My Flock

[floppingfish 0]

It's been a while since I've been able to post any photos - work has been pretty hectic. But thanks to our crazy snowstorm I was able to snap a few today.

 

Here are Jack & Miss Galen.

 

Casper - not too clear but he chirps so much that's hard to get a still photo of him!

 

Sparkle

 

Roxy

 

And Atlas.

 

Naptime!

 

Hopefully my resizing worked & you're all able to see the photos alright.

I hope you enjoyed them

[Elly 0]

We got hit too with the snowstorm...

I love the one with Roxy in the wheel that is so cute

[Guest Phoebe]

Pictures are perfect!! All are beautiful. Jack and Miss Galen look like Sky and Pickle. :ygbudgie:

[HurdyBirdy 0]

They are all beautiful. I love Atlas' coloring.

[maesie 0]

Great photos. You have some really nice looking birds too!

[Denise 0]

Wow Atlas is a beatiful bird, they all are but Atlas is awesome.

[**Liv** 0]

Great Pics!! I love Roxy in the wheel. :(Laughing out loud):

[birdluv 0]

cute budgies you have.

[*libby* 0]

Cute budgies! I'll agree Atlas is stunning!

[Feathers 0]

Hi FF,

 

Jack and Miss Galen are really great looking birds, in nice condition. Some of your birds look like they need to go on a diet... mine are the same

 

Feathers.

[floppingfish 0]

thanks for the replies everyone...and Feathers, you're right, some of them DO need to go on a diet but short of separating them from the flock I don't know how to achieve the results, as I can't really limit the amount of food I put in - if I did, my lighter eaters wouldn't get anything! Any suggestions??

 

Hi FF,

 

Jack and Miss Galen are really great looking birds, in nice condition. Some of your birds look like they need to go on a diet... mine are the same

 

Feathers.

[Elly 0]

You don't have to give them less food but what you can do is make them work more for their food by letting them forage for some of their food, placing food dishes in areas that promotes them to climb up and down to get their food. For example, if you put their food lower it promotes them to climb up and down bars to get the food or fly up and down vs putting it level with the majority of their perches. Food foraging is a excellent way for them to use up energy stored by moving around, looking for food etc... Therefore you are not putting any of your light weights in danger and giving your heavy weights something to do. Also more nutritional food and cutting out fatty food will help too (you may already do that) just like humans I am sure some birds are more prepostioned to gain weight vs others. I hope that helps. Here is the link on Captive Foragin (this is a topic started by a BBC Member) in fact I am going to PIN because I have been getting this question a lot about weight, boredom etc... Captive Foraging BBC Link

[Feathers 0]

Hi FF,

 

swapping them to finch seed can help too!

 

 

Feathers.

[JimmyBanks 0]

Well Atlas is my hands down fav. what is he?? wait... brown cere is a... brain freeze... female yeah? Blue for male? So that would mean She not He... still the cutest :grbud:

[Feathers 0]

Blue for male

 

Jimmy, just to confuse you when you were doing so well, an out of condition female can have blue on her cere Usually it doesn't go all the way to the edges and there is a lot of white around the nares.

 

 

Feathers.

[NickNack 0]

Hello floppingfish, I just want to tell you .... I want ATLAS ! He's/she's/it's awesome. And since you don't live far from me, I could be over to your place in 20 minutes cause I have a lead foot & drive like a demon. I will even bring CAKE !

 

But it would have to be on a better day ... the highways are still messed from this storm. I don't know which mound of snow my car is buried under.

[floppingfish 0]

Hello floppingfish, I just want to tell you .... I want ATLAS ! He's/she's/it's awesome. And since you don't live far from me, I could be over to your place in 20 minutes cause I have a lead foot & drive like a demon. I will even bring CAKE ! But it would have to be on a better day ... the highways are still messed from this storm. I don't know which mound of snow my car is buried under.

To settle the confusion, Atlas is a she - much against my better judgment, I listened to the girl at the store & picked out a boy's name b/c she insisted I was mistaken & that he was male (this resulted at the time in me having a 5:3 female/male ratio instead of evening up the flock (even though I don't breed) so I was quite upset. Hence, the name confusion Although I also do think Atlas is stunning, for the hope of some socialization she must be kept with other birds - she's very much "monkey see monkey do", so when she sees my other birds playing on me she'll get curious & become "brave" enough to come over...it's quite comical to watch!

You don't have to give them less food but what you can do is make them work more for their food by letting them forage for some of their food, placing food dishes in areas that promotes them to climb up and down to get their food. For example, if you put their food lower it promotes them to climb up and down bars to get the food or fly up and down vs putting it level with the majority of their perches. Food foraging is a excellent way for them to use up energy stored by moving around, looking for food etc... Therefore you are not putting any of your light weights in danger and giving your heavy weights something to do. Also more nutritional food and cutting out fatty food will help too (you may already do that) just like humans I am sure some birds are more prepostioned to gain weight vs others. I hope that helps. Here is the link on Captive Foragin (this is a topic started by a BBC Member) in fact I am going to PIN because I have been getting this question a lot about weight, boredom etc... Captive Foraging BBC Link

Thanks for the link Elly, I'll certainly check it out. I do already keep their bird seed at the bottom of the cage, I give them veggies on a consistent basis & I buy them the expensive seed that has the egg biscuit, extra nutrients in it to try & keep it a bit healthier. Still though, I'm always open for my ideas, andforaging sounds pretty interesting, so hopefully they like it too! :hap: