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stressed at this change of aviary. The best action in this situation is to catch up the two stressed birds and return them to their parents, as I had acted quickly both birds survived but it was four days before one of them looked 100%. Experience over the years has taught me that Kakariki, especially young, do not take aviary moves well and when I have transferred them I monitor their reactions every hour for the first day, I always move them early in the day when I am with my birds all the time. After three weeks with the parents I tried again and moved them to the next door aviary where their brother and sister were housed, fortunately on this occasion they were fine but again I monitored them every hour just to see that all was well. It is easy to spot stress in Kakariki because the birds move very slowly or just stand still and fluff up their feathers, fit happy Kakariki move constantly and are sleek feathered. After this initial success the birds took a rest of around four months when they moulted and prepared for the winter of 08/09, a winter that


turned out to be the coldest in England for ten years. This, however, did not worry these beautiful active birds and in December they reared two more very fit and active youngsters. Kakariki originate in New Zealand and are used to cold conditions, they have a dense layer of down beneath their top coat of feathers and this gives them considerable protection in inclement weather. Then in April 2009 they bred again, hatching 6 young and rearing 5 to maturity, the picture on the opposite page showing some of these young birds.


One of the young cocks has a small amount of green feathering on his face which supports my view that these birds are selectively bred Pieds. You can distinguish any birds that are going to have a few green feathers at a very young age (in the nest box) because the down where the green will form is grey rather than white which is the normal colour down for young Golden Yellows. I am really happy with the feather condition of these birds they are tight feathered and have a sleek appearance. Some Kakariki are


One of the young cocks has a small amount of green feathering on his face which supports my view that these birds are selectively bred Pieds. You can distinguish any birds that are going to have a few green feathers at a very young age (in the nest box) because the down where the green will form is grey rather than white which is the normal colour down for young Golden Yellows.


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