Birds - June 2006

The mom still comes back and is turing the eggs. Do birds have instinct if the eggs are not going to hatch?

2006-06-20 06:40:26 · 13 answers · asked by Rhonda L 2

I have to parakeets, both male, I am getting two female parakeets this weekend I have two cages, each i will put a male and a female in. I was just wondering, what I need to do... I want to breed each pair, do i need a nest box, hay, what should i feed them, what I need to do to make sure that when she lays the eggs the babies will be ok thanks a bunch kim

2006-06-20 05:55:03 · 6 answers · asked by Kimmy 3

i have three budgies and they shed like crazy,i have been giving them molting food.but it does;nt seem to help.i was told that all you can do for them any ideas.its affecting my breathing.help!!.i dont want to get rid of them but unless i can find something to help im going to have too.

thank you kathy

2006-06-20 04:40:16 · 6 answers · asked by kwaynedglvr 2

I've noticed that every time I go outside of my house when there are birds near my house, they hear me coming out and fly away. According to my dad, he says that birds have excellent hearing, and they can be startled at any particular movement or sound coming into their direction. Well, I want to take pictures of birds and I was hoping if anybody has a tip as to how I can capture one species of bird on camera without making a sound to frighten them.

2006-06-20 02:56:07 · 13 answers · asked by killerwhalesrule19 3

I have placed them outside but all they do is sit where I place them how can I get them to feed on their own and fly?

2006-06-20 00:59:44 · 5 answers · asked by bonnie e 1

My mother adopted two baby ducks after their mother was hit by a car. Around the same time, someone gave her a baby chicken, just a little bit older than the ducks. (She lives in the country). The ducks immediatly latched onto the chicken (which turned out to be a rooster). There are two small and one large pond by Mom's house and she wants the ducks to move from her yard to the ponds. However, the ducks are scared of the water (maybe since their mother never took them in?). They even throw a fit if you spray them with a water hose and won't go near the sprinklers in the yard. Is there anyway to get the ducks used to the water?

2006-06-19 16:02:26 · 4 answers · asked by yogazen 4

mother robin has been killed. Babies approx 1 wk old. how to care for them

2006-06-19 08:42:36 · 8 answers · asked by Leslie R 1

2006-06-19 08:29:29 · 8 answers · asked by Steve B 1

2006-06-19 08:08:30 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-06-19 08:01:15 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

difference between sparrows, love birds, etc.

2006-06-19 06:20:22 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

they are pooping in our pool

2006-06-19 05:18:45 · 13 answers · asked by emeleve89 1

I have just purchused a budgie recently and she is quite nervous she has went on my hand a couple of times.

2006-06-19 03:13:20 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-06-18 23:34:10 · 13 answers · asked by sailor 1

2006-06-18 17:10:44 · 8 answers · asked by penny stomper 1

2006-06-18 15:58:37 · 2 answers · asked by bking507 1

It is about 1 week from being able to fly.

2006-06-18 14:03:07 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous

We had a feeling it would fall.We watched it go in and out of house and sure enough it fell into the wheelbarrow I placed under the house with a folded tarp inside to pad it's fall.We tried putting it back without touching it but either it or it's sibling has fallen and made it to the ground.
Mama bird has'nt been seen all day.Don't know
how old they are but they have their wing and tail feathers rest of their body is down covered.
Mama bird made it back to nest every few minutes yesterday.Don't know if it's time for them to be on their own or if somethings happened to her.Need to know what to feed as this one's obviously hungry and does'nt seem to care that we're not birds.Have'nt touched it but it's sitting inside a trash can on the back porch for it's own safety at the moment chirping loudly.
HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2006-06-18 13:18:38 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-06-18 12:23:01 · 9 answers · asked by c.k. w 1

As soon as a hen sits down to lay an egg, how long does the process take, from when she sits till she pushes the egg out???

2006-06-18 09:55:38 · 7 answers · asked by countrygirlgf 2

The eggs are a clutch, the individuals are ducklings, but what about the group? (i.e., dogs have litters of puppies)

2006-06-18 06:55:40 · 18 answers · asked by mortgage maven 2

And if so,where is it?

2006-06-18 06:35:11 · 23 answers · asked by Einstein 7

A couple of years ago I found a handicap conure in a bird shop and fell in love with him, so I paid $200 for him and have taken care of him ever since. We took him to the vet last month and he is severly underweight, he can't use his feet to eat because they are paralyzed, so we changed his diet. However he is still severly uinderweight, he eats a lot - has fresh food and water everyday, but still is not getting enough to eat.

If he's suffering how terrible would it be to have him euthanized?

2006-06-18 03:42:36 · 3 answers · asked by sprklng74 2

2006-06-18 03:15:30 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

Its got all its feathers but its still very young looking.. its about a foot away from the tree where its nest is in. the nest is about 6 feet in the tree. the mother is sitting on the nest. its still alive and looking around but its breathing kind of heavy i think. probably because its in the sun. help! i dont want it to die! do i wait for the mom to leave and then put on gloves and put the baby back, or do you think the mom pushed the baby out because it was too old or because there was something wrong with it? what should i do?

2006-06-18 02:37:56 · 19 answers · asked by Eileen 5

2006-06-18 01:24:37 · 11 answers · asked by fungirl1940 1

also are they social birds ?

2006-06-17 21:36:41 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

The robin (marvin) is now in a box and has survived 24 hrs with birdseed and water. I let him out into my backyard and another (momma) robin attended to him for several hours providing him with worms and such. His only apparant disability is a rather large wing feather which is bent severely aside. I don't know whether to pluck it, place it back in line, or leave it be. Further, all birds of differing specie left Marvin alone today but I have no idea what to do with him ultimately. I know that him becoming dependent on me is out of the question so I have not interacted except to save him from the cats and to place him back into the box from the backyard (I have a German Shepherd and I can't imagine them getting along) after dark. Right now I need emergency wild bird tips and exit strategies.

2006-06-17 17:30:57 · 15 answers · asked by texaspicker0 3

2006-06-17 16:41:46 · 34 answers · asked by val 1

How can you determine the gender of a lovebird visually?
Is there a way to do this without actually hurting, operationg, or touching the bird?

2006-06-17 16:34:48 · 4 answers · asked by bataS 1