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Expert: Abi - 9/27/2007


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I have this albino parakeet and when I'm at school it is down stairs with my mom so she can make sure it is alright throughout the day.Well my mom has this pet robin and I kinda scared that she may get attached to the robin and not to me.From what people has told me that once you put a bird with another bird and it gets attached to it you can't touch it cause it would put the bird in shock and it die so how can I get my bird attached to me?

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You can't stop birds becoming attached to each other- it is selfish to keep them apart with no company so it will become more attached to you. I know it sounds awful but because you are at school all day you wont be able to give the parakeet the attention he needs to become attached to you. Touching the bird will not put it into shock! Whoever told you that doesn't know much about birds.

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I CAN'T ANSWER QUESTIONS ON ANIMALS OTHER THAN CHICKENS/DUCKS/GEESE- I WILL TRY BUT THEY ARE NOT MY SPECIALIST SUBJECT- PLEASE DO NOT ASK ME QUESTIONS ABOUT BUDGIES, FINCHES, PARROTS, COCKATIELS OR OTHER 'EXOTIC' BIRDS. I can answer questions on pretty much all CHICKEN breeds, including fancy and bantam birds. I can give advice on how to get the best egg production, brightest yolk colours and darkest egg shell colours, breeding (using broody hens, not incubators), bird problems/illnesses. I can give advice on all aspects of basic chicken care but I breed chickens for my own pleasure only, I do not often show or sell my birds.

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I own and breed a wide range of chickens, but I speciallise in cochins and crevecour bantams; crevecours have a large crest (an afro!) so I can answer questions on problems concerning them; cochins have feathered legs, which leads to no end of problems which I have experienced! I also own a large flock of domestic, rescued 'battery' hens, and a single maran hen, Hilda, who is the matriarch of her flock, so I can give advice on how to get the best colour of maran eggs!

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