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Angelina's Nest Aviary

Updated Wednesday, October 24, 2012

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~ Hawk-head Parrots ~

Cherokee at 1 1/2 years of age.

<= HawkEye at 6 month of age...........and 7 months of age =>

Attention Hawkhead Parrot Owners & Veterinarians!

Please participate in a simple study that is intended to look for Hawkhead Parrot weight averages.

Please email me at lisawhite@alaska.com with the name, age, gender, weight and diet of your Hawkhead.

Past and future ages/weights of your bird would help in the study as well. Weight is taken by grams.

We do recognize there may be slight or significant weight differences/variances due to:

Parentage, age, diet, weaning, health, increased activity as chicks become more balanced and agile, or simply a wing trim as time goes by.

Listing the foods your bird eats will also be beneficial to the study.

HAWKHEAD PARROT WEIGHT CHART

Hawkhead Parrot Weights in Grams	1 Mo	2 Mo	3 Mo	4 Mo	5 Mo	6 Mo	7 Mo	8 Mo	9 Mo	10 Mo	11 Mo	12 Mo	13 Mo	14 Mo	15 Mo	16 Mo	17 Mo	18 Mo	19 Mo	20 Mo	21 Mo	22 Mo	23 Mo	2 Yrs	3 Yrs	4 Yrs	5 Yrs	6 Yrs	7 Yrs	8 Yrs	9 Yrs	10 Yrs	11 Yrs	12 Yrs
Cherokee W. - Female Almonds, apples, bananas, banana chips, barley, blueberries, broccoli, brown rice, carrots, corn, kiwi, peas, grapes, lentils, macadamia nuts, mango, papaya, pasta, peanuts, pears, pecans, pomegranate, raisins, scrambled eggs, seed mix, sweet potatoes, walnuts, watermelon, 12 grain bread							251				257				257	274			260	260	255	263	269	277
HawkEye W. - Male Almonds, apples, bananas, banana chips, barley, blueberries, broccoli, brown rice, carrots, corn, kiwi, peas, grapes, lentils, macadamia nuts, mango, papaya, pasta, peanuts, pears, pecans, pomegranate, raisins, scrambled eggs, seed mix, sweet potatoes, walnuts, watermelon, 12 grain bread					236	237	240	239	240			257				250	246
Sasha - Female Almonds, cashews, cheese, corn, grapes, loquats, macadamia nuts, pineapple, pomegranate, pumpkin bread, rice, sunflower seeds, Totally Organic Pellets (TOP), Foundation Formula Spicers Blend pellets, Volkmans and Halo seed mixes, Dr. Kracker's Seeded Spelt Bread				198								212																212	7 yrs, 5 mo 212
Chief - Male																								255
Rainbow - Female Guavas, variety of fruits, veggies, seeds & nuts. Evenings - mixture of powder composed 1/2 of the same powdered formula she got as baby food when she was eating from a syringe. The other half is an adult Harrison’s mash. A dab of peanut butter and warm water complete that mix.																																		260
Dakota - Female																																		230
Dalynn - Female																														245
Tomi-Hawk - Male																								255
Pablo - Male																											253 at 5 1/2 yrs
Dakota O. - Female								218																		225 at 4 1/2 yrs
Hudson Hawk - Male 'Omar's Premium Blend' - Ingredients: Safflower, Rolled Corn, Pumpkin Seed, Buckweheat, Oat Groats, Peanuts, Large Parrot Fruit Blend Pellets, Hulled Almonds, Anise Star, Banana Chips, Carrots, Coconut Chips, Kibbled Corn, Pasta, Pistachios, Alaskan Peas, Pine Nuts, Hulled Walnuts, Cinnamon Sticks, Peppers, Spray Millet				210	225
Woody - Male 243 Grams at 3 1/2 months (handfeeding) Fruits, Veggies, Harrison's Pellets, occasional seeds				227
Zita - Female Fresh fruits & veggies (varied every week), in the mornings and natural pellets and seed mix (NO sunflower) in the evenings.									227
Scooter - Male Apples, Cantaloupe, Cashews, Chicken Bones, Oranges, Peanuts, Peas, Pellets, Pineapple, Pomegranate, Potatoes, Sunflower Seeds, Walnuts, Watermelon						232	234	236	236	235	238	240	244
Virgil - Male								243
Jasper aka Cheech - Male * Age Unknown * Guess of 7 Yrs 40% Seasonal fruits/veggies - Apples, Broccoli, Carrots, Collard Greens, Green Bell Pepper, , Mango, Raspberries, Red Grapes, Tangerine; 50% Zupreme Parrot Pellets; Nuts in Shell (1 Peanut, 1 Pecan), Sprouted Seeds Grains & Legumes 2-3 times weekly in place of pellets, with Spirulina and Herb Supplement from China Prairie sprinkled on.																													258

Pictured below: HawkEye's trip to the Vet in February 2008.

Pictured below: The reason HawkEye went to the Vet...

Despite the fact I could not bend the wire mesh ladder of the nest box with my fingers, that did not matter to the curiosity and strong mandibles of my Hawkheads.

I did not look inside the nest box and find what they had done until HawkEye appeared sick one morning and he crawled back into the nest box.

I found the floor of the nest box was littered with small pieces of the wire mesh. They had literally chewed apart the bottom half of the wire mesh ladder in the nest box.

HawkEye was rushed to the Vet and x-rayed. He was also tested for zinc poisoning.

Fortunately, no metal pieces were in his digestive system and there was only a slight increase in his zinc level. The Vet bill after three visits was over $ 300.

Needless to say, new nest boxes for my birds were ordered without the wire mesh ladders.

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Contact Information

Lisa L. White

Angelina's Nest Aviary

Located in Juneau, Alaska

Electronic Mail - lisawhite@alaska.com

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