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BIRDS

Birds are bipedal, endothermic (warm-blooded), vertebrate animals that lay eggs. There are around 10,000 living species. Birds range in size from the 5 cm (2 inches) to the 2.7 m (9 ft). Birds live and breed in most terrestrial habitats and on all seven continents. Most birds can fly, which distinguishes them from almost all other vertebrates. The Birds which are commonly used as pets are as follows:

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Parrots: Buying a parrot as a pet is really very entertaining and joyful experience. However, it’s not easy to understand parrot behavior. Some parrots are very adjusting while others are stubborn and moody. There are variety of species of parrots such as eclectus, Senegal , Amazon, African Grey, Cockatoos, Cockatiel, Princess Parrot, King Parrot, Regents Parrot, Superb Parrot and many more. Eclectus are a remarkable bird and ideally suited as a pet. When taught properly, they are capable of cognitive behavior from a very young age. They can easily be trained to communicate with humans.

Also, the Regents parrots can easily be tamed and are very sociable. Like the Superb parrot, the Regents possess the ability to produce delightful whistling noises and to a small degree, imitate the human voice. Cockatiels as pets are darlings in the house. Cockatiel behavior can be groomed and almost perfected by good. The average life span of a parrot is around 20-40 years. Therefore, they can be lifetime companions of yours. A parrot should not be feed by only birdseed. Birdseed alone can cause malnutrition, illness, and shortened life span. Their diet should also include variety of vegetables (carrots, corn broccoli, spinach, collared greens, cauliflower, etc.) pelleted or seed diet.

Doves and Pigeon: The major difference between Doves and Pigeon is their size. Doves are smaller and sleeker with pointed tails, while Pigeons are larger and heavier than Doves with basically rounded tails. Doves and pigeons, domesticated for many centuries and used in the past as sacrifices to gods, raised for food, carrying messages and kept as a pet. Now a day, tame pigeons are still used to carry messages, but more commonly used for racing, meat, scientific experiments, hunting and used as pets. The white dove generally releases in marriage ceremonies. Dove and pigeon can be excellent pets as they can easily tame, and are healthy and active. They are attractive and have cool nature. They have calm and gentle which is magnificent to hear. They require very little maintenance and generally not so much expensive.

Hens and Chickens: If you want to have chickens as pets you need to keep few things in mind. There are many different types of hens in the market. But, the best which can be considered as pets would be bantam hens, and the silky bantam hens. They lay eggs with a pretty, pale green shell. They can be quiet and generous pets even for your children. Other hens are quite larger and heavier than bantams, and come in variety of colors; black, brown, white, etc. They can eat almost anything including bugs, snails, bees, slugs etc. Barley, maize, spinach, meet can also be good diet for them.

Ducks: Ducks can become good pets if you acquire them when they still are ducklings. Adult ducks or wild ducks will not make good pets. Ducks are usually tolerant to people if they rose among them and can be very friendly to kids. Ducks are highly social animals and they need other ducks to live with. Two is the absolute minimum, and 3 or more is better. They can live up to 20 years. Ducks can be feed on weeds, vegetables, grains etc. You can also give them the left over food of your dinner but that should not be too much spicy. They require a constant supply of fresh water, and that should be enough deep that ducks can submerge their heads. Mallard ducks are best examples of pets.

Peacocks: Peacock is also known as peafowl and they usually considered as male while peahen as female and peachicks as young peacocks. It is 1963, Peacock was declared as the National Bird of India. They can be available in variety of colors. They are beautiful birds and very good to watch. They can live up to fifty years and hence can be lifetime companion of yours. However, keeping them as a house pet should be avoidable because they emit a high screech that sounds like a woman screaming. Your neighbors or city ordinances may prohibit keeping this lovely creature. Therefore, they should be kept in farms with proper shelter. Dogs, raccoons and some owl will prey on peacocks. Some beautiful kinds of peacocks which can catch the eye of everyone are Rubin Red Peacock Chichlid and Aulonocara stuartgranti "Chipoka".