Hand-rearing

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=90 BGCOLOR="#006699" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="02c285a1erlcgo.png"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#FFCC66" FACE="Arial" ><B>http://fly.to/pyrrhuras_uk</B></FONT><B> </B><B>     |  </B><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFFCC" FACE="Arial" ><B>   </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://fly.to/pyrrhuras_uk"><U><B>home</B></U></A></FONT></div> <bR> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=210 BGCOLOR="#FFCC66" TEXT="#080000" background="02ad2c00dkelyh.png"> <div> <A HREF="id43.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Diet"><U><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f099330000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Diet</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id41.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Breeding"><U><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f099330000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Breeding</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id46.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Handrearing"><U><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f099330000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Hand-rearing</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id25.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Listed Species"><U><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f099330000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Listed Species</B></U></A></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>Hand-reared  P.lepida's </B></div> <div> <B>Photo: L.Waring U.K </B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#006699" FACE="Arial" ><B><IMG SRC="08ad1cb0.jpg" border=0 width="209" height="203" ALT="Pearly perlata lepida 4-5 weeks old" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></FONT></div> </td> <td valign="top" height=390 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="06bd9b13.jpg"> <div> <I><B><U>Hand-rearing</U></B></I></div> <div> <B>Pyrrhura conures make idea pets if hand reared properly. The key for good hand reared conures and any other parrot-like is alot of human interaction while being reared. My son's & daughter's under supervision often play with the birds.</B></div> <div> <B><IMG SRC="31a371e0.jpg" border=0 width="311" height="286" ALT="Hand Reared 5 week old Greencheeks, molinae restricta." ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>The birds are playful, mischievous, and it's quite easy to teach them one or two tricks, i.e.: flies to your hand on call & often lie on their backs for their belly to be tickled. </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>My hand reared chicks are usually raised from 4 weeks old, and reared on Kaytee exact hand rearing formula. As they get older & start to wean they are offered fruits and various seeds. They are fully weaned by the 9/10 weeks from hatching.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Below are some photos sent to me by Dave & Marian Hyatt (UK), who purchased one of my hand reared baby Green cheeks (m.australis). His name is 'Cheeky' & these are a few things he gets up to.       </B></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>Click on photo to enlarge.   </B></div> <div> <A HREF="Resource-865\Cheeky.jpg" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Resource-865\Cheeky.jpg"><U><B><IMG SRC="3636c620.jpg" border=0 width="108" height="98" ALT="molinae australis" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B> </B><A HREF="Resource-873\Cheeky1.jpg" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Resource-873\Cheeky1.jpg"><U><B><IMG SRC="36c6a620.jpg" border=0 width="106" height="98" ALT="molinae australis" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B> </B><A HREF="Resource-882\Cheeky2.JPG" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Resource-882\Cheeky2.JPG"><U><B><IMG SRC="37575630.jpg" border=0 width="117" height="99" ALT="molinae australis" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B> </B><A HREF="Resource-891\cheeky3.JPG" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Resource-891\cheeky3.JPG"><U><B><IMG SRC="37e6d650.jpg" border=0 width="109" height="101" ALT="molinae australis" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B> </B><A HREF="Resource-900\cheeky4.JPG" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Resource-900\cheeky4.JPG"><U><B><IMG SRC="38749660.jpg" border=0 width="73" height="102" ALT="molinae australis" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A></div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>