Catherine

I haven't met that before. I've just observed the hens dipping their breast feathers in the bathing dish periodically and heading back into the nest. I supposed it was to keep the humidity right. I have only had my birds breeding in summer though, when over heating is an issue.

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I can't get your picture to come up again. I'd really like to have another look at it. I did not forget your question. Today I met a lady who gives calliandra haematocephala (also called 'puff ball' tree) to her cockatiels. It is growing in her garden. All her cockatiels are alive and well. I saw them and the tree. I googled the tree to be sure of the correct name. HOWEVER, I do not think your plant is quite the same. The buds in your picture were forming in different groupings from the way they grow on the puff ball tree, which I have often seen. I have only seen a shrub like your photo once and did know what it was. I was, therefore, particularly interested in your post. The puff ball tree is not native to Australia, apparently. PS Your picture has now come up. I correct myself. It is the puff ball tree. Cockatiels eat it, so it would be okay for budgies.

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That's nice. I'm glad you are a real softy.

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95 Yes, but we will be the winners and have all the fame and glory.

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I guess it has an A in it.

Where is the A in the word? It begins with D?

Is there an A in it?

YES Your turn now. Thank you for playing.

No, sorry.

Yes. i - - i n e

Yes. _ _ _ _ n e

Clue: - It is a dietary requirement.

Have these people lived in Australia long? Every zoo in the world has a sulphur crested - that and the kangaroo are the two types of fauna everyone knows!

Indeed! Just having some room to move around will make him think he died and went to heaven. Were the people abashed when you told them what he was?

Best crest I ever saw on a cockatiel!

She is lovely!

Wouldn't it be lovely if you did hatch 2 chicks? The poor, poor hen!

No L, sorry.