As visitors to this blog may know, I have made, and intend to make, shamas with my blue bands (i.e. shamas from my line), available to hobbyists within and outside Singapore. Jeffrey has kindly agreed to assist me to provide buyers outside Singapore with shamas from my line and I see from his blog that 3 of my birds are already going to new homes.
The response to my invitation to persons who wish to purchase my line of birds to let me know of their interest has been overwhelming. I try to keep the chicks for at least 75 days, when the chicks will be fully developed, so that the new owner and I can be more sure about how the chick will likely turn out. May I ask all persons who have registered their interest with me to be patient and I will let you know as soon as there is something that may be within your budget.
Over the weekend we had a small gathering at Michael's home. Below is a video that I recorded on my handphone of his 7 months old male from Alpha and Killer which has just completed its molt.
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Monday, June 9, 2014
Monday, May 26, 2014
Visitors from Indonesia
I had 2 visitors from Indonesia to my home over the weekend. Catur, who is based in Singapore, came with Setiady, who lives in Java. We spent some time in my home before proceeding to Michael's home.
I can understand and speak a little Indonesian and Setiady can communicate a little in English. Catur, who is fluent in English and Indonesian, translated where necessary.
Setiady is extremely knowledgeable about shama breeding and he generously shared his breeding methods with Michael and I. He gave us details of his polygamous method of shama breeding that I found to be informative and interesting. Michael and I don't practice polygamous shama breeding and we don't intend to do so in the foreseeable future but we tucked the information away in our minds for future reference or use.
Setiady shared that, from his observations, if an egg is destroyed shortly after it is laid, it is the female that has done so. If the destruction takes place one or two days later, than the culprit is the male. To give the eggs a better chance of hatching, Setiady removes the male after the pair have mated. He said that in captive breeding where food is plentiful, the female is quite capable of looking after the chicks on her own.
Setiady also saw the chicks in my home and Michael's home that were about 11 to 12 days old. With the chicks to illustrate his points, Setiady, explained his method of sexing the chicks at this very young age. Amongst the points he made was that the calls of the chick will likely indicate its sex. Listen to the chick when it calls for food. If the voice is sharp and rising, the chick is likely to be a female. If the voice is lower and the call is shorter, it is a male.
Setiady was impressed with the song and character of one of Michael's first molt males from Alpha. As with other Indonesians I have met, Setiady likes the song that is sharp. He also liked Flame's son Rave (2nd molt), whose photo is below:
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There were other bits of information about shamas that Setiady kindly shared with Michael and I. For instance, he said that when any of his shamas have an attack of fits, he would feed it a cricket laced with vitamin B complex. If the bird is able to swallow the cricket, it would likely be all right within 1/2 an hour or so.
I can understand and speak a little Indonesian and Setiady can communicate a little in English. Catur, who is fluent in English and Indonesian, translated where necessary.
Setiady is extremely knowledgeable about shama breeding and he generously shared his breeding methods with Michael and I. He gave us details of his polygamous method of shama breeding that I found to be informative and interesting. Michael and I don't practice polygamous shama breeding and we don't intend to do so in the foreseeable future but we tucked the information away in our minds for future reference or use.
Setiady shared that, from his observations, if an egg is destroyed shortly after it is laid, it is the female that has done so. If the destruction takes place one or two days later, than the culprit is the male. To give the eggs a better chance of hatching, Setiady removes the male after the pair have mated. He said that in captive breeding where food is plentiful, the female is quite capable of looking after the chicks on her own.
Setiady also saw the chicks in my home and Michael's home that were about 11 to 12 days old. With the chicks to illustrate his points, Setiady, explained his method of sexing the chicks at this very young age. Amongst the points he made was that the calls of the chick will likely indicate its sex. Listen to the chick when it calls for food. If the voice is sharp and rising, the chick is likely to be a female. If the voice is lower and the call is shorter, it is a male.
Setiady was impressed with the song and character of one of Michael's first molt males from Alpha. As with other Indonesians I have met, Setiady likes the song that is sharp. He also liked Flame's son Rave (2nd molt), whose photo is below:
There were other bits of information about shamas that Setiady kindly shared with Michael and I. For instance, he said that when any of his shamas have an attack of fits, he would feed it a cricket laced with vitamin B complex. If the bird is able to swallow the cricket, it would likely be all right within 1/2 an hour or so.
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