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Written by George Thursday, 30 April 2009 19:00

We have two Sun Conure babies from this clutch of Sunshine and Bubba. We had four eggs and two babies. We are a little sad that we did not get more babies this time, but we consider each baby a blessing and are very thankful for the two wonderful fuzz balls we have now. Yesterday we pulled them from the nest box to be hand fed and right now they are so small that we have to feed them every couple of hours. We have a lot of disappointed customers on the waiting list, waiting for Sun Conure babies, and we understand the frustration, but having babies and everything going right is totally out of our hands and there is very little (if at all ) we can do about that.

On other news, our Blue Crowns are on eggs, we hope to get at least a baby from them. They are an interesting species - little larger than the Suns, with green as the primary color and a pale blue crown (more visible on adults). The striking thing about them is their ability to talk (very clearly) compared to the Suns. I would not put them is the same category as our Amazons (who are fluent talkers and has even fooled a lot of people to think there are people in our aviary). But the Blue Crowns do talk very nicely, and clearly. So we are keeping our fingers and toes crossed.

Spring is here and this weekend, I have to get the lawn mower out and clean up the yard and cut grass, hopefully it will stay nice over the weekend to do that.

 

Skittles has gone home!

Written by George Thursday, 16 April 2009 19:00

'Skittles' was the first baby of the first clutch of 2009 and was with us for the longest. Long after he was weaned, as his parents had some engagements that prevented them from coming and picking him up. We had no complaints for the babies are always welcome in our home.

It became almost a habit having skittles at our home. We took him out to play, to feed and just because he wanted to come out and snuggle with us. We are going to miss that. We are going to miss him flying to us and flying off to escape the fact that it was his cage time. I am sure abbey and the cats are going to miss him too.... almost makes me want to keep a Sun baby for us next time. Something to think about!

Severe's are sitting on eggs

Written by George Tuesday, 14 April 2009 19:00

That is correct, the Severe Macaws are sitting on their first ever clutch of eggs. Mr. Kitty and Mischief are a very young pair (about 4 years old) and were paired up when they were about an year old. Mr. Kitty is close banded and hand raised, but Mischief is a parent raised Severe female. This being the first time, both of them have absolutely no idea as to what is going on or what to do. As we suspected, both the eggs are clear, but we are just thrilled at the fact that they are maturing and old enough to breed. So we are giving all the encouragement to them.

He seems to be bummed out as she is not coming out of the nest box to play with him, not knowing all the things that go on with breeding. Actually a couple of days before laying her eggs, we could see that Mischief was holding her tail with her toes and trying to see what is going on back there all the time. It was funny, at the same time scary for we were not even sure, if she would know enough to go into the box and lay the egg. Thankfully nature knows what is to be done and now she is sitting in that box. Hopefully next time around, Mr. Kitty will know what to do to make sure the eggs are fertile.

 

Viewing this site in different browsers

Written by George Thursday, 09 April 2009 19:00

There are a lot more choices in web browser market now a days than any other time in history. Now we have Internet Explorer, Firefox, Opera and the new entrant Google Chrome. So which is the best browser to view this site. We tried all the browsers and have come to the conclusion that Firefox takes the cake in this one. I know that Internet Explorer still leads the market share a lot of you will be using IE (Internet Explorer) right now to read this.

Our website exhibits slight graphical distortion while viewed with IE. We have tried our best to use compliant HTML and CSS as far as possible but we think the fault lies with Internet Explorer's badly implemented HTML rendering code. This problem is also depended on the version of IE that you are using. If you are using the very latest version (8.0) then you will not see any problem, but if you are using the ever popular version 7 or the pesky 6 versions of IE, then I urge you to upgrade your IE to 8.0 or you can just try out Firefox - I am sure you will not regret that decision.

So why Firefox?

* CNYAviary.com displays perfectly in Firefox.
* Speed
* Safety
* Easy to Use
* Customization
* Free

There you go! Do you need any more convincing? I did not think so - Happy Browsing!

Sammy Comes Home

Written by George Sunday, 05 April 2009 19:00

'Sammy' is our new pet, but he might have the oldest connection with any of us. He and 'Toby' was the first set of Macaw babies Jodie hand-fed and raised. So she has a special bond with them (well she is bonded with each and every baby that goes out of here!). This past weekend we came to know that 'Sammy' needs a new home. We thought about it and decided that he belongs here with us.

It has been a little hard on Jodie - for 'MAX' was her baby and after losing her, she was struggling to accept any pet into her life. Then we got 'Cammy' the beautiful catalina. Now as Sammy came home and he is the same as 'MAX' - Blue & Gold Macaw, she is a little bit sad about losing 'MAX'. I think she is doing ok and loves the fact that Sammy is home. He recognizes her mommy and is happy to be home too.

 

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