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From: MSN NicknameBredBluesky_Liz_24  (Original Message)Sent: 4/4/2007 5:22 PM
Should I mate my Senie. A hairdress on the ave. has one too. Wants to mate with mine. Should I?


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From: MSN NicknamejensbirdsSent: 4/4/2007 5:38 PM
Breeding birds is usually a little trickier than that.  Pairs have to bond (just because you have a male and a female doesn't mean they will breed.)  You would have to move the sennies in together, and then, if they decided they didn't hate each other (sennies can be very aggressive) they might take years before they decided to start a family.  Then, if all went well, they would work together to raise the chicks.  Of course they might hit it off right away, but they would still need to stay together - not like many mammals where the dad steps in, does the deed and then skips town.

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From: MSN Nicknameannieokie100Sent: 4/4/2007 9:12 PM
I agree with Jen. Any breeding article you read will tell you they have to bond, which means they have to live together for a while and become a couple before they will breed. Are either of you willing to give up your bird to the other for a long time? 
Annie

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From: MSN NicknameScots101Sent: 4/4/2007 9:47 PM

Being a former bird breeder it isn't easy to find a pair that will mate... that is even eager to accept the male or female of our choice.... and if one or the other isn't receptive the damage that can happen can go as far as death to the unresponsive bird....

It would be wonderful if they could copulate and then remove one or the other...you can't as it takes two parents to sit on eggs, to do the husbandrt duties, that is feed and carry to the nester...

Unfortunately seldom do they make ideal parents first time around and you will be left hand raising the chicks... that's if they would even allow you near them and the aggression to the human can be severe, to the chicks devastating and you then in all probability loose the "tame" bird quality.

Instead of going into the needs of newborn chicks and the dollars associated with setting up a "nursery" it would be wiser to consider if breeding is the forte, to either of you buy out the other (bird) and then house them together in the same room, not same cage, for as long as it takes to see if they will be receptive...  or if money doesn't change hands then the other who relinquishes the bird gets first choice of the brood...

I have know breeders who have introduced two birds into a nesting situation, the hen normally will go to the bottom of the cage, be harrassed and stressed that should mating occur there is no fertile egg, and she usually will wane and remain terrified... so unfair but those breeders cared nothing for their birds, but it was the dang dollar that spurned them on... In the long run they lost all the way around...

This is with the larger birds, not the overproducers, but those birds that their system is so geared to definate "seasons."

Too2


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From: MSN NicknameBredBluesky_Liz_24Sent: 4/9/2007 6:48 PM
Thanks to all for answering my question. I agree with all of you members. Yes I do understand about the courting and breeding. I used to have lovebirds and bred for several seasons. I decided not to breed my Senie, Bubba for now. I will have to just past it up. And I am dealing now with its behavior. That is all. :)

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From: MSN NicknameIamFeathersSent: 4/9/2007 9:34 PM
I had to go look at pics of Bubba.  He's a beautiful boy and if I read correctly...you've only had him since Jan.  I bet if you work with the guy......you'll get past that bitefullness and he'll make a wonderful companion. 

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