Tom, I 'rescued' a non-fledged mutilator cockatoo recently, about a month ago. Can you tell me or is there someplace I can go to read about how you turned the...
Kevin, there was an excellent article about just that in the "Good Bird Inc." magazine, Winter 2005 issue. "Training for Vaccinations" Reading that encouraged...
I have been trying to increase Phoebe's weight for some time. My goal is to fly her at her ad lib weight, going from weight management to food management to...
I honestly don't think that one meal a day hurts a mature bird. Note the emphasis on mature which to me means old enough where in nature they would be...
Very true. Overfeeding leeds to pickiness, then you don't know what they are actually consuming. My experience though has been the opposite, and possibly what...
heavens Lee are you describing my 2 indoor greys? Dot ... From: leethomassheba To: Freeflight@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, April 01, 2006 3:32 PM Subject:...
I am extracting and posting here a few pages from YS training manual. You can read for yourself how often he was weighed. Part of what you read came from Chris...
... Yes, and these guys don't even have food in their cages overnight and food is taken away after they've had a fair chance at it--never left out more than an...
Hi Emily, It would help if it would be the same species, but I'm more than happy to learn from others who fly multiple birds together. I'm interrested whether...
Me again, also if somebody has allowed their birds to breed how was it with the chicks etc. as one pair of my conures is sitting on eggs ..... Thanks Marcus...
... Paul Simdars let several clutches of his Sun conures be mentored by his experienced flyers. I believe almost all the outdoor flight training was done by...
Thanks for the Info, REX :-) Paul did you get my Offlist message if so, I would really like to exchange ideas ! But see no reason why off list as this topic...
Hi there, I have a 4 week old African Grey Baby which I am handfeeding. Yesterday his secondary wing feathers started to emerge and it will only take a few...
You have 6 - 7 weeks before your baby will be flying. During that time you can work on teaching the bird to come to you for it's food. A bit young yet, but in...
... IMO, no. It's common for new flyers to perch in a tree and refuse -- sometimes for days -- to fly down. Flying down at a steep angle is more like...
Ohhhhhhh, Gay's page has a new url, although that one probably still works. onafricanwings.com/clipping.htm or www.onafricanwings.com/clipping.htm With or...
... Where do You live? Do You have any experience of other types of training with parrots? ... Quite risky if it is Your first time. It depends also from...
I too am one of those who live with an indoor flighted bird, soon to be 2 indoor flighted birds. I adopted a six year old Grey about 3 1/2 years ago. I knew...
Thanks for your replies!! Yes, I also live in Jerusalem. To answer your question, yes, it is mz first parrot I am raising/training. Have experience with other...
... <1. Is anyone else following this training feeding only once a day? 2. Is anyone feeding once a day feeding for as little as 10 minutes? 3. If a bird is...
Hello everyone It's been a while since I've posted, and I've been lurking and reading all the wonderful discussion on this list. Let me just say that I think...
Your grey is so young now. You should not worry about any training of him at all for the next few weeks. You should not even think of any training of him at...
... recall, it is technically Quentins first outdoor flight. I can't wait for more warm days so we can continue training outside. It gets me even more...
= ... Right on both accounts. -Kevin S. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam...
Hi Joe and all> First off, I'd like to say that the original post Joe is referring to was supposed to go private. I don't know how it got to the FF list, but...
Hi Angela, ... I did. I'm still not caught up with the list from the weekend, so I don't know if they have. But don't you think it's fair for me to keep...
... Hi Marcus, I'm still trying to find the reference to this. It was ages ago I read about it and if I remember right it used Double-yellows as an example. ...
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