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@foster-the-beeple
This baby is determined - I took it away from mom and gave it to another hen in a totally different pen. Go back a few hours later and it’s missing. Can’t find it anywhere. Till I go to the original mom and there it is, hanging out with her, somehow having gone thru two separate fences to get there.
How, child?
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although I'm not doing a lot of fostering these days, I'm coming back to Tumblr while Twitter burns to the ground.
My Tumblr has changed name from "talkatiels" to "foster-the-beeple" for ease of finding me
Ill be sure to relearn Tumblr and produce some content
I want to name him Coobird and nick says no Reblog or like for Coobird
In such trying times I wanted to share a happy story…
So about a month ago I’m getting back from a break and hear a strange cheeping coming from my boss’s office. I poke my head in and see him staring at a small bird in a cage with a look of consternation.
“A guest brought this to the front office. They found it in the garden and thought it was injured.”
I take a closer look at the bird in question and my heart sinks. It’s a fledgling robin. Someone saw it hopping around learning to fly, assumed it was injured, and essentially kidnapped it.
“Did they say where they found it?” I asked.
“Not really, just somewhere on the green. I think I’m gonna take it to the Nature Center after work.”
But then we talked for a bit and decided to take the little bird out to the green just to see if the parents happened to show up. We set the robin out on the grass near some undergrowth, stepped away, and watched.
At first nothing happened, except a lot of unhappy cries from the fledgling. I played some robin calls on my phone.
Then finally we see an adult robin watching from a nearby tree. It lands and the baby immediately starts hop-sprinting towards the adult. At first the adult stays put, but then it flies away.
Our hearts sink.
And then the adult bird returns with a worm and plops it into the baby’s mouth. I almost applauded.
We watched for a few more minutes as the two parents showered their kidnapped offspring with food. We also posted a sign in the general vicinity warning guests not to kidnap the fledgling birds.
Sometimes things work out. I try to take heart in that, even when it’s little things.
Picked up this poor lad at the humane society yesterday! He has a broken foot and can't walk well, was found in the streets, and cost me a whopping $12.97 so I'm not sure how I'm gonna feed my family this month (jkjk) I'm trying to set up an appointment with my birb vet to see if there is anything they can do about the foot. It's an old break that healed badly. Till then I'm keeping him nice and quiet and feeding him better food (he was eating only parakeet seed). He does not like us. Very tough stuff. Super scare. A frighten. But I think he will warm up, or at least I hope he will. I have always wanted a pidgey of my own! He will be an indoor bird because of his foot, I think. Otherwise he will have a safe area just off the chicken coop if he can, during summer, and hopefully I can get him a pal if he chooses to not love me at all.
Want to rescue battery hens?
Before I go into this, let me premise by saying I absolutely am NOT saying that roosters deserve life more than hens. I’m not saying that people shouldn’t rescue battery hens or focus on their welfare- we absolutely should!
See, the thing about battery hens is, well, the average person isn’t cut out for caring for these chickens. They require someone who is trained in rehabilitation and can handle the emotional turmoil. They require more than free ranging in sunlight with grass and bugs to eat and dirt to bathe in- they often need expansive medical attention and care. You can’t just toss them into freedom. It is a major time, financial, and emotional commitment to prepare them for a normal life and you need to remember that these hens will generally only live another year or two. The extreme amounts of eggs they produce means that no matter how much you give them, the damage has already been done. Even if they’re spayed to prevent more egg laying it has still taken a toll on their body.
The other thing is demand..these birds don’t come into rescues very often; there isn’t some animal welfare group busting battery hens out of prison every week. They’re actually very hard to find! Most actually end up going to farm animal sanctuaries and not pet homes because they usually have the skill to rehabilitate them. So, even if someone DID have all the resources necessary to help battery hens, it would be a while before they actually got any.
Now that I’ve got that out if the way, onto my point:
Why roosters?
And no, I don’t mean cock fighters. Nope, not broilers (meat birds). Just plain, normal, backyard roosters. Like this guy, Phillipe:
Well, okay, his situation was unique and he did require extensive experience with chickens. Known as Chet at the rescue, he was found with many others in tiny cages…not cock fighters. Likely just an animal hoarding situation. He went over a year at the rescue without interacting with any other chickens so it took some time to teach him how to be social that may not be best for the average person. But what about this lovely kid?
I got this cockerel and his brothers (unrelated cochin bantam and silkie who may actually be a pullet) from someone who couldn’t keep roosters where they live. There are LOTS of birds in this situation. Flint is a perfect gentlemen, he and his brothers required no rehabilitation or extra skills, easy peasy. I’m actually friends with his old owners now, they love their chickens but live in the city and can’t keep roosters!
And the most common situation? the fellow above. People end up with “too many” roosters and need to get rid of them! Luckily Razz came from a nice place that actually cares about their birds, the problem with him was primarily limited space (and silkie chickens are kind of dummies).
Roosters are EVERYWHERE. There is a constant demand for homes for cocks (adults) and cockerels (juveniles). And no one wants to give them a home! Why? Well a lot of it is the stigma against roosters, that they’re mean and don’t get along well with other boys. When you have hens this can be true, but a bachelor pad of cocks is just WONDERFUL! They make cuddly, sweet, healthy pets! Yep, no egg problems in these bad boys. Years of (generally) care free hugs and kisses to come when you adopt a rooster!
If you want to help chickens by adopting but don’t have the means to rescue battery hens, then just set up a bachelor pad- a coop only for roosters! Without hens you usually don’t have to worry about fighting or attacking you. And should you have issues, tethers work wonders- I have a cochin boy on a tether and it works out great. He’s very horny and wants to fight everything, so putting him on a tether lets other birds still interact with him freely but get away if he’s naughty. We’ve tethered several boys with excellent results, usually they can free roam after a few weeks- some do have a hormonal imbalance like my cochin boy (he’s happy on his tether, so no worries! it gets taken off in the evening after the others have gone to bed to let him run around).
Many of the roosters available are hand-reared pets that LOVE people and will make great companions. Now, they won’t lay eggs, but you shouldn’t expect that with battery hens anyways. You can often get fun and funky breeds, lots of different shapes, colors, and sizes! They all have a different crow and will amaze you with their dancing and singing skills. Roosters truly are wonderful pets that just don’t get a lot of credit.
If you’re interested, you can start by looking in your local classifieds (aka Craigslist in the US) where, depending on location, you’re bound to find a rooster in need. You can also check local shelters and farm rescues.
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Yooooo @flockdynamics look what I found in my local Craigslist listings!!! A female bronze wing pi!
The eternal stalemate of "no YOU pet ME"
Guys……… He’s an artist
Here are his two beautiful creations
These are wonderful someone get him a show at a modern art museum
Couldn’t figure out why Sweet was hanging out with me so much today until I went to put her back in the cage for treats and saw a group had gathered
Oh
Party in Sweet’s cage I guess
Get out of there you naughty boys
Wells predicted the end I also believe he’d be coming out of my hens and no it humans as i can microwave chicken nuggets Me shoving breadsticks into purse* I’m trying to read with a rendition from georges bizet’s carmen, suite #1 playing the famous is the kindergarten Provo hosts America’s Freedom Festival at Provo which includes the Stadium of Fire is the Bird!
Bukbot I love you and I know you're just a bot but ... are you okay this seems a bit weird even for you
Quark sleeping, Odo peeping.
Athena after a shower. I’ve taken more recent videos though.
How to lure the boys into a kennel - put something soft in it I'll keep that in mind for the next vet trip!
Couldn't figure out why Sweet was hanging out with me so much today until I went to put her back in the cage for treats and saw a group had gathered Oh Party in Sweet's cage I guess Get out of there you naughty boys
i have officially made a parrot alignment chart pls enjoy this is based on my experiences with and knowledge of birds
I’d probably switch the Macaw and the Caique around knowing the antics of caiques… but otherwise… yeah holy yeah.
Awwwww my flock is lawful good! *stares intensely at kiwi*
JAX THE GREEN CHEEK CONURE HAS BEEN MISSING SINCE AROUND 4PM ON THURSDAY, MARCH 29TH, 2018. SHE IS LOST SOMEWHERE IN THE HARTRIDGE AREA NEAR HARTLAND, WISCONSIN.
Jax flew away after my stupid mistake of bringing her outside after panicking over the fact that my mom left her outside of her cage all day. I returned home and found her in her cage with the door wide open, safe and sound, and didn’t think as I brought her outside to grab my backpack. She flew away after getting out of my grasp and dropping most of her tail feathers and got high into a tree where we found her. My mom’s boyfriend tried climbing the tree and when I left to go grab my jacket, she flew out of the tree and we lost her again.
IT IS STILL COLD HERE. I HAVE LOST HOPE AS MY BIRD HAS NEVER BEEN OUTSIDE FOR LONGER THAN 3 MINUTES. BUT THERE STILL MIGHT BE A CHANCE SOMEONE ELSE FOUND HER.
None of us thought she would fly away and I didn’t handle the situation properly at all. We have been searching for 2 hours but have taken a break.
WE HAVE NO IDEA WHAT HER BAND SAYS, BUT SHE HAS ONE. I HAVE NO IDEA WHY I DIDN’T THINK TO LEARN IT.
SHE IS ALSO UNSEXED BUT MY FAMILY HAS DEFAULTED TO USING SHE/HER.
THE MOST RECENT PICTURES OF HER ARE INCLUDED IN THIS POST.
SHE MIGHT RESPOND TO JAX, JAXXY (or jaxxy bird), BABY BIRD (or any other variation of bird, birdy, etc.), OR CHEESEBURGER.
IF YOU FIND HER OR LOCATE HER, PLEASE CONTACT ME HERE OR AT [email protected].
SHE IS PROBABLY COLD, HUNGRY AND TERRFIED.
Also, PLEASE CLIP YOUR BIRDS WINGS IF THERE IS ANY CHANCE OF YOUR BIRD ESCAPING. MY FAMILY AND I REGRET NOT GETTING JAX’S WINGS CLIPPED AND WE ARE PAYING THE PRICE. THERE IS A GOOD CHANCE THAT I LOST MY BIRD FOR THIS MISTAKE AND I AM PAYING FOR IT.
Wisc. Friends if you are in the area, please keep an eye out.
I’m sorry you lost your bird and I hope you find her. But clipping her wings wouldn’t have changed this situation. You brought her outside without a cage or restraint and that was the irresponsible action here and would have resulted in her escape whether or not she was flighted. Having her wings intact at least gives her a better chance of escaping predators or flying to another human, and a clipped bird can still get enough lift outdoors to escape. It’s not a real safety measure.
Put Dax’s cage outside where you lost her, as visible from the sky and trees as possible.
Make a recording of yourself calling to her and play it on a loop near her cage.
If you have other birds, get a recording of their calls as well.
Set up lost parrot posters in the area and an ad in your local classifieds.
Post an alert to https://www.parrotalert.com/ This will email anyone subscribed within a radius in your area directly and auto-post to every bird/pet forum that allows it.
Notify all the pet stores, veterinarian offices, and animal shelters in your area in case someone finds her and brings her to one of them.
I am not a fan of clipping wings unless dreadfully necessary and agree with bewareofbird on those points Keep in contact with local vets, humane societys, and pet stores because people who find birds are weird about it and we've had quite a few people bring found animals to our store asking if we could do something about it.
Wade is going thru a moult and has no crest he looks funny
One of the most challenging aspects of living with parrots is managing reproductive hormones. When you engage in sexually arousing activities with your parrot, you trigger those hormones, BIG time. This elevated level of hormones can lead to problematic behaviors including biting, screaming, resource guarding, feather destruction, and possibly other medical issues. This topic is so complex, but not petting in the “no-no zones” is the easiest thing you can do to help get it under control. I know nuzzling that fluffy belly is SO HARD TO RESIST, but you can do it! 😉
