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Post subject: Re: Caring for new chicks and parent birds  Posted: Sun Feb 01, 2015 1:45 am |
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Ok I'm showing my ignorance here.... Please, someone explain, what colour id pied? In simple terms please I'm awaiting a baby budgie colour pied? Is whitish, yellowish creamish or what? OMG Im dull 
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Post subject: Re: Caring for new chicks and parent birds  Posted: Sun Feb 01, 2015 8:05 am |
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Let me tell you how I understand it (no guarantee my understanding is correct) Normally all tiels should be gray. As a result of mutations some pigments that are making up gray in the feathers is gone which results in "no color" in those spots, or what appears yellow to us. Basically being pied means missing some normal (gray) pigments.
I can see that at least one baby will be pearl or cinnamon pearl - the one who is on the front of the first picture. Can't say yet with 2 youngest.
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Post subject: Re: Caring for new chicks and parent birds  Posted: Sun Feb 01, 2015 8:10 am |
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yesterday I was handling raw chicken preparing to cook it and one tiel almost landed on the chicken which I think means that smell is attractive to them. They land on the plate while I am preparing rice with eggs. I have read they can have cooked chicken, turkey, etc. I really want to get away from eggs for some time, I wonder of I could offer them some well cooked chicken. I even boiled a piece for them without salt.
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Post subject: Re: Caring for new chicks and parent birds  Posted: Sun Feb 01, 2015 10:29 am |
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they were not interested in chicken at all. I disagree, one chick is the same pearl! Unless its considered pied as well.
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Post subject: Re: Caring for new chicks and parent birds  Posted: Sun Feb 01, 2015 3:44 pm |
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Jan wrote: My birds luv cooked chicken, turkey and also some fish all cooked. no salt when cooking?
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