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patdbunny
Hyacinth Macaw
Join date : 2011-05-18
Age : 53
Location : San Diego County, California
Posts : 2083
 |  Subject: Tame Finches  Wed Dec 07, 2011 10:49 pm | |
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dusty
Scarlet Macaw
Join date : 2011-06-19
Age : 77
Location : near london, ontario canada...out in the country
My Birds : congo african grey (coco)
blue fronted amazons (willie and vasgo)
sun conure (simon)
greencheeked conure (jack)
senegal (walter)
senegal (crockett)
goffin cockatoo (sammy)
moluccan cockatoo (mango)
severe macaw (cody)
quaker (yoshi)
Posts : 838
| | Subject: Re: Tame Finches Wed Dec 07, 2011 11:06 pm | |
| what cute little guys
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moa
Sun Conure
Join date : 2011-05-18
Age : 30
My Birds : Rainbow and the unnamed gcc
Posts : 349
| | Subject: Re: Tame Finches Thu Dec 08, 2011 1:37 am | |
| I think I just died a little. way too cute! | |
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patdbunny
Hyacinth Macaw
Join date : 2011-05-18
Age : 53
Location : San Diego County, California
Posts : 2083
| | Subject: Re: Tame Finches Thu Dec 08, 2011 2:17 am | |
| The bourke was preening the finch the same time I was scritching, but EC wasn't able to catch a pic of it. Sooooo cute. | |
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Margaret
Hyacinth Macaw
Join date : 2011-05-18
Age : 51
Location : Chicago
My Birds : • Budgies: Mango, Blueberry, Plum, Sunny
• Cockatiels: Chico, Mickey
• Linnies: Venus and Mars
• Amazon, who was with us: Lucky
Posts : 1418
| | Subject: Re: Tame Finches Thu Dec 08, 2011 3:31 am | |
| I'm absolutely melted. They're both sooooo cute  Each time you posted something about your Bourkes, I'm kind of.... (in the future) | |
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VickiNumbers
Hyacinth Macaw
Join date : 2011-05-21
Age : 56
Location : Denver, CO, United States
My Birds : Allie ~ Yellow Sided Green Cheek Conure
Mickey ~ Turquoise Green Cheek Conure
Sam ~ Blue Front Amazon
Caesar ~ Bronze Wing Pionus (actually my HUSBAND's bird *grin*)
Mack ~ Lutino Cockatiel
Forté and Duncan ~ Budgerigars
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Posts : 1521
| | Subject: Re: Tame Finches Thu Dec 08, 2011 10:17 am | |
| I want a bourke to take visiting with me at the nursing home and at schools. I've decided that's going to be my next goal - to take my tame birdies out into the community so others can enjoy them too, and they can be socialized. If I get a pretty baby out of the clutch my hen is on now, I'll keep it for a breeder/pet and take it with me too! | |
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patdbunny
Hyacinth Macaw
Join date : 2011-05-18
Age : 53
Location : San Diego County, California
Posts : 2083
| | Subject: Re: Tame Finches Thu Dec 08, 2011 12:52 pm | |
| - VickiNumbers wrote:
- I want a bourke to take visiting with me at the nursing home and at schools. I've decided that's going to be my next goal - to take my tame birdies out into the community so others can enjoy them too, and they can be socialized. If I get a pretty baby out of the clutch my hen is on now, I'll keep it for a breeder/pet and take it with me too!
The little birds, if you take them out all the time, they act like they're not even being moved around. EC used to take her two bourkes EVERYWHERE in a carrier. Toddlers aren't really very gentle. She'd be swinging the carrier like a purse and the bourkes didn't seem to mind. They'd be hanging on, munching away on millet, taking sips of water, or just looking around. The motion's probably additional enrichment, like being on a swaying branch. | |
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zazanomore
Hyacinth Macaw
Join date : 2011-05-18
Age : 31
Location : Thunder Bay, Ontario
My Birds : Einstein - Cockatiel [3]
Charlie Bird - Cockatiel [15]
Clyde - Budgie [4]
Bonnie - Budgie [4]
Madoc - Budgie [1]
Posts : 1474
| | Subject: Re: Tame Finches Thu Dec 08, 2011 1:26 pm | |
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moa
Sun Conure
Join date : 2011-05-18
Age : 30
My Birds : Rainbow and the unnamed gcc
Posts : 349
| | Subject: Re: Tame Finches Thu Dec 08, 2011 9:44 pm | |
| aww where can you get a tame finch? I feel like they'd be kinda perfect lil birds  | |
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zazanomore
Hyacinth Macaw
Join date : 2011-05-18
Age : 31
Location : Thunder Bay, Ontario
My Birds : Einstein - Cockatiel [3]
Charlie Bird - Cockatiel [15]
Clyde - Budgie [4]
Bonnie - Budgie [4]
Madoc - Budgie [1]
Posts : 1474
| | Subject: Re: Tame Finches Thu Dec 08, 2011 9:46 pm | |
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VickiNumbers
Hyacinth Macaw
Join date : 2011-05-21
Age : 56
Location : Denver, CO, United States
My Birds : Allie ~ Yellow Sided Green Cheek Conure
Mickey ~ Turquoise Green Cheek Conure
Sam ~ Blue Front Amazon
Caesar ~ Bronze Wing Pionus (actually my HUSBAND's bird *grin*)
Mack ~ Lutino Cockatiel
Forté and Duncan ~ Budgerigars
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Posts : 1521
| | Subject: Re: Tame Finches Thu Dec 08, 2011 10:17 pm | |
| I'll trade you some beautiful tame budgies for one tame beautiful bourke! (Of course, I have to HAVE the budgies first...). Those birds are the most precious things I've ever seen in my whole life! EVER! | |
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patdbunny
Hyacinth Macaw
Join date : 2011-05-18
Age : 53
Location : San Diego County, California
Posts : 2083
| | Subject: Re: Tame Finches Thu Dec 08, 2011 10:20 pm | |
| Yes, I'm a kook. I breed and handfeed finches every once in a while.
EC historically has had tame finches for pets too. | |
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Guest
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| | Subject: Re: Tame Finches Fri Dec 09, 2011 10:35 am | |
| I really love watching little finches, I think they are so sweet! EC totally has me wanting a Bourke. I saw my first Linnie the other day too- what a SWEET little thing!
I love Owl Finches! |
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coral
Sun Conure
Join date : 2011-09-29
Age : 29
Location : ohio
My Birds : CAG-Mikko, Blue headed pionus- Marty, 11 finches
Posts : 344
| | Subject: Re: Tame Finches Mon Dec 12, 2011 10:34 pm | |
| what is EC? we have an aviary of about 8 zebra finches and id love to get a tame one for my grandma! she loves finches xD | |
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patdbunny
Hyacinth Macaw
Join date : 2011-05-18
Age : 53
Location : San Diego County, California
Posts : 2083
| | Subject: Re: Tame Finches Tue Dec 13, 2011 3:10 am | |
| - coral wrote:
- what is EC? we have an aviary of about 8 zebra finches and id love to get a tame one for my grandma! she loves finches xD
EC's EvilChicken. I handfeed the zebras from 10 days of age. I *think* you can tame one, but it's probably easier to have a tame one by handfeeding it. It's very labor intensive though - every 2 hours for 20 hours out of 24 until weaning. They don't taper off and extend hours as they age. | |
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