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| | From: Sri (Original Message) | Sent: 8/12/2002 4:58 AM |
Looking to breed my male with a strong female. His name is Sugar and is healthy and strong and have papers on him. Sugar is 1 yr two months old and have had in since he was two months old. |
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Sri, Double yellow heads usually are between 3 and 5 years old when they reach sexual maturity. He is much too young to consider a mate for him. Is your bird a tame handleable pet? He will most likely not be sweet or handleable if you get him a mate. The males especially are so protective of their mates that you probably would not be able to reach into the cage without getting a really bad bite. Annie |
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Having a wonderful 14 months old Yellow-nape sitting right next to me, I am so curious as to why you would want to breed Sugar? As Annie said, he is far from being old enough. And you almost certainly will not be able to have contact with him once he has a mate. It would be unwise to even TRY maintaining a relationship with him. The pair bond is very important to good breeding. Have you bred other birds? Any of the large ones? Amazons are not easy. But if you are determined to have a breeding pair of Double Yellow-heads, the way to go about it is to find either a good pair that are already together, or to very selectively find 2 sexed, mature birds and carefully, gradually introduce them to each other. To put all your breeding hopes on Sugar, you are at the very least 4-5 years from having any results. I would urge anyone interested in breeding these larger birds to gather as much information as possible about every aspect of breeding, handfeeding, etc. from several different sources--breeders. Get hands-on learning. You don't simply take two birds, put them in cage together, add a nest box, and have babies hatching. |
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I came back here just now to apologize for simply assuming a lack of breeding knowledge, but have just read your other message saying that Sugar is your first parrot. So I will leave what I previously wrote. I will add, however, that I strongly encourage you to get much more information and experience about simply caring for an Amazon before giving any consideration at all to breeding them. I have been heavily involved with birds and breeders for several years and I know of absolutely no one who jumped full-face into it, starting with a pair of Amazons--although there may be a few. Enjoy Sugar for the wonderful bird I'm sure he is. |
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I will add just one more thing. Because from reading your post, I get the feeling you may think, as many people do, that birds breed in a manner similar to dogs and cats--that a pair are brought together for a short time and then go back to being good pets. That is not how it works with parrots. They are generally monogamous and bond for life. If a pair are put together for breeding, they frequently will live the rest of their lives together, mourning deeply for months or even years, if one of them dies or is removed. |
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