10-23 New Pictures of my Rosey Bourkes

grassland09 · Post by **grassland09** » Sat Oct 23, 2010 7:06 am

Congratz

i must say you are very fortunate to be able to keep so many species of birds

cindy · Post by **cindy** » Sat Oct 23, 2010 7:31 am

Totally tolerant husband!!!!!!!

Thank you

cldheath44 · Post by **cldheath44** » Sat Oct 23, 2010 8:26 am

Congratulations, Cindy. They are absolutely adorable!

Christine

cindy · Post by **cindy** » Sat Oct 23, 2010 8:34 am

Thank you, Christine.....hope all is good with you and your flock!

MLaRue · Post by **MLaRue** » Sat Oct 23, 2010 11:37 am

They are so cute

FeatherHarp · Post by **FeatherHarp** » Sat Oct 23, 2010 12:32 pm

cindy wrote:Deborah that is a very nice pair of Bourkes, it is hard to tame down an older adult bourke if it was never handled or handfed. If they are over a yr and you plan to breed them, pull the chicks and feed out when they are two weeks old, I spoon feed opposed to syrine. if you handle the babies alot you will get tame bourkes that aren't flighty.

Thanks for the advice Cindy. I probably won't try to breed them since I don't know how old they are. But I do want to try to tame them if possible. I have read older ones can be tamed but we will see about that.

I will let you know how it goes.

poohbear · Post by **poohbear** » Sat Oct 23, 2010 1:37 pm

My three young 'uns are about ready to leave the nest...noisy little devils when begging.Shame all five didn't make it...that would have made a picture.I'll post pics when they are on the perch.
Hope you get as much pleasure from yours Cindy.

JohnBoy · Post by **JohnBoy** » Sat Oct 23, 2010 5:05 pm

Cindy, They are precious! Cindy's Aviaries is growing.

cindy · Post by **cindy** » Sat Oct 23, 2010 10:28 pm

John, I almost got two lineolated parakeets...my friend breeds them as well. He has some beautiful mutations and has won best in show for some. I resisted....next time

The bourkes are so cute, if you walk by their cage they stick their wings up in the air and run to you chirping...so cute, they are settling in nicely.

cindy · Post by **cindy** » Sun Oct 24, 2010 2:49 pm

The bourkes are settling in nicely, coming to the door of the cage and eating right out of my hand. They greet you with little soft chirps as you enter the room.

The pictures show a little patch of feathers missing from each of their chests, this is from the feathers that were needed for sexing.

CandoAviary · Post by **CandoAviary** » Sun Oct 24, 2010 2:51 pm

They look like happy campers

As a grasskeet owner I have yet to find a forum dedicated to these birds..... Do you know of one?

cindy · Post by **cindy** » Sun Oct 24, 2010 3:03 pm

I thought I found one a while ago , I'll look and get back to you. I know it is out there!

cindy · Post by **cindy** » Sun Oct 24, 2010 3:07 pm

http://forums.avianavenue.com/aussie-gr ... keets.html

Canadace this one looks most current, some have the most recent postings are a few yrs old.

On the one above there are pictures of Scarlet chested mutations to die for...stunning is not the word!

CandoAviary · Post by **CandoAviary** » Sun Oct 24, 2010 3:22 pm

Thanks for the link

cindy · Post by **cindy** » Sun Oct 24, 2010 3:35 pm

Candace it seems the grassparakeets are gaining in popularity again...we may need to start a forum for them!!! My friend is adding a few more pairs to his collection

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