Posted April 2, 200916 yr April is my favorite month of the year. Not only does it contain my birthday - it also has April fools day (1st) , World Autisum awareness day (2nd), World health day (7th), Easter, ANZAC day AND... April is also the month of... the.... Annual MOULT!!!! Last night while cleaning my aviaries i noticed the HUGE increase of feathers around the place and just had to share. There are clumps like this everywhere around my back yard And a stack in the aviary Even the poor quail can not escape being feathered. Oh, and not to mention my lawn!! The birds are not looking really moulty yet, but i will be sure to post photos of their scruffy faces when they are. Please share your feathery April photos too Edited April 2, 200916 yr by **Liv**
April 2, 200916 yr I will take some photos tomorow, their are feathers everywhere in the aviary. My dove is also moulting heavily. My birthday is also in april
April 2, 200916 yr WOW that is a lot of feathers, I love April too for us it means spring is on the way :budgiedance:
April 3, 200916 yr Hey, my birthday is in April too!!! Mine is tomorrow (the 4th) !!! Go April!!!! So all budgies moult in April eh, you learn something new everyday here.
April 3, 200916 yr Author Happy birthday for tomorrow Leanne Unlike other moults throughout the year, where budgies shed some feathers, the April moult is when a budgie will shed every single feather on its body. This is the most stressful moult of the year and requires the most attention as its also when temperatures are getting colder. (personally i think they should reschedule it to be in the middle of summer ) They get very scruffy and stressed and sore with new pin feathers. Some that are weaker or have underlying issues don't make it though. They need a quality diet filled with protein, amino acids and vitamins for healthy feather growth. ( i put a roast chicken carcass in my aviary today and it looks like Parana's have attacked it )
April 3, 200916 yr I'd heard of people doing that before, but today I did the same thing... well not a whole carcass for one bird but some of it... We will see how it goes
April 3, 200916 yr Happy birthday for tomorrow Leanne Thankyou Liv.Unlike other moults throughout the year, where budgies shed some feathers, the April moult is when a budgie will shed every single feather on its body. This is the most stressful moult of the year and requires the most attention as its also when temperatures are getting colder. (personally i think they should reschedule it to be in the middle of summer ) That would make better sense! They get very scruffy and stressed and sore with new pin feathers. Some that are weaker or have underlying issues don't make it though. They need a quality diet filled with protein, amino acids and vitamins for healthy feather growth. ( i put a roast chicken carcass in my aviary today and it looks like Parana's have attacked it ) Mmm, maybe I should bring my little fellas inside, especially the one that is not well at the moment.
April 4, 200916 yr That's a lot of feathers Liv!!!!!! And my birthday too is in April...the 21st. Wow people do get busy in April...ha ha ha! I might sound silly asking, but why put a chicken carcass in the aviary? It sounds a bit cannibalistic to me.
April 4, 200916 yr Author I might sound silly asking, but why put a chicken carcass in the aviary? It sounds a bit cannibalistic to me. Chicken is to budgie as human is to cow. Birds are a variety of animal like mammals. Cannibalism is only when budgie eats budgie or human eats human Edited April 4, 200916 yr by **Liv**
April 4, 200916 yr That's a lot of feathers Liv!!!!!! And my birthday too is in April...the 21st. Wow people do get busy in April...ha ha ha! I might sound silly asking, but why put a chicken carcass in the aviary? It sounds a bit cannibalistic to me. your birthday is the same date as mine. Maybe we can share a cake
April 4, 200916 yr I should go and see when your birthday is, I'm sure it's soon... I'm sure this post was just a reminder for something nice... If only i could remember the DAY???
April 4, 200916 yr I should go and see when your birthday is, I'm sure it's soon... I'm sure this post was just a reminder for something nice... If only i could remember the DAY??? If in doubt......buy BUDGIES
April 5, 200916 yr my b/day is 5th of april loads of feathers everywhere :grouphug: to me :sad: to me happy birthday to me :rip: to me hiphip haray hiphip haray hiphip haray and one to make me get more budgies haray.
April 11, 200916 yr under the perches WHOA! That's a lot of feathers! How many birds do you have in that aviary??
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