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WOW nice

Get some wire and mend it or turn the box around the other way are they in breeding condition look at their cere and see

Mine is darker Hold up I will look for a picture

I would remove the box and try again in a week or 2

There are many shades of mauve and I also have had some very dark ones...bordering on what I would call a steel blue colour. Ahhhh, okay. That is good to hear then as I am sooo sure that I have a Very dark mauve too

Nope (for the same reasons then their chickens get sick and die ( they are red rooster chickens ) hahah so I don't eat red rooster anymore) ......they shoot ..... Foxes, Rabbits and rats. I am putting a call into the council as the pest dudes explained to me that the vermin like the chook poo.... I didn't know that ..

Deb, My MIL did the same but with a cage, the seller was happy to not continue with the transaction just tell them straight away that it was a mistake due to the wire being too large for your birds

I haven't had any problems, with the food in their nostrils. In saying that i will however be sure to keep my eyes open for that too ..... They are going great guns, and the one i thought was a cinny is getting sooooo pretty. it's white with a violet tail

Ahhh Dave, I couldn't remember.... She looks awesome !!! Yeah I didn't expect it to survive, however No 5 & 6 are here and the others are going to be Blues WHOOO HOOOO they are darkening up nicely

Yeah Liv, that is what I am putting it down to. This is their first real clutch, the other one (1 chick ) was a foster one. They both are very messy feeders too! All the food is on their babies faces ........

Hey Missylu Yeah remove the Dad, mate ... P.S Nice siggy ; )

Whilst on this topic, I have the termite dudes here and they are treating the place for the little white ants . and want to do mice as well, told them no probs, just don't use bait, they looked at me funny and I explained the whole thing to them , They kinda re thought it and now have to come with another solution, which would be hard, as the chicken farm behind me would be hording those yucky vermin .....

Kaz I have that bookmarked LOL and i just re read it then I will keep my eyes on these too ....

some birds do mate in the nest box if there isn't a stable area to mate ...make sure your perches are thick and stirdy

Hey all ... okay I have a drama occuring at the moment, I didn't mention it earlier as I though it might have been from the feeds i was giving the parents, However it hasn't changed ..... 2 out of the 5 babies have food stuck under their beaks, this has been happening for the last 2 weeks .... The parents this time around are really mesy feeders could this be why?? It has never happened before to any of my chick as i check them every day ..... So what is it from ... The parents are feed calcivet, seeds, fruit and veg, egg & Biccy mix and lots of soft food .... I held of on the soft food for a few days to see if this was the reason but nope it's still the same ...... Any help advice would be a great treat I am picking the stuck food out twice a day

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I was about to ask, how the wing was cut, birds like liv said find it funny after a clipping kinda like us when we get a hair cut too, if they arne't clipped finely they can have problems, the edges of the flightfeathers shouldn't stick out either ..... was their resistants whilst cutting the wing????

Kaz, can there be a DD mauve???? I know that there are Light (dd) Medium (Dd) and Dark (DD) ... But I must say that i have a Mauve hen and My new boy which i though was a slate you all have classed as mauve however he is a very dark Grey Blue different to my mauve hen

At least you've learnt a lesson too. Good too see that are getting along

Nice new birds MB, your gonna have to update how many you have now

Good on ya MB, at least you can fill in the spare time with things you love, wildlife

Where is Narrabeen. There may be a few breeders out there I am in NSW, but no idea where you are LOL

I agree. I used to have a lovely affectionate pet rat, Tempalton, who got killed one night by a feral rat who got into his cage :sad: Feral rats have no place here!! I would not let your hubby free him either - it will just go an eat Koockaburra eggs or other wildlife instead :sad: Pet rats and mice are different - they are pets, wild vermin are different whether there are Raight right people out there that dissagree, that is fine that is your free will, However I am sure you haven't seen first hand what they do to people, I friend of mine little one almost had it's finger amputated (sp) because a rat decided I child was a good meal at night, this child got very sick ...... They spread dieases (sp again) they don't affect our wildlife however ( in rural & semi rural areas ) thoses people that use rat sack and other poision eatable baits ( that take a while to affect the vermin ) A baited mouse . rat running in fields, paddock get picked up by our bird wild life Owls, and etc, who then feed this to their young, and then there is a whole nest wiped out because that mouse / rat was baited I love animals espcially wildlife Cocky's loris, Falcons Hawlks eagles etc they are beautiful, for me to lay a bait affects that mouse and rat in a long painfull death and then may kill off a whole nest of bird ( i would hate for that to happen to our almost extinct breeds) THis is my views, I'd rather kill that vermin with a trap ..... ( this is for my house only if they are out side, they aren't bothering me so they can run free and be merry ..... But if they are in here, they betta WATCH OUT !!!!

Ahhh Mate .... It's a Full moon soon, so things should pick up for you ...

Congrats on both your pregnancy and your new addition Lazy