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| 117.1 | pekin robins... | EUCLID::JACOBSON | | Mon Feb 13 1989 15:51 | 12 |
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I had some experience with these birds. I had one Pekin robin and
he was wonderful. They are extremely fast birds. I would recommend
housing him in your largest flight cage. They eat water soaked
myna pellets. They love to eat meal worms, eggs, corn, and other
veggies. Alot of people believe they will not eat seeds, but
in fact they will eat seeds if that is the only food in their cage.
I sold my pekin so that I could start breeding my finches. I have
heard that pekin robins will eat eggs from nests....so beware...
Karl......
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| 117.2 | Agression? | CSC32::K_WORKMAN | Hand picked by Juan Valdez | Mon Feb 13 1989 17:31 | 13 |
| Karl...
Did you keep them sucessfully in the same flight with your finches?
This is what I was hoping to do.. They didn't fight or anything?
I don't use my large finch flight for breeding so the egg thing
wouldn't be a real problem. Actually I should probably put the
Pekins in the canaries flight since eggs runeth over! (Just kidding).
I was concerned about them in the finch flight as far as agression
is concerned...
Did you enjoy his song?
Karen
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| 117.3 | some info | GIAENG::PULSIFER | Doug Pulsifer 296-3332 | Wed Feb 15 1989 11:13 | 31 |
| Karen,
I read in "COMMON CAGE BIRDS IN AMERICA"(pub 1966) by Val Clear last
night about Peking Nightengales or Japenese Robins. Val seemed very fond
of these birds.
Val said:
His song is the richeest and moarmest full throated warble of the
imported softbills. the bird starts singing at the stroke of dawn
every morning and Val has not woken up in a bad mood since he has
had the birds, or needed an alarm clock.
They are the fastest birds he has ever had next to hummingbirds.
They change positions on the perch so fast you can't see them. One
of his birds used to wait until he was changing his food dish and
shooot out the food dish hole if he got the chance, and then it
was next to impossible to catch him.
As far as feeding he says it is simple, they eat a lot of fruit
and mealworms, as well as some insects. They will live long and
well on this diet.
They mix very well with other birds and he has never had any problems
wth them in mixed flights.
There is no foolproof way to sex them but males sing and females
twitter. Males are also a little bit brighter.
I hope this helps,
Doug
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| 117.4 | reply... | EUCLID::JACOBSON | | Wed Feb 15 1989 11:45 | 25 |
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re: .2
The pekin did have his spats with my shaftail finch when the
lights were dim just before bedtime. But, this shaftail picks on
the other finches also.... So there was not any real danger with
the pekin living with some other finches (he can easily out fly
any the finches that I have seen).
re: .3
That is right....these pekins love any type of fruits. They
will take a large piece of fruit (particularly oranges) bring it
to the top of a nesting box and start to eat little pieces....
About singing...My pekin really didn't have a true song. He would
sing a few notes and make a few noises but not a song like some
of the other finches....
have fun enjoying these guys.....good luck trying to catch them
out of their cage (make sure the shades are down and mirrors are
covered)......
Karl..........
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| 117.5 | Where did you order and how much do they cost? | WARLRD::SIMPSON | | Wed Feb 15 1989 13:23 | 6 |
| Karen,
Where did you order the Pekins, and how much do they cost?
Laurie
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| 117.6 | Thanks for all the information | CSC32::K_WORKMAN | Hand picked by Juan Valdez | Wed Feb 15 1989 13:42 | 35 |
| re: 3
Doug, thank you so much for researching this for me. It means alot!
Any idea on how to feed the meal worms? Just put them in a dish
and hope they don't crawl out and get into my carpet and turn into
moths? I hate worms, but I love birds so it balances out! I fed
a baby Grackle meal worms for several weeks, but he ate them from
tweasers.
re: 4
Thanks for the info. One more question? How big was your flight?
re: 5
Hi Laurie,
I am ordering these guys along with some other finches from Sigie
Meyers. He owns a USDA approved import station called SE BIRD CO.
It is in San Gabriel CA. Two other members of the cage bird club
I belong to and I are placing a large order. I believe he only
ships if its 300.00 or more. One of the members of our club went
out to CA to visit his operation and said his place is VERY WELL
KEPT and EXTREMELY CLEAN. Other members have had birds including
parrots shipped in before from him and have not lost a bird yet.
He apparantly uses very good shipping cages for the birds. This
will be my first time buying from him. For a pair of these guys,
they are 55.00 + shipping. He only sells pairs of the finches.
I recently sent him a letter requesting his current price list.
If I like his birds, I may buy more. Because they are import birds,
I will definately quarantine them for about 30+ days. You can't
beat his pricing. Nuns are 16.00 a pair. I couldn't believe this
seeing as how I paid ALOT more for my pair here in CO.
If you want more info, let me know!
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| 117.7 | more robin info.... | ENGINE::JACOBSON | | Wed Feb 15 1989 16:12 | 24 |
| hello again,
my flight cage was actually too small for the robin. It is 3'x3'x2'.
I was housing 3 other finches with the robin at the time. I would
recommend something much larger....maybe 6'x7'x3'. If I have the
room in my apartment I would opt for that size (provided my wife
agrees).
About the worms, I store my worms in the refridge and place about
10 in the seed container in the morning when I feed the finches
and the robin will jump right in......As long as you keep them
cold (or cool) the worms will be eaten very soon. Every once in
a while the finches and robin would let one or two worms live til
noon and the worms become move active. But the worms couldn't
crawl out of the seed container.....Sometimes they will drop some
worms from their perches unto the rug....no big deal...
I just thought of something.... my robin loved bread soaked in
milk. I usually use whole wheat or oat bread saturated in milk and
then placed on a tea saucer. The robin will pick away at it.....
About the price....this is very inexpensive....I paid $80.00 for
one from the Boston Pet Center.
Karl........
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| 117.8 | Do be cautious with meal worms | WMOIS::B_REINKE | If you are a dreamer, come in.. | Thu Feb 16 1989 15:07 | 6 |
| I would caution people to be careful not to let meal worms
escape. If allowed to grow into winged adults they can infest
your house terribly, attacking both foods such as flours,
crackers, cereals, but clothing like cottons and wools.
Bonnie
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| 117.9 | never had a problem | SVCRUS::KROLL | | Thu Feb 16 1989 18:28 | 2 |
| meal worms I have had turn in to flightless adults. preaty harmless
with out some wet or damp area and some grain to eat.
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| 117.10 | are there different kinds of meal worms? | WMOIS::B_REINKE | If you are a dreamer, come in.. | Fri Feb 17 1989 17:53 | 7 |
| It may be different species of critter then. When I was teaching
college I used to order meal worm larvae to feed the chamelons we
had in terrariums. The packages came with major warnings about
how destructive the adults could be if they bred and laid eggs
in things.
Bonnie
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