tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5818111637898313184.post5126768259190417319..comments2024-03-29T07:31:58.211-07:00Comments on Kissack Adventures: Pretty Booooooy!!!Nancy Kissackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03225296192386107554noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5818111637898313184.post-39623998019188245222015-10-06T06:35:04.401-07:002015-10-06T06:35:04.401-07:00Wow ... you don't run into people who have rai...Wow ... you don't run into people who have raised exotics very often .. in fact, not at all!! We did the pubic bone test, but it wasn't always an exact science. I think a lot of our success was because of sexing the birds. Course you are right, that didn't mean they liked each other!! Nancy Kissackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03225296192386107554noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5818111637898313184.post-63853693893731631992015-10-06T06:31:23.718-07:002015-10-06T06:31:23.718-07:00Yikes Allison!! That's terrible!! And one I ...Yikes Allison!! That's terrible!! And one I haven't heard of before. Worse yet, I'm going to Tucson in Jan/Feb. I will check it out with my Vet because due to unforeseen circumstances, I WILL be taking him with me.Nancy Kissackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03225296192386107554noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5818111637898313184.post-71729922475384585502015-10-05T15:33:23.529-07:002015-10-05T15:33:23.529-07:00If you've raised birds in the past from hatchl...If you've raised birds in the past from hatchlings i'm surprised you haven't found an A REAL OLD aviary owner to shown you how to sex a bird <br />Surgically sexing is common practice now the new practice is ultrasound<br />Unless you're after a DNA for particular bird breeding that's the third way <br />the old way from Day one was at three weeks determine the size of the pubic bone at four weeks you determine the size of the pubic bone again at 10 weeks after that it's guesswork <br />As the female grows the body shrinks to adapt only to change when the breeding cycle begins<br />Rated success is about 99 percent of the Pubic bone is narrow it's a male if <br />it's wider it's a female <br />Most new aviary breeders will throw two in a box wait for the egg and then try to determine which one is the female only to find out sometimes they have two females<br />After that you really do need blood surgically or ultrasound<br />And if you throw two pair in a breeding box, even if they do produce eggs you'll drive yourself silly doing a float test (for in-fertile eggs) only to find out she don't like him<br />Vice a versa someTimes is not In common I also used to raise ringneck, Jan days,sun conures, lilac Crown parrots,( Mexican breed) as well as cockatiels they were my moneymaker but there parrotlets,s ,s of the parrot Family<br />Just remember the famous swearword (Eureka Ben & Jerry's )I'm sure he she will pick it up<br />So in case you ever try again there's your answer <br /><br /><br />Mister Edhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06913350051574157687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5818111637898313184.post-9792868444959635032015-10-05T08:45:16.116-07:002015-10-05T08:45:16.116-07:00Are you taking your parrot to Arizona? I lost a b...Are you taking your parrot to Arizona? I lost a bird to tracheal mites in Tucson. Apparently they're very common in the area. Now that I've said that, I'm not sure what can be done about it. He's a lovely booooy. I miss having birds.Allisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02475433199308666648noreply@blogger.com