Sunday, March 25, 2012

Some Information on our Birds of the Year by some of our members

 The  
The Austarlian Galah by Siep Krol
  • Started 2 years ago with 7 pairs
  • Feeding routine
    • Morning: small seeds on floor
    • 1 teaspoon, per bird of soft  food:
      •  mixture of manna, millet, pellets, sunflower
      • tasted bread cut in pieces
      • wet brown bread
      • greens
  • Nesting materials
    • eucalyptus branches
    • long nests - fill +- 400/500 mm
  • Imprint easily on humans and become very demanding
  • Breed after +- 2,5 years
    • 20 - 22 incubation days
    • babies +-4 months in the nest
    • can handrear after 4/5 weeks
    • Aviplus vitamin mixture  plus seed every day
    • Egg yoke
  • Aviary
    • width 3m x length 7m x 3m height
    • 1/3 rd covered from rain