An Elastic Heart

Naomi · Apr 20, 2012

Re: Always. - Part 1

xi0 said:
Occasionally you'll have birds like that, where the sexual dimorphism is almost nonexistent. So I believe it.

You can tell by their behavior sometimes, too. Like female parakeets are usually more territorial than the males. Mine bicker all. the. time. I'm about 80% sure Hugo is a chick. They always fight over that god damn swing with the jewels on it.

xi0 · Apr 20, 2012

Re: Always. - Part 1

Naomidee said:
Oh no. He was pretty smart (as far as parakeets go), but a complete idiot as far as anything else goes.
I'd like to think he found a nice flock of geese or some shit to fly south with. But to be honest, he probably died in the first 48 hours.

He would certainly met his doom trying to keep up with geese :oh

I'm assuming since this was a long way back he was probably out in colder weather up north. If it wasn't cold enough to have killed him then a raptor probably got him

Naomi · Apr 20, 2012

Re: Always. - Part 1

Oh! Omg! Milly milly milly milly. =D

xi0 · Apr 20, 2012

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thornofcarrion said:
I meant, differentiating male from female. People try to guess on the basis some differences, as size of beak and head, feather colors, etc. I see many experts making wrong assessment. Best way is DNA Sexing.

No I know what you meant. But I think the DNA is done so they can pair two of the same sex together to make sure a clutch doesn't appear one day in the cage with them

Like the same way you would neuter or spay a cat or dog.

Naomidee said:
You can tell by their behavior sometimes, too. Like female parakeets are usually more territorial than the males. Mine bicker all. the. time. I'm about 80% sure Hugo is a chick. They always fight over that god damn swing with the jewels on it.

Well that betch knows she's the favorite, of course she's going to smack fools around :hip

Naomi · Apr 20, 2012

Re: Always. - Part 1

xi0 said:
He would certainly met his doom trying to keep up with geese

I'm assuming since this was a long way back he was probably out in colder weather up north. If it wasn't cold enough to have killed him then a raptor probably got him

It was Colorado. It's no Minnesota, but it could get pretty cold in the winter.

Well yeah. He was bright ass blue, so he didn't blend in very well with anything. He was a funny bird though. Once, he was sitting on my knee and my little sister was sitting near us. She was kinda mean to him and didn't like him very much, so she was just going on and on like "you're so stupid. What a retarded little bird. What a stupid birdddd~"

So he hops down from my knee, waddles over to my sister, and starts climbing on her. At this point she's like "awww, look. He wants to sit on me now." All smug and what not. Anyway, he climbs all the way to the top of her head, shits, and flies three rooms away to his cage.

:rofl

It was the best thing I had ever seen. I cried I laughed so hard.

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xi0 said:
Well that betch knows she's the favorite, of course she's going to smack fools around

Hugo always loses. :rofl

xi0 · Apr 20, 2012

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Well hey, losing doesn't mean you can't be proud and bitchy x)

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Naomidee said:
Oh! Omg! Milly milly milly milly. =D

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Oh right...the plugin was turned off :XD

Naomi · Apr 20, 2012

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It's not curry badger anymore. :derp

xi0 · Apr 20, 2012

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WHAT AM I DOING UP :arf

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Naomidee said:
It's not curry badger anymore.

It will always bee Curry Badger in our hearts :crying

thornofcarrion · Apr 20, 2012

Re: Always. - Part 1

Naomidee said:
You can tell by their behavior sometimes, too. Like female parakeets are usually more territorial than the males. Mine bicker all. the. time. I'm about 80% sure Hugo is a chick. They always fight over that god damn swing with the jewels on it.

I had a pair of love birds. I waited for them to lay egg. Laid egg they did, but I was like :arf

when both of them did. The shopkeeper made a fool out of me. They were both females. You can monitor their behavior, but you can't certain if both the birds are of some gender. It is only possible when you are sure of male and female.

Have you ever had Canaries? They are one of my favorite birds. I had three pairs of Crested head Canaries.

If you ever want to add birds to your collection, try them. They are so cute and they produce alluring whistling. Some Canaries can whistle in so many tones.

By the way, all the birds, peacocks, pheasants, chicken, + puppies I had, were babies. Not mention, I hatched some at my home, in the incubator. It was too cruel to see the newborns searching for the comfort and warmth of their mothers. I disposed off the incubator.

xi0 said:
No I know what you meant. But I think the DNA is done so they can pair two of the same sex together to make sure a clutch doesn't appear one day in the cage with them

Like the same way you would neuter or spay a cat or dog.

In a way, yeah. It is not very wise to have your birds breed over and over again. Too stressful for the female.

xi0 · Apr 20, 2012

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thornofcarrion said:
I had a pair of love birds. I waited for them to lay egg. Laid egg they did, but I was like when both of them did. The shopkeeper made a fool out of me. They were both females. You can monitor their behavior, but you can't certain if both the birds are of some gender. It is only possible when you are sure of male and female.

HOW IS BABBY FORMED? :arf

Did he make a fool of you, or did you just not care to check the DNA?

Farfalla · Apr 20, 2012

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XD I think since they have never been out, they dunno how to come back, otherwise they would (I'm aiming for the 'flown away parakeets' topic). Dogs can track their way back by the scent, and we take them around to walk, so they recognize some places. I once had a parakeet that flew away, he was the sweetest thing and seem to 'enjoy his life as a domesticated bird' a lot. He also never game back. The opposite also happened once: a female showed up and landed in the cage I had in my window. She was so starving that when I pulled the cage inside, she followed it and even entered the cage when I opened it, racing till the food... pot/dish/thing XD I had so many birds and felt so bad for them, 'cause they weren't free, but I also think they would never be able to be free. They are like dogs our days, they are better and even prefer to be with people. Not all birds, but the ones we usually breed to have inside our homes^^ And a big part is so domesticated that we don't keep them inside cages all the time (at least when we are talking about the psittacidae ones. I know that wish... 'singing' birds it's a bit different). I'm flying home today (I'll spend the weekend with my parents) and now I feel like checking my 'birds photobook' 'cause that all made me miss them so much T.T (<- irk, big text = bible)

xi0 · Apr 20, 2012

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How many loose parakeets are there in Barzil? :huh

Farfalla · Apr 20, 2012

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xi0 said:
How many loose parakeets are there in Barzil?

'Much and More'

xi0 · Apr 20, 2012

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YOU KNOW NOTHING ~~JON SNOW~~ NANA

FOR THE NIGHT IS DARK AND FULL OF TERRORS. R'HLLOR, LORD OF LIGHT, GUIDE US THROUGH THE DARKNESS! :arf