Cuban hen beaten up by cock bird

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MadHatter
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shirltra96 wrote:removed the nasty birds into a cage with two rainbow lorikeets hope lorikeets will be ok.
:shock: I hope you are not too bothered if the Lorikeets rip them to bits... I would not expect Cubans to be able to stand up to anything as big and aggro as that.
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agree with madhatter. some small lorikeets (littles, purple crowns, anything up to musk size) can be put with finches in a LARGE PLANTED AVIARY
certainly not rainbows in a cage.
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ooops missed that part .... thats gonna be one distressed little finch sharing space with Rainbows .
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Jay, I would not even do Muskies, except in a REALLY big aviary. Little, Purple Crowned or Varied is where I draw the line.
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yeah I guess
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The finches are fine my poor old pensioner rainbow wouldn't harm anything,( rescued an old breeding pair from terrible cage and conditions to a wonderful retirement home call them joe & joey ) don't like keeping birds in a box unless its necessary and i have nowhere else for the cubans,I have a buyer for the hen and i all ready have 2 in the holding cage, they were aggressive to any bird they didn't like and i have many birds in my other cages that are in the nest that i don't want stressed, my mistake and won't make it again, beautiful bird, active, great song and will try and get a hen for one of the cock birds i bred and try again, I like active birds as i have set up my aviaries for my viewing pleasure and if i breed birds its a bonus, value others experience and still learning.
Thanks Anthony
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