the whole flock! (over load!) (376 views)

[Shelly]

once again i took a lot of pics of the flock

it has been a busy few days, mostly consisting of wing clips and nail clipping (which i am starting to get the hang of!). and i have been switching who is in which cage since i got a nice flight cage

ok now for the pics!

Leon being a little Egg in the tree!


baby bird and butch


Butch… who wasn't too happy with the camera in his face…




the other 4. i have no clue what Mrs. Pickles is doing….i think she is reaching for poop


she is so weird..


and the 2 favorites! Bowie grooming bobby. bowies colors are fantastic with the flash




i finally clipped bobbys nails so they aren't so long.


i still haven't figured out bowie, he never shows any emotions. usually the other will fluff up their head or move a certain way, but bowie doesn't do that. i think that and his handicapped foot makes him the weakest of the flock (and usually Pickles victim- Bad Pickle!)


and i can't decide whether Baby Bird is a male or female. sometimes her nose is whitish and other times it looks more blue!




lets just say that Leon looks a little odd in this pic




and then the elusive Ace and Leo, my newest rescues. they are still pretty scared. yesterday i moved them into baby and Pickles cage and then baby and pickle got the new (GIANT) cage. i feel bad downsizing ace and leo into a smaller cage, but it will be easier to tame them. i was working with them today and they are doing good so far. there is still much work to be done




i clipped their wings when i switched them. i found out that Ace loves to clamp down right between my thumb and index finger. i was fine at first and then it really started hurting and i had to slowly pull my hand out of his beak! leo didn't bite but he did slip our of my hand and got a tiny amount of time on the tree before i caught him and clipped him.

then leon, baby and pickles wanted to say hi to them


Baby Bird and Ace seemed to like each other




this is the new 30x18x18 cage i got. baby bird and pickles are in it now. i put leon in there with them for a little bit after everyone went back and i tried putting butch in there, but pickles hates butch and butch doesn't like being housed with anyone, so he went back to his own cage. in the future (after Ace and leo are tame) i hope to get another one of these cages and house ace, leo, pickles, and baby bird in one and bobby, bowie, butch, and leon in the other


or i might just combine 2 cages and use that rather than buying another cage. this one i have 3 cages combined, but i would just do 2 to make a 38x18x16.

[Casey]

i think combining all 3 would be epic

sorry i have been so inactive, just been quite a month (i'll post a thread with all the updates!)

the photos are awesome! i cant wait to see all of them together!!!

[Shelly]

its been getting frustrating around here recently… bowie and bobby are yet again untaming themselves again and don't want to step up. i have the same schedule form coming out and going back so i don't see the problem. right now i have leon, butch and bobby in the new cage. i had bowie in there, but he won't step up, so he is alone in the old cage, bobby is kind of hard to get out because he wants nothing to do with me. i am still trying to find a way to make it easier to take them out. i would think bowie would be excited to come out to see bobby, but he wasn't so happy. and bobby watches leon and butch come out with me and then doesn't want to get on the perch -__- annnnd i was trying to put leon back tonight and he kept flying off me before i could put him back. sigh… its a little annoying .___. on the bright side, i starting training leo and ace the other day and they both stepped up they are still scared and ace is really nervous and freaked out after he stepped up. its a working process but i was amazed at how fast they stepped up… i alway told my friend that she had perfectly trainable birds