Millet 4,497 Posted May 15, 2013 Report Share Posted May 15, 2013 My goldie hen has gone and sat on dud canary egg's.. .. i hope she realises she is a godie hen once the egg's are rotten and the goldie cock kick's off.. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Clipper 207 Posted May 15, 2013 Author Report Share Posted May 15, 2013 if not send her here for my goldie cock Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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gnipper 6,523 Posted May 16, 2013 Report Share Posted May 16, 2013 You still struggling putting rings on then? Can you not see them or do you get the shakes? 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Clipper 207 Posted May 16, 2013 Author Report Share Posted May 16, 2013 both nipps Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Millet 4,497 Posted May 16, 2013 Report Share Posted May 16, 2013 After scaffolding for the past 20+ yr's let's just say i have not got the most delicate of finger's..the finger's that do the ringing need to be women or child like.. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Outlaw Pete 2,224 Posted May 16, 2013 Report Share Posted May 16, 2013 I can well appreciate the likely difficulties of closed ringing anything as tiny as a redpoll chick. As a licensed wild bird ringer I, of course, get to use open rings and clinch them with special pliers which I'm sure must be much easier. Baby Willow Warblers, eg. can be testing though! What I did; I went to the chemists and bought their most powerful, off the rack pair of reading glasses. 10 x mag. Cost me a tenner and I look a right fruit in them! They do help though. Take a ring with you. Put the glasses on and see how it looks then. Thinking about it? Closed ring on a Lesser Redpoll? Must be like threading a f**king needle with a live bit of cotton! I don't envy you guys one little bit! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Millet 4,497 Posted May 16, 2013 Report Share Posted May 16, 2013 What about a Wren or a Firecrest/Goldcrest.. .. surelly women must be the breeder or ringer of those little midget's.. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Outlaw Pete 2,224 Posted May 16, 2013 Report Share Posted May 16, 2013 What about a Wren or a Firecrest/Goldcrest. Aha! Would you believe there's a built in cop out clause on those? Seriously! Believe it or not, the adults aren't really a problem to ring. They're good little behavours, in the hand. I've rung wrens and fires. But the chicks? Perish the thought! Like trying to ring an insect! Nest is the thing though. I don't care how slender your fingers, or how steady your hand: No human is going to safely extricate a brood of wren or crest chicks from the nest. Not consistently. It'll end in tears. Thus, we're simply Not allowed to try it. I've monitored a Firecrest's nest. Did it simply by firing my camera into it, on macro. It was just above eye level. So much as touch that little eggshell of lichen and it could just disintegrate. Never mind trying to get the mini chicks out with my fingers. God knows what anyone breeding them would have to do, to get them rung? Interesting consideration! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Millet 4,497 Posted May 17, 2013 Report Share Posted May 17, 2013 I have alway's wondered how anyone could get Wren chick's out of the nest without wrecking the oval shaped structure with a tiny hole in it..i found a few when i was a kid and it was hard enough feeling for egg's with small finger's let alone adult sized hand's.. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Clipper 207 Posted May 17, 2013 Author Report Share Posted May 17, 2013 3 chicks this yrs 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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Clipper 207 Posted May 17, 2013 Author Report Share Posted May 17, 2013 the mums just hatched 5 , shes a good un 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Outlaw Pete 2,224 Posted May 17, 2013 Report Share Posted May 17, 2013 3 chicks this yrs Cute little things. But, what's with that one on the left, eye f**king the others all the time?! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Clipper 207 Posted May 17, 2013 Author Report Share Posted May 17, 2013 the runt but runts are nasty Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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