Tom the Con-Man and the Flock!

[zERo]

Isn't it terrible going into pet shops and not being able to take ALL of those beautiful babies home?! I almost got sucked in to buying a moustached parakeet not so long ago, s/he was just the sweetest little thing Would've been a very expensive buy though cos I'd have had to pay for an extension on the house to fit in yet ANOTHER bird cage, that was pretty much the only thing that stopped me!

It just kills me! I try to avoid going, but sometimes I need things!

 

[DonnaBudgie]

It just kills me! I try to avoid going, but sometimes I need things!

I predict that someday I will be that crazy bird lady down the street. I can't wait!

 

[zERo]

Romeo looks so pretty in these pictures

This shrimp took the plecos pellet and hid

Sheer Khan is wet

Hansel’s tank

Tom, so dang cute! He’s really started to like sleeping this way in my hand.

 

[zERo]

My brothers cactus I take care of
Some mixed lettuce sprouts. Hopefully my beets, kale, Swiss chard, and carrots sprout!

Tom and Striga flirting

Milly getting mad at my phone

A crest feather from Romeo

 

[LaManuka]

Love those dainty little 'tiel crest feathers! Striga's looking good too, how is that little sweetie coming along now?

 

[zERo]

Love those dainty little 'tiel crest feathers! Striga's looking good too, how is that little sweetie coming along now?

Me too!
He’s doing really well! The stains have completely disappeared and he’s stopped sneezing more than normal. He’s been playing more too and luckily he didn’t hate me after medication! He lets me pick him up just like before.

 

[LaManuka]

Oh that's great to hear! I have to medicate Fang for his heart condition every day, I've been doing it for a few years now and I thought he'd hate me for it but he doesn't, thank goodness! I think they are mostly a lot more forgiving than we think

 

[zERo]

Oh that's great to hear! I have to medicate Fang for his heart condition every day, I've been doing it for a few years now and I thought he'd hate me for it but he doesn't, thank goodness! I think they are mostly a lot more forgiving than we think

Really? Is it an oral medication? Maybe birds realize that we’re trying to help them, or that after they receive the medicine they start to feel better?

 

[LaManuka]

Yep, he's on Pimobendan and it's delivered via a syringe, thankfully he's doing pretty well on it so far. He always starts out by fighting me but it's tutti-frutti flavoured so once he gets that taste of it he goes "oh yeah, I remember this stuff, it tastes pretty good!" and down the hatch it goes

 

[zERo]

Yep, he's on Pimobendan and it's delivered via a syringe, thankfully he's doing pretty well on it so far. He always starts out by fighting me but it's tutti-frutti flavoured so once he gets that taste of it he goes "oh yeah, I remember this stuff, it tastes pretty good!" and down the hatch it goes

At least he eats it and likes it!

 

[zERo]

Oh conures can be so grubby

Poof

Made Mommas Birdie bread original last night.

Found this guy in our chicken coop eating the eggs! We relocated him down the road.

Fluff

 

[Keet_Krazy]

Wait, I do not think I knew you had chickens!

 

[zERo]

Wait, I do not think I knew you had chickens!

Yep! They’re not technically mine as I don’t care for them, my sister does.
We have three Rhode Island reds and a red bantam rooster.
I don’t have any pictures of them, I’ll try and remember to get some tomorrow!

 

[LaManuka]

Oh conures can be so grubby
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Made Mommas Birdie bread original last night.
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Found this guy in our chicken coop eating the eggs! We relocated him down the road.
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Wow, that was a lucky escape that snake "only" managed to take eggs. My dad encountered a carpet snake in his chicken run when he lived in Kuranda in Far North Queensland that was so fat and couldn't move cos it had eaten 5 of his chickens!!

 

[zERo]

Wow, that was a lucky escape that snake "only" managed to take eggs. My dad encountered a carpet snake in his chicken run when he lived in Kuranda in Far North Queensland that was so fat and couldn't move cos it had eaten 5 of his chickens!!

I love carpets pythons!
But that is not lovely to discover! 5 whole chickens? That’s crazy!

 

[LaManuka]

Yeah my dad loved them too until one ate his chooks. It was a very long time ago now, but from memory I don't that particular snake survived the encounter, cos my dad was NOT happy!

 

[onamom]

That birdie bread looks amazing! How do you make it?

 

[zERo]

That birdie bread looks amazing! How do you make it?

I buy it from this site:

Momma Bird's Cafe

mommabird.com

She sells the base mixes. Thought the instructions call for 1 cup of water/low sodium chicken or veggie stock which I think is odd.
I replace swap that with 1 cup of chop that’s mixed with water instead.
It also calls for baking powder and I just leave that out.

 

[onamom]

I buy it from this site:

Momma Bird's Cafe

mommabird.com

She sells the base mixes. Thought the instructions call for 1 cup of water/low sodium chicken or veggie stock which I think is odd.
I replace swap that with 1 cup of chop that’s mixed with water instead.
It also calls for baking powder and I just leave that out.

Oh thank you! Great idea with the chop too - that’s why it looks so good. I’ll have to try this. I wonder if I could make less than an entire pan…. Like just a few muffins. It’s harder to make these and use it all with just one tiny bird.

 

[zERo]

Oh thank you! Great idea with the chop too - that’s why it looks so good. I’ll have to try this. I wonder if I could make less than an entire pan…. Like just a few muffins. It’s harder to make these and use it all with just one tiny bird.

I’m sure your could half the recipe by using just half of the bag and then just using one egg etc.
I hope Ona likes it! All of mine do.