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Post by OP on Nov 29, 2018 12:49:17 GMT
Thank you for that explanation. I'm please you realise what I was talking about.
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Post by Marianne Marlow on Nov 29, 2018 16:55:53 GMT
Thank you for that explanation. I'm please you realise what I was talking about. No problem
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Post by Deleted on Nov 29, 2018 21:25:52 GMT
It looks like you may have a new housebird Hezz. You may have to look after him now, or the butcherbirds will get him. Because, surely you wont be able to release him once you have looked after him? He’s so cute I’m not sure I could let him go. I get attached to little creatures very easily
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Post by Hezz on Nov 30, 2018 0:50:19 GMT
Have to think of the best thing for the chick, not me. Plus it is illegal to keep protected species as pets .. not that any one would necessarily know. He so badly wanted to be out and doing his thing at dawn both yesterday and today. OH and I decided that he stood a better chance if we didn't release him close to home as there is not a lot of cover for him to hide in at the moment, as it has been so dry and it is also so hot, everything plant-wise is shriveling up before our eyes. So I thought, somewhere watered, lots of foliage, lots of leaf litter. I dropped him off this morning in the park area next to our botanical gardens, and I know there are other turkeys living around there as well. Fingers crossed that he has a good life.
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Post by Hezz on Nov 30, 2018 0:55:17 GMT
Thank you Marianne, but that is not what I am referring to. What I see is the chick and the leaves on the floor. Behind that I see what I think ist mesh of the aviary and beyond that is light green diagonal post and what looks like more leaves and a bird with its tail in the air. Then spread all over the ground is leaf litter all on the outside of the aviary. Sorry to be a pain. The only light green are parts of larger leaves. The floor of the aviary is a darker green; everything else (except for the chick, the mesh and the steel frame along the bottom of the aviary) is just leaf litter. HTH.
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Post by OP on Nov 30, 2018 8:17:12 GMT
Thank you Hezz. It sort of makes sense now. I've given up on trying to abtually see what it all is. I can see the little chick so that is great.
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Post by Shirls on Nov 30, 2018 9:03:40 GMT
Aw well done Hezz (and OH) that is going to be one happy little chook in all that foliage, plus other scrub turkeys to hopefully blend in with.
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Post by jellybean on Nov 30, 2018 9:37:17 GMT
Hope the little guy has a great life.
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Post by samwiseg on Nov 30, 2018 9:56:12 GMT
Good luck Tom Chook Jnr we are all rooting for you xx
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Post by Hezz on Nov 30, 2018 10:00:18 GMT
I sincerely hope that he has a great life. Of Course we will never know. For me, that is better than wondering if I might find a carcass, wondering if the butcher birds got their way .. wondering, wondering, wondering. At least I know that I have done the best that I can.
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Post by Marianne Marlow on Nov 30, 2018 10:30:18 GMT
I'm sure he's joined a group of friends and is busy having fun
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Post by Hezz on Dec 5, 2018 19:38:18 GMT
For some reason I have just realised that I didn't answer a question of jellybean's, regarding the adult scrub turnkeys and the butcher birds. JB, the scrub turkeys are a big bird, about the size of a large rooster, so not to be picked on by the butcher birds. Little Chicky was about the size of a quail, so not a small bird either, but had absolutely no defence. OH picked him up to save him, and I picked him up to pop him into the box to go to his new home. All he did was wriggle. He made no attempt to bite or scratch (unfortunately, I feel).
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Post by samwiseg on Dec 6, 2018 9:36:03 GMT
But you both set him on the right way Hezz and gave him a fighting chance, and that's more that can be said for some
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Post by Hezz on Dec 7, 2018 1:28:31 GMT
I just wish he had some way of defending himself. I'd never handled a wild bird that hasn't wanted to rip my eyes out or tear my fingers off.
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Post by OP on Dec 7, 2018 7:40:33 GMT
Will you be able to go look out for him/her? Perhaps see if he has found a flock he can mingle with?
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