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You most likely have to pick one or the other bird to be Igor's mate. This is natural behavior for birds in the wild and unless you do, one of the males could get hurt badly, and I am not talking about emotionally.
Just watch a National Geographic video when they show mating habits of birds in the wild.
You most likely have to pick one or the other bird to be Igor's mate. This is natural behavior for birds in the wild and unless you do, one of the males could get hurt badly, and I am not talking about emotionally.
Just watch a National Geographic video when they show mating habits of birds in the wild.
I know, I know. One bird will peck the other one to death.
Frenchie (who is now deceased) killed Popcorn once in a deathmatch and one of the white birds killed Linus, I am not sure why.
So. I have an update.. Igor (yes Igor is a girl) has begun nesting in a box I carefully placed. She was looking for a nest for the past few weeks.. I know that now.
My concern is.. At the moment, it is just her in there. Both of her suitors are off mingling with the flock.
She just felt comfortable enough to roost in there today ("brood?") .. and I know the male encouraged her to go in. Probably Spartacus.
Right now, Spartacus and Mickey are still having "lover's spats" over Igor (name given before I knew she was a girl) and Igor seems confused. I'll let it play out a little. I'm watching them.
If Mickey gets too aggressive, I'll have to do something to separate him from Igor. If. Spartacus had her first (gotta see where that goes)
I have 4 males and 1 female bird. Believe it or not the two male birds try and go at it. LuLu and JR go at it as well she lays eggs but we don't want any babies so we don't use a nesting box. In fact sometimes they eat the laid egg LOL.
Very nice PS....... I hope the babies are beautiful and active
The post you quoted was from October 2021. By now, they are fully feathered and almost guaranteed to be eating on their own for more than a couple of months.
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