Chicken Coop Cleanliness
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Chicken Coop Cleanliness

Buff-colored Polish Laced Chicken. (Above)
 
In our email newsletter of 12/16/2012 found here: http://goo.gl/Whg3c one of our readers took issue with a statement we posted highlighted in orange below. We are posting her response which hopefully will provide clarity in the issue
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Changes in the Product Lines of Foraging Toys
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Changes in the Product Lines of Foraging Toys

We were recently interviewed for a pet magazine article with some interesting questions. We thought you’d enjoy our answers

1. Have you seen any noticeable changes in the product lines of bird foraging toys/ foraging treats in the past five years or so? Are more companies expanding into the foraging marketplace (bird companies that didn’t previously offer them)?
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Researching DNA Testing for Birds
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Researching DNA Testing for Birds

Dear Sir/Madam,
I am a researcher within the University of Glasgow and I am currently compiling a case study on one of our staff members, Dr Richard Griffiths. 
 
Dr. Griffiths developed a PCR technique for determining the sex of birds which I see is a service your company currently offers. We are trying to trace companies which have directly used Richard’s research which is exactly as described on your website.

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USPS Parrotlet Bird Food Vandalism
USPS Parrotlet Bird Food Vandalism

USPS Parrotlet Bird Food Vandalism

I (Dana S.) from Buffalo, ordered a Parrotlett seed to be delivered to my parents home; Don R., Schaumburg . The box was delivered at 1:30pm to my parents home and had been soaked in what they believe to be Kerosene.

The postman stated that they are aware of it. The Kerosene soaked through the box and soaked the bag of seed. Please help, my parents need the food ASAP for their bird who ran out.
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Should this Eagle Fly Free?
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Should this Eagle Fly Free?

Since beginning to work with raptors we’ve been posting images of all birds of prey. The image above evoked some interesting responses on our Facebook fan page  today. I thought I’d share the thread on our blog.
 
Johanna Nydén, Amy K Hays, Noelle Sellars and 83 others like this.
Freedom Lives These birds shouldn’t have “handlers” for crissakes. This bird looks sick! It should be FREE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! humans are so assuming, its disgusting.
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Bird Food Pellet Conversion Made Easy
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Bird Food Pellet Conversion Made Easy

We get a lot of people who call and e-mail asking how to convert their birds to a pellet diet. The advantage of a pellet bird food diet is that pellets are considered engineered foods. In other words the bird food manufacturers decide what components are necessary for a nutritious diet and then they blend the ingredients by grinding them up and extruding them so that each individual pellet contains a precisely controlled diet. 

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Seeking Bird Food for Multiple Species of Birds
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Seeking Bird Food for Multiple Species of Birds

Thanks for speaking with me today.

Here is a list of my birds and the emails from Hagen.

The birds are all breeding pairs: 6 English Budgies, 6 Pacific Parrotlets, 5 Bourke’s, 4 Red Rumps, 4 Eastern Rosellas, 3 Green Cheek Conure’s, 2 White Belly Caiques, and 1 Senegal.

As I mentioned it would be easier for me to have only two diets for these birds.

Whatever help you can be would be appreciated and I look forward to working with you.

Don
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Does Your Bird Mango?
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Does Your Bird Mango?

Mango Pet in Smithfield Rhode Island USA is one of our favorite vendors. Eric Christopher, Mango’s president is a talented engineer who knows about making avian specialty products for people who own pet birds. 

What makes Mango unique is the categories a bird supplies that they offer. The play stands start at the simple tabletop model and ramp-up to elaborate foraging stations. Eric’s background is a chemical engineer has proved fruitful in the design and marketing of products that address the environmental sanitation of birds as well as the sanitation of birds themselves.

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Bird Cage FAQs
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Bird Cage FAQs

Do the dimensions stated in the bird cage listings include seed guards?

The listed cage dimensions do not include the dimensions for the seed catchers. In general figure an additional 10 inches side-to-side and front-to-back. Using the seed catchers is optional, we don’t suggest using them, they are just another thing to wash and the birds do manage to toss things beyond the seed catchers anyway.
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