My name is Carmen. I live in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa. I bought my first IRN (green, her name is Biscuit) 8yrs ago, I handraised her from about 6wks and i was hooked. I made a promise to myself that i would eventually start breeding these beautiful birds. I started breeding ringnecks about 3yrs ago with only two pairs and a couple of youngsters. This year I will have 8 pairs of ringnecks, a pair of white capped pionus's, a pair of senegals and a pair of plumheads.
I am very soft hearted and tend to take in all the strays that people do not want anymore. Most recently i was given a canary called Tinkie Winkie who sings his heart out, a cockateil named Georgie who chatters constantly and what I can make out he says "hello georgie boy" and a couple of other things and a Quacker parrot who surprisingly doesn't make a lot of noise but says "hello" crystal clear and sends my four dogs into a barking frenzy because they think someone is in the house.
I know this is my introducton, but i also have a query and any input would be most appreciated. My one pair of ringnecks male=blue( which i found out is split for ino by the latest clutch of babies) female=green, I think my female had a stroke last year just before breeding season, she is generally quite a calm bird, but when i went out to the aviaries i noticed she almost had a nervous twitch in her head, and upon going into the aviary to see what was wrong she could no longer fly and crashed into the wire and then into the floor. As time passed the twitch disappeared and her flying skills are better but not perfect. There is nothing else physically wrong with her and her feathers are in perfect conditon.I left her with the male as he was feeding her and did not reject her(she now goes to collect food on her own), she later went on to have a clutch of 3 babies, 2 green and 1 lutino. Am I doing the right thing by letting her stay with her partner and live out the rest of her life as stress free as possible? I am scared that if i move her she will panic and have a heart attack. We have learned to work around her by moving slowly and letting her get to comfortable positions in the avairy while we are in there.
Thanks in advance for any replies and this is a fantastic sight that has helped me figure out the mutations of some of my birds and has made me even more eager for breeding season this year.
