She looks so pleased and proud. Hopefully this will be it on the egg-laying.
Aw, so sweet, she looks so happy and beautiful Do you think the eggs were fertile? Have you seen them mating?
Baby Hys! Sarah.....? You sure you want to 'swap' out her eggs?
Cha!!!!
You stop that!!!
Silly girl
Sending love to you and your mommy
The egg(s) probably aren't fertile. If they were that would be exciting though....she'd and the fam would REALLY have a chore on their hands then! 13 big fid flock members, work, and then raising baby Hy(s) Weaning Hys....well, you know how that can be. I'd still have a little sparkle of hope and excitement though..... Grab some gloves and light that thing up!
I know someone who's weaned them, and it is a chore. The pumping is incredibly strong and it's a long process.No... I do not know what weaning a Hy would be like. Do you?
With all my years of experience with macaws I still would not be prepared for breeding/weaning a Hy. It would not excite me in the slightest. So much can go wrong so quickly, that baby macaw could pay the price for my ignorance and I would have to live with that.
I'm not a risk taker when it comes to my parrots, we do it right or we don't do it.
It would be one hell of a time commitment! With the odds of the chick dying being exceptionally high compared to other species.No... I do not know what weaning a Hy would be like. Do you?
With all my years of experience with macaws I still would not be prepared for breeding/weaning a Hy. It would not excite me in the slightest. So much can go wrong so quickly, that baby macaw could pay the price for my ignorance and I would have to live with that.
I'm not a risk taker when it comes to my parrots, we do it right or we don't do it.
Huge respect for your stance on breeding!No... I do not know what weaning a Hy would be like. Do you?
With all my years of experience with macaws I still would not be prepared for breeding/weaning a Hy. It would not excite me in the slightest. So much can go wrong so quickly, that baby macaw could pay the price for my ignorance and I would have to live with that.
I'm not a risk taker when it comes to my parrots, we do it right or we don't do it.
Let me clarify on this thread. These are not fertile eggs. This pair is not set up to be a breeding pair and they never will be. There are hundreds of thousands of birds in rescues and not enough amazing forever homes. This pair was given to me by a lady who has dedicated her entire life to saving as many birds as she possibly could. I promised her they would not be a breeding pair and I intend to keep that promise.
Thank you for your thoughtful reply. I apologize if I ruffled some feathers!It is starting to become a very sensitive subject with me....
So much so that I have not even posted that she has laid more. My vet and I believe it is not in her best interest health wise to continue this and we have started hormone therapy.
Hyacinths are not any higher on the endangered list than say a military macaw.... If this were a military pair would it be treated differently? I would say yes because I would not be getting PM's and emails from people asking for military macaw eggs....
Let me clarify on this thread. These are not fertile eggs. This pair is not set up to be a breeding pair and they never will be. There are hundreds of thousands of birds in rescues and not enough amazing forever homes. This pair was given to me by a lady who has dedicated her entire life to saving as many birds as she possibly could. I promised her they would not be a breeding pair and I intend to keep that promise.
It is starting to become a very sensitive subject with me....
So much so that I have not even posted that she has laid more. My vet and I believe it is not in her best interest health wise to continue this and we have started hormone therapy.
This pair was given to me by a lady who has dedicated her entire life to saving as many birds as she possibly could. I promised her they would not be a breeding pair and I intend to keep that promise.