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Post by annague » Tue Mar 15, 2011 5:39 pm

If I had to pick a word to describe your aviary, Colorin, I would call it 'serene'. Birds are great stress relievers most of the time, aren't they? :) Thanks so much for sharing! =D>
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Post by colorin » Sat Mar 19, 2011 11:12 am

these chicks are soooo naughty!
Poor plant...
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and poor bamboo too.. it might end up with no leaves at all :-(
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but they seem to be happy and that's what really matters!
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Post by debbie276 » Sat Mar 19, 2011 1:06 pm

Love the pictures!
Naughty birds :lol:
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http://www.naturallighting.com/cart/sto ... sc_page=56

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Re: parents must be split for something...

Post by CandoAviary » Sat Mar 19, 2011 2:22 pm

Looks like my spider plants #-o
They love to nibble, shred, play, and uproot... but like you say, at least they are happy :lol:

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Post by colorin » Sat Mar 19, 2011 2:38 pm

uproot... yes, I had a pot where I planted cat grass, for several weeks I watered it, I waited until it was all green and lovely and placed it in the aviary. In just a couple of days it was eaten/shredded/uprooted. All gone :cry:

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Re: parents must be split for something...

Post by annague » Mon Mar 21, 2011 8:30 pm

Such cute little bad finches! :lol:
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Post by MLaRue » Mon Mar 21, 2011 10:28 pm

What a gorgeous bunch of babies! I love the pictures :)

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Post by colorin » Thu Mar 24, 2011 11:03 am

now again, those two chicks that had a paler green when fledged.. this is one of those. It's still paler than the others, in the picture it looks almost yellow, but it's not. It's just a lighter green
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and this is my small apple tree... well, whatever it's left of it!
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Post by colorin » Thu Mar 24, 2011 11:06 am

and some more pics:
a male singing:
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a hen that might be missing her "husband":
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a chick's tongue:
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Post by lovemyfinch » Thu Mar 24, 2011 11:14 am

Those are just too cute =D>
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Post by MLaRue » Thu Mar 24, 2011 12:37 pm

Lovely pictures :D

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Re: parents must be split for something...

Post by debbie276 » Thu Mar 24, 2011 1:00 pm

Adorable!!
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Green
SF Pastel (SF Yellow)
Pastel (Yellow)
Blue
SF Pastel Blue (SF Yellow Blue)
Pastel Blue (Yellow Blue)

GREAT articles on avian lighting:
https://mickaboo.org/confluence/downloa ... ummary.pdf
http://www.naturallighting.com/cart/sto ... sc_page=56

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Post by 6finchfriends » Tue Mar 29, 2011 7:01 pm

You must be very proud of your bounty! Your birds and babies are so beautiful and healthy looking. Love all the photos!
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Re: parents must be split for something...

Post by annague » Tue Mar 29, 2011 7:30 pm

Awwww.... special pictures of beautiful birds... :)
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Re: parents must be split for something...

Post by ac12 » Tue Mar 29, 2011 10:19 pm

It is fun when you get a surprise that you were not expecting.

I had a pair of what I thought were RH-PB/WB-YB. I got 2 chicks out of them before the hen died :( ; RH-WB-YB (yay, it what I was breeding for), then the surprise OH-PB-YB. The breeder told me they were /WB but did not say they were /OH. Now I'm sad that the hen died, as it will be hard to duplicate this again w/o 2 different hens RH-WB-YB to get my WB and OH-PB/WB-YB to get another OH.

I had another pair OH-PB-GB male, BH/YTB-PB-GB hen. The chicks were OH-PB-GB and LB-PB-GB. The LB was a real nice surprise to me. So both parents were /LB. But this time I lost the male. :(

The LB hen is promised to a friend. I have other color combos that have higher priority for my few breeder cages. I'm just waiting for the weather to get warm enough to ship her.
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