I own 15 or so Lovebirds in a decent-sized aviary of sorts (it used to be a chicken coop)
About once a month, the birds will start laying eggs and the baby birds will hatch.
Everything's fine for the first week except that the birds get a little hungrier.
Then, all of a sudden the birds will start kicking the babies out of their "house" and they end up on the floor.
We try to put them back, but the birds just keep on kicking them out.
Then, in the next few days, I'll always find the baby bird dead on the floor, which is always a traumatizing sight.
Today I found one decapitated.
This is just turning into a cycle.
Birds lay eggs -> Birds hatch -> Birds grow -> Bird gets kicked out -> Bird gets killed.
Anyone know why this could be happening?
You birds are clearly having family related issues. I suggest you should just take the parents and kill them, just for starters.
Or take a second birdhouse and put the babies in there.
Quote from: MasterYoungLink on April 28, 2008, 10:29:25 AM
You birds are clearly having family related issues. I suggest you should just take the parents and kill them, just for starters.
Or take a second birdhouse and put the babies in there.
Actually the latter is what we were planning to do.
There's nothing lovable about lovebirds. >:(
That's how birds teach their children to fly...out of necessity. It's tough love to the EXTREME.
Quote from: Zovistograt on April 28, 2008, 12:04:05 PM
That's how birds teach their children to fly...out of necessity. It's tough love to the EXTREME.
His birds are extreme then! :O ;) :P :D :( :O ;D (Smileys rocks!)
I only have 1 bird, and he's awesome. He loves me, climbs on my fingers, sometimes shoulders. To everyone else, he just bites or squawks at them.
Quote from: Zovistograt on April 28, 2008, 12:04:05 PM
That's how birds teach their children to fly...out of necessity. It's tough love to the EXTREME.
Yeah I know they need to teach their babies how to fly, but i don't think they need to bite their heads off.
o_O
Quote from: Java_Java on April 28, 2008, 01:01:41 PM
Quote from: Zovistograt on April 28, 2008, 12:04:05 PM
That's how birds teach their children to fly...out of necessity. It's tough love to the EXTREME.
Yeah I know they need to teach their babies how to fly, but i don't think they need to bite their heads off.
o_O
What kind of birds are they?
If they are chickens, just feed them so much that they can't move.
They probably ate it.
Quote from: Java_Java on April 28, 2008, 01:01:41 PM
Quote from: Zovistograt on April 28, 2008, 12:04:05 PM
That's how birds teach their children to fly...out of necessity. It's tough love to the EXTREME.
Yeah I know they need to teach their babies how to fly, but i don't think they need to bite their heads off.
o_O
that's where I don't think my animal knowledge (mostly from watching the Wild Thornberries) stops :(
Quote from: Zovistograt on April 28, 2008, 01:18:47 PM
Quote from: Java_Java on April 28, 2008, 01:01:41 PM
Quote from: Zovistograt on April 28, 2008, 12:04:05 PM
That's how birds teach their children to fly...out of necessity. It's tough love to the EXTREME.
Yeah I know they need to teach their babies how to fly, but i don't think they need to bite their heads off.
o_O
that's where I don't think my animal knowledge (mostly from watching the Wild Thornberries) stops :(
That show was pretty cool.
Too bad it took the Rugrats down with it.
Quote from: Tuppyluver1 on April 28, 2008, 01:13:45 PM
Quote from: Java_Java on April 28, 2008, 01:01:41 PM
Quote from: Zovistograt on April 28, 2008, 12:04:05 PM
That's how birds teach their children to fly...out of necessity. It's tough love to the EXTREME.
Yeah I know they need to teach their babies how to fly, but i don't think they need to bite their heads off.
o_O
What kind of birds are they?
If they are chickens, just feed them so much that they can't move.
They probably ate it.
Lovebirds.
They really shouldn't be called that.
Quote from: Java_Java on April 28, 2008, 01:49:14 PM
Quote from: Tuppyluver1 on April 28, 2008, 01:13:45 PM
Quote from: Java_Java on April 28, 2008, 01:01:41 PM
Quote from: Zovistograt on April 28, 2008, 12:04:05 PM
That's how birds teach their children to fly...out of necessity. It's tough love to the EXTREME.
Yeah I know they need to teach their babies how to fly, but i don't think they need to bite their heads off.
o_O
What kind of birds are they?
If they are chickens, just feed them so much that they can't move.
They probably ate it.
Lovebirds.
They really shouldn't be called that.
Just clip their wings.
Quote from: Tuppyluver1 on April 28, 2008, 02:03:59 PM
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Quote from: Tuppyluver1 on April 28, 2008, 01:13:45 PM
Quote from: Java_Java on April 28, 2008, 01:01:41 PM
Quote from: Zovistograt on April 28, 2008, 12:04:05 PM
That's how birds teach their children to fly...out of necessity. It's tough love to the EXTREME.
Yeah I know they need to teach their babies how to fly, but i don't think they need to bite their heads off.
o_O
What kind of birds are they?
If they are chickens, just feed them so much that they can't move.
They probably ate it.
Lovebirds.
They really shouldn't be called that.
Just clip their wings.
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Quote from: MasterYoungLink on April 28, 2008, 02:06:57 PM
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Quote from: Zovistograt on April 28, 2008, 12:04:05 PM
That's how birds teach their children to fly...out of necessity. It's tough love to the EXTREME.
Yeah I know they need to teach their babies how to fly, but i don't think they need to bite their heads off.
o_O
What kind of birds are they?
If they are chickens, just feed them so much that they can't move.
They probably ate it.
Lovebirds.
They really shouldn't be called that.
Just clip their wings.
Tuppyluver1 gained 4 knowledge points!
Sweet.
Tuppyluver1 eats the Hamburger. Tuppyluver1's HP is maxed out!
That reminds me of when I accidently put two of the same fish that hate each other in the same tank. What a mess... :P
Quote from: DOODLEboy99 on April 28, 2008, 02:18:04 PM
That reminds me of when I accidently put two of the same fish that hate each other in the same tank. What a mess... :P
What's really fun to do is do that, but put a divider in between them. :D
Which one got eaten?
Quote from: Tuppyluver1 on April 28, 2008, 02:03:59 PM
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Quote from: Tuppyluver1 on April 28, 2008, 01:13:45 PM
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Quote from: Zovistograt on April 28, 2008, 12:04:05 PM
That's how birds teach their children to fly...out of necessity. It's tough love to the EXTREME.
Yeah I know they need to teach their babies how to fly, but i don't think they need to bite their heads off.
o_O
What kind of birds are they?
If they are chickens, just feed them so much that they can't move.
They probably ate it.
Lovebirds.
They really shouldn't be called that.
Just clip their wings.
Wait, how would that help?
Isn't the point of clipping their wings, so they won't be able to fly as far?
How would that stop the birds from killing their young?
Quote from: Java_Java on April 28, 2008, 02:26:59 PM
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Quote from: Java_Java on April 28, 2008, 01:49:14 PM
Quote from: Tuppyluver1 on April 28, 2008, 01:13:45 PM
Quote from: Java_Java on April 28, 2008, 01:01:41 PM
Quote from: Zovistograt on April 28, 2008, 12:04:05 PM
That's how birds teach their children to fly...out of necessity. It's tough love to the EXTREME.
Yeah I know they need to teach their babies how to fly, but i don't think they need to bite their heads off.
o_O
What kind of birds are they?
If they are chickens, just feed them so much that they can't move.
They probably ate it.
Lovebirds.
They really shouldn't be called that.
Just clip their wings.
Wait, how would that help?
Isn't the point of clipping their wings, so they won't be able to fly as far?
How would that stop the birds from killing their young?
How about adding cushions so the young won't get hurt?
This is why I prefer the cockatoo...
Quote from: DOODLEboy99 on April 28, 2008, 02:18:04 PM
That reminds me of when I accidently put two of the same fish that hate each other in the same tank. What a mess... :P
I did that with two female hamsters. What a day that was...
Quote from: Lotos on April 28, 2008, 02:50:39 PM
Quote from: DOODLEboy99 on April 28, 2008, 02:18:04 PM
That reminds me of when I accidently put two of the same fish that hate each other in the same tank. What a mess... :P
I did that with two female hamsters. What a day that was...
Two FEMALE hamsters? :-\
Quote from: Tuppyluver1 on April 28, 2008, 02:51:24 PM
Quote from: Lotos on April 28, 2008, 02:50:39 PM
Quote from: DOODLEboy99 on April 28, 2008, 02:18:04 PM
That reminds me of when I accidently put two of the same fish that hate each other in the same tank. What a mess... :P
I did that with two female hamsters. What a day that was...
Two FEMALE hamsters? :-\
It was on purpose though. The hamsters were siblings, my sister and I put them together a few days ago. Apparently a few days is a long time in hamster time.
on a completely unrelated note I saw to ducks doing it
Quote from: extraz on April 28, 2008, 03:19:58 PM
on a completely unrelated note I saw to ducks doing it
Intriguing, professor, and what do you conclude from your observational study?
Sell the parent of the younger bird when they start to be mean so you make money and still have some birds.
I want pictures... :'(
Quote from: extraz on April 28, 2008, 03:19:58 PM
on a completely unrelated note I saw to ducks doing it
I saw my cats doing it in the front yard. Looked like a intercourse ing rape to me.
Quote from: Darklink on April 28, 2008, 04:24:35 PM
Quote from: extraz on April 28, 2008, 03:19:58 PM
on a completely unrelated note I saw to ducks doing it
I saw my cats doing it in the front yard. Looked like a intercourse ing rape to me.
Same for me but with Seagulls...
Quote from: Phaze on April 28, 2008, 04:41:43 PM
Quote from: Darklink on April 28, 2008, 04:24:35 PM
Quote from: extraz on April 28, 2008, 03:19:58 PM
on a completely unrelated note I saw to ducks doing it
I saw my cats doing it in the front yard. Looked like a f***ing rape to me.
Same for me but with Seagulls...
I saw two dogs and two grasshoppers.
15? the one I have is annoying enough
though my Zebra finches pwn.
Anyway, Ive heard about that, I forgot how to solve it though.....
All right, BIRD UPDATE:
Today as I was going to feed my birds I saw a baby (fully-feathered) on the floor.
He could barely fly, so instead of leaving him there for my devilish birds to peck on, I brought him inside.
I bought a cage, formula for feeding, syringe for feeding, and a little toy for the bird.
I'll probably raise him in there and when he gets big enough I'll release him with my other birds and I'll do the same for any other babies I see on the floor..
Oh and I named him Ringo because John, Paul, and George just don't have that ring to it. ^_^