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-> Congrats on the new babies! I was looking at BT mag this month with t
-> pix of baby lovebirds and saying how much I missed them. I still
-> have a few LB's but don't HF them out anymore as I don't want to
-> take a risk with Polyoma or PBFD both often seen here in Fla in LB's
-> as we raise the conures and especially the sensitive big birds like
-> macaws, minis, and amazons. Too much to lose.
 Thanks..After all those eggs 2 hatched :(..I saw that artical in BT as
well.. good reading for the beginners.
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-> I had to put the Blue Crowns in a larger cage, the one both pair are
-> now is 4X4X3 high with a large square/or slightly rectangular
-> box. I had one pair several years before they did anything. The other
-> pair I bought just last year. I just paired up an odd hen I had in
-> May. They are together but don't have a box yet. One pair laid in
-> Jan I think and they have had a total of two or three clutches and
-> the other pair laid a little later, mid to late spring. They had two
-> clutches I think. An average of three babies each time. Once had
-> four, but the tiny one didn't make it. Also they did better after
-> they were caged side by side but I did have to put plywood between
-> them as a barrier so they couldn't see each other.
Thats about the size of the cage i have them in now but i think that i
am going to have to seperate them fropm the other birds.. and give that
a try he has started pulling on her feathers but with the distractions
of the other birds nothing goes on.. They are a proven pair of breeders
i have seen the babies.I think  if i can keep them seperate from the
others they may do something. I lost 2 love birds this week sad thing
one of my males got let out and flew the coop so to speak and a few male
decided to squeeze through the cage and the kids were letting the dogs
out and i need not  have to say more about that :(..I am going to pull
the babies this week and start hand feeding.. Love birds are fairly
Popular in north AL.. I sold my last clutch pretty fast.. I am looking
to get a pair of Blue masked and would like to ahve about 4 more pairs
of diff veriaty.They are so easy to breed and are very Pretty.. I hope
that one day i will be able to buy some of the macaws and amazons to
breed as well.
Till later.
Rick Frey
Freyr@wlv.com
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