real close scaring the birds.



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 Post subject: Re: My flock
PostPosted: Thu Sep 17, 2015 3:36 pm 
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one of my female babies from the first clutch wants to mate. I guess she is not a baby anymore. Older clutch will be a year old in the mid October



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 Post subject: Re: My flock
PostPosted: Thu Sep 17, 2015 3:48 pm 
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You're lucky they waited this long. My babies get horny at an earlier age.



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PostPosted: Thu Sep 17, 2015 6:15 pm 
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Well, her boyfriend hasn't responded so far



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PostPosted: Fri Sep 18, 2015 7:23 pm 
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what happens when they start mating? would they lay eggs?



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 Post subject: Re: My flock
PostPosted: Fri Sep 18, 2015 9:22 pm 
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Very likely. It will be best if you use hormone control to make them lose interest in breeding, since her mate must be one of her brothers or her father. If eggs are actually laid you will need to prevent them from hatching.



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PostPosted: Tue Oct 13, 2015 6:36 pm 
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On Thursday my older babies are turning 1 year old! (well, most of them, 3 out of 4 if speaking exactly, with the fourth following them in 2 days)
Not much is going on. One of the younger baby girls is flirting with Trillie, the father. I don't see much response from him. One of the older baby boys is following his mom Cuddles everywhere. Stella, the pearl, isn't asking for sex anymore.



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PostPosted: Mon Nov 16, 2015 1:48 pm 
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Finally Tater Tot figured out how to mate with Stella (his sister) and now they mating. I saw it happening a few times... Any advice? I am increasing nights but I guess it doesn't help much.
I don't know what to expect when/if she decides to lay eggs. More than a year ago her mom found a nesty spot on the book case and laid eggs there, protecting them and being aggressive. I wonder what this pair is going to do.



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If long nights don't work and you can't keep them apart, then it's likely that she'll lay eggs. There are several options for preventing the eggs from hatching. You can boil or freeze the eggs and then give them back to the parents, or you can replace them with fake eggs. http://dummyeggs.com/



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PostPosted: Mon Nov 16, 2015 4:53 pm 
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thanks.
But I shouldn't take eggs completely away, right?



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