Female Cordon Blue with a Lovely Song

[shirleyo]

just acquired 2 CB's to accompany my 2 CB males who lost their mates. My one new female has a wonderful song -- my other females did not, only the males sing. Is this unusual? Thanks for whatever thoughts you may have.

[Sally]

Cordon Bleu hens do sing, though most of them do not have as good a song as the males. And I find that all my CBs have somewhat different songs, they still sound like CBs, but individual tunes. If you have your CB pairs together in a cage, the males will fight--if they are in a large, well-planted aviary, they may get along. The other thing I noticed is that you have lost and replaced both your hens. It may have been from natural causes, but I find that my CB hens were particularly prone to eggbinding. With plenty of eggfood with cod liver oil and wheat germ oil added, I don't seem to have that problem anymore.

[shirleyo]

Thanks for the info. My females passed sometime ago, and amazingly, the 2 males rarely fight -- they seemed to try to out sing each other. I had them with 2 white headed nuns, just lost the female -- they are my favorite birds and cannot find any in all of NJ. One of the 2 new CB females, seems to have bonded with a Mannekin which I bought at the same time from a breeder, here. The breeder recommended it since I cannot find a Nun, but my remaining Nun does not seem interested-- no hostility thou.

[solo_birdlover]

Yeah, each individual CB seems to have its own different way of singing, though not totally different from the main tune. You're lucky to have a female that sings.