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Post by Marianne Marlow on Dec 6, 2019 9:19:46 GMT
We rehomed this little guy a month ago and he's now met the gang. He reminds me so much of Hector, but just from the back as he's a yellow face. I'm told he we 5 months old, which means he'd now he 6 months old, but his cere is still purple. He was also sold to me (by someone that could no longer look after him) as a hen, which he clearly is not. Meet Bertie, he's settled in very well with everyone! Sorry for keeping him a secret, but I find it hard to get enough time to make posts of any detail with a 9 month old to look after.
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Post by samwiseg on Dec 6, 2019 9:26:16 GMT
Oh he is LOVELY Marianne Marlow! What does he make of your gang? Have you noticed any changes yet?
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Post by Marianne Marlow on Dec 6, 2019 9:47:32 GMT
Oh he is LOVELY Marianne Marlow! What does he make of your gang? Have you noticed any changes yet? He fits right in. He only had a squeaky immature song at first, but has already picked up on the "flock tune". He's quite big but very friendly
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Post by jellybean on Dec 6, 2019 9:47:42 GMT
Hello Bertie, welcome to the forum, and to your new home.
I'm so pleased Marianne you decided to take another little bird.
Hope to hear more about the little fella when you have the time.
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Post by Marianne Marlow on Dec 6, 2019 9:52:45 GMT
Thanks JB. He was just called Blue, so I renamed him Bertie.
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Post by Biggles on Dec 6, 2019 9:55:47 GMT
Oh he is LOVELY Marianne Marlow ! What does he make of your gang? Have you noticed any changes yet? He fits right in. He only had a squeaky immature song at first, but has already picked up on the "flock tune". He's quite big but very friendly Sorry, can I ask a question here. Do they tend to change their voice to sound like the others then? Because one of our new ones has a very high pitched voice. (my son thinks it's so cute, my daughter hates it!) Does that mean he'll lower it if he spends time with the others? They're currently chatting a lot. Thanks.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 6, 2019 10:06:53 GMT
Aww! Welcome Bertie! You're such a handsome boy! Lovely to see you expanding your flock again Marianne! Biggles I believe they do it to better fit in with the established flock. It's also why single birds may copy human speech or other sounds that they hear frequently.
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Post by Jane on Dec 6, 2019 10:14:58 GMT
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Post by Marianne Marlow on Dec 6, 2019 10:15:24 GMT
He fits right in. He only had a squeaky immature song at first, but has already picked up on the "flock tune". He's quite big but very friendly Sorry, can I ask a question here. Do they tend to change their voice to sound like the others then? Because one of our new ones has a very high pitched voice. (my son thinks it's so cute, my daughter hates it!) Does that mean he'll lower it if he spends time with the others? They're currently chatting a lot. Thanks. I find that some of them, when first come here they have an immature song that sounds like a squeaky wheel. But they tend to all sing together and the new bird starts to sing like the others. Sometimes hens songs are a bit squeakier than the boy, sometimes not.
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Post by Marianne Marlow on Dec 6, 2019 10:18:22 GMT
Thank you. I really like the name and I needed something beginning with a B.
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Post by Jane on Dec 6, 2019 10:43:26 GMT
Thank you. I really like the name and I needed something beginning with a B. It’s a nice name.
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Post by sweetpea on Dec 6, 2019 11:30:06 GMT
Hello Bertie! You've arrived at the right place.
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Post by Hezz on Dec 6, 2019 11:34:18 GMT
I've noticed the same with new birds coming into the flock. In the beginning they may sound different, have a different sound/song, but after a short time, after quarantine, they begin to sound all the same and you find that that individual sound disappears.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 6, 2019 11:43:22 GMT
I've noticed the same with new birds coming into the flock. In the beginning they may sound different, have a different sound/song, but after a short time, after quarantine, they begin to sound all the same and you find that that individual sound disappears. I'm interested to see what happens when Munchy and Peri meet for this reason. I am somewhat hoping he won't learn the attention calling whistle! Currently Peri only really has one chirp and a slightly surprised squeak.
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Post by Marianne Marlow on Dec 6, 2019 16:08:19 GMT
Still a purple cere and dark iris rings. Baby Bertie
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