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- 1 bowl of mixed food consists of millet, rye, unhusked rice grain and oats.
- 1 bowl of sunflower seed.
- Vegetable: wheat grass, carrot and broccoli.
- Fruit: corn, apple, grape and orange.
- Bread
- Cuttle-Bone
- Water
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| Feeding the bird |
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- Give 1 bowl of mixed food and 1 bowl of sunflower seed.
- Provide vegetable and fruit for every other day.
- Bird with a nestling should be provided one more bowl of sunflower seed and also bread and corn should be given in the morning everyday until the nestling is growing up and flying out from the cage.
- The food (mixed food) should be sieved every 4 days while only change the sunflower seed when it is used up.
- Change the water everyday by filling at 6:00 A.M. and collecting at 5:00 P.M. Also, vitamins are mixed in the water.
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| Making Pairs Of Bird |
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- An approximage age of bird to breed is at about 1 year. Excluding from sex DNA, to check whether the bird is a male or female, it can be seen by:
- Checking from a bottom bone: A female bird will have a far unsharp while a male bird will have a nearer and sharper bottom bone.
- External appearance: A female bird will be bigger than a male bird.
- When the bird is already 1 year old and checked whether it is a male or female. A couple of birds will be put into an arranged cage with a rest. If the birds are seemed to be with each other and going into the nest, it can be assumed that the birds are making pairs already.
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| Laying An Egg |
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- The bird will lay an egg for every other day for 4-7 eggs a time. The female bird will hatch the eggs by herself alone with an approximate 22 days length of time.
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| Nestling |
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- When the time is due, the egg will be punctured by the nestling. The father and mother bird will raise their own nestling with the owner assisting by providing one more bowl of sunflower seed. Also, the extra food of bread and corn are to be provided in every morning.
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| Ring |
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- A ring will be put on the nestling when it is 2-3 weeks old. The ring will specify year and number so that we can know the detail of the bird, e.g., its parents, breed, year of birth.
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| Sepearate The Nestling |
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- From its parents when the youngest nestling going out from the nest for around 10-15 days.
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Yutthana Imanothai |
