My Blue Breasted Cordon Bleus

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My Blue Breasted Cordon Bleus

Post by cldheath44 » Sat Apr 24, 2010 10:12 am

As many of you know, I recently picked up a pair of Blue Breasted Cordon Bleus. They have settled in nicely and are doing very well! They do seem to be a little sensitive to cage changes, noise levels, etc.

For a couple of days I had a bit of a scare with my male though. One day (my first day back to work after getting them) he was all puffed up and looking pretty raggy. I started getting nervous, but then decided to see if he was ruffled because of the location they were in. Their temporary cage was in the living room, where our dwarf rabbit's cage is. Freckles (the rabbit) can be pretty loud when he is jumping up and down from the first and second story of his cage. :shock: I wondered if maybe the noise level was the issue, so I moved the BBCBs to a quieter spot in another room. After about an hour, the male BBCB seemed just a touch less ruffled. I wanted to put a heat lamp near him but unfortunately I didn't have another working clamp light. :( So I decided to leave them there and see how he did. [-o< Luckily by the next morning he was only a touch ruffled, and by the time I came home from work he looked great!

A couple of days later the cages I'd ordered came in and I moved them into their new home. This time the female was ruffled (though not as much) for several hours. Luckily she settled in by morning and they have been doing great since! Here are a few pics!

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Post by L in Ontario » Sat Apr 24, 2010 11:01 am

Pretty looking fids! Congratulations!! =D>

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Post by cindy » Sat Apr 24, 2010 11:24 am

They look beautiful, Christine! They look very happy in their new home.

I know you must have been concerned, I am glad everyone is fine and doing well!

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Post by Chris103 » Sat Apr 24, 2010 4:34 pm

They look great Christine! They seem to be a bit harder to sex than the other Cordons. I'm hoping to get a pair of these guys soon but I'll have to wait until my parents go out of town so I can sneak them in the house :lol: Any idea of their age? Are they wild caught?
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Post by lovemyfinch » Sat Apr 24, 2010 4:50 pm

They are very pretty Christine. =D>
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Post by cldheath44 » Sat Apr 24, 2010 6:19 pm

Thanks for the nice compliments, everyone! :D

Chris103-----I got them from a local breeder, who was at the recent WMass Bird Expo. (She's actually the same breeder I got my Goldbreasts from.) She told me they are '09 birds, though they are not close banded. :| It's not as apparent in the pics, but you can tell them apart pretty easily. The female is a softer blue, and she has a cream belly. :D

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Post by cldheath44 » Sat Apr 24, 2010 6:32 pm

A couple more pics to illustrate what I mean by the cream belly. Actually they both have cream on the belly, but the female's starts higher up and the male's is lower towards the vent.

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Post by CandoAviary » Sat Apr 24, 2010 11:39 pm

Such pretty birds. The blue breasted are my favorite of the cordons.

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Post by Chris103 » Sun Apr 25, 2010 2:27 am

Thanks for the extra pics! I can see the difference now :D
Beautiful birds!
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Post by cldheath44 » Sun Apr 25, 2010 6:50 am

Chris103 wrote:Thanks for the extra pics! I can see the difference now :D
Beautiful birds!
You're welcome. Glad that helped! :D

Christine
Members of my zoo: Goldbreasts, Owls, Orange cheeks, Spices, Shafttails, ST canary, Saffron, Eur. Goldfinch, lutino keet, Gouldian, BBCB's, Scarlet Chested Parakeet, Green Twinspots, Bourke, 4 Pomeranians, 2 fish tanks, 1 leopard gecko, 1 turtle, 2 frogs, 1 mini lop rabbit, 8 chickens, 2 ducks and my 9 year old son! :)

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Post by cindy » Mon Apr 26, 2010 9:55 am

Very pretty, Christine. They look great...hopefully yours wll breed faster than mine do.

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Post by cldheath44 » Mon Apr 26, 2010 7:31 pm

cindy wrote:Very pretty, Christine. They look great...hopefully yours wll breed faster than mine do.
Thanks, Cindy! We'll see........ [-o<

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Members of my zoo: Goldbreasts, Owls, Orange cheeks, Spices, Shafttails, ST canary, Saffron, Eur. Goldfinch, lutino keet, Gouldian, BBCB's, Scarlet Chested Parakeet, Green Twinspots, Bourke, 4 Pomeranians, 2 fish tanks, 1 leopard gecko, 1 turtle, 2 frogs, 1 mini lop rabbit, 8 chickens, 2 ducks and my 9 year old son! :)

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Post by Jenholt » Mon Apr 26, 2010 7:55 pm

oooh they are so pretty! now I want a pair LOL

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Post by PearBlossom » Wed Apr 28, 2010 10:04 am

Gorgeous! I love Cordon Bleus! :D
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Re: My Blue Breasted Cordon Bleus

Post by cldheath44 » Wed Apr 28, 2010 7:51 pm

Thanks for the nice comments, Jenholt and Amy! :D

Christine
Members of my zoo: Goldbreasts, Owls, Orange cheeks, Spices, Shafttails, ST canary, Saffron, Eur. Goldfinch, lutino keet, Gouldian, BBCB's, Scarlet Chested Parakeet, Green Twinspots, Bourke, 4 Pomeranians, 2 fish tanks, 1 leopard gecko, 1 turtle, 2 frogs, 1 mini lop rabbit, 8 chickens, 2 ducks and my 9 year old son! :)

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