Paradise Farms Islamabad

This is PeT InF0 making a farm along with a friend,these are some great pics of the place itself. Its just starting but we've got some great birds.

Best birds/animals

Took a lot of time to go through all the pics, selected some of them and made this collage but the time it totally worth the effort. This picture means a lot to me and the fellow Ali Punk, It has great memories of the birds and animals I have and had.

Fist sadness on a quails death :(

These are the English white coturnix quail female I received approximately a month ago. They were just chicks when I received them and now when one of them was laying perfectly Thiey died :( because of the air tight container during their transfer from my partner's house. Well my lots of birds had died and gave me a shock but this is the first time I was sad on the death of a quail.The good point is that I have got their eggs and thay will be parents in 21 days or so :) ...........

Intro to Turkey

A turkey is a large bird in the genus Meleagris. One species, Meleagris gallopavo (commonly known as the Wild Turkey) is native to the forests of North America. The domestic turkey is a descendant of this species. The other living species is Meleagris ocellata or the Ocellated Turkey, native to the forests of the Yucatán Peninsula.^[1]
Turkeys are classed in the taxonomic order of Galliformes. Within this order they are relatives of the grouse family or subfamily. Males of both species have a distinctive fleshy wattle or protuberance that hangs from the top of the beak (called a snood in the Wild Turkey and its domestic descendants). They are among the largest birds in their ranges. As in many galliformes, the male (tom or gobbler) is larger and much more colorful than the female (hen). A baby turkey is known as a poult. Genus Meleagris is the only genus in the subfamily Meleagridinae, formerly known as the family Meleagrididae, but now subsumed within the family Phasianidae.

Golden(the best bird of prey)

The Golden Eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) is one of the best-known birds of prey in the Northern Hemisphere. It is the most widely distributed species of eagle. Like all eagles, it belongs to the family Accipitridae. These birds are dark brown, with lighter golden-brown plumage on their napes. Immature eagles of this species typically have white on the tail and often have white markings on the wings. Golden Eagles use their agility and speed combined with extremely powerful feet and massive, sharp talons to snatch up a variety of prey (mainly hares, rabbits, marmots and other ground squirrels).

Golden Eagles maintain home ranges or territories that may be as large as 200 km² (77 sq mi). They build large nests in high places (mainly cliffs) to which they may return for several breeding years. Most breeding activities take place in the spring; they are monogamous and may remain together for several years or possibly for life. Females lay up to four eggs, and then incubate them for six weeks. Typically, one or two young survive to fledge in about three months. These juvenile Golden Eagles usually attain full independence in the fall, after which they wander widely until establishing a territory for themselves in four to five years.
Once widespread across the Holarctic, it has disappeared from many areas which are now more heavily populated by humans. Despite being extirpated from or uncommon in some its former range, the species is still fairly ubiquitous, being present in sizeable stretches of Eurasia, North America, and parts of North Africa. It is the largest and least populous of the five species of true accipitrid to occur as a breeding species in both the Palearctic and the Nearctic.^[2]
For centuries, this species has been one of the most highly regarded birds used in falconry, with the Eurasian subspecies having been used to hunt and kill prey such as Gray Wolves (Canis lupus) in some native communities. Due to its hunting prowess, the Golden Eagle is regarded with great mystic reverence in some ancient, tribal cultures. The Golden Eagle is one of the most extensively studied species of raptor in the world in some parts of its range, such as the Western United States and the Western Palearctic.

Description

In flight

Subadult, note white in tail and dark neck

The Golden Eagle is a very large, dark brown raptor with broad wings, ranging from 66 to 102 cm (26 to 40 in) in length and from 1.8 to 2.34 m (5 ft 11 in to 7 ft 8 in) in wingspan.^[3][4][5][6] This species' wingspan is the fifth largest amongst extant eagle species.^[4] In the largest race (A. c. daphanea) males and females weigh typically 4.05 kg (8.9 lb) and 6.35 kg (14.0 lb). In the smallest subspecies, A. c. japonica, males weigh 2.5 kg (5.5 lb) and females 3.25 kg (7.2 lb).^[7] In the species overall, males may average around 3.6 kg (7.9 lb) and females around 5.1 kg (11 lb).^[8] The maximum size of this species is a matter of some debate. Large races are the heaviest representatives of the Aquila genus and this species is on average the seventh-heaviest living eagle species. The Golden Eagle ranks as the second heaviest breeding eagle in North America, Europe and Africa but the fourth heaviest in Asia.^[4][2] For some time, the largest known mass authenticated for a wild female was the specimen from the nominate race which weighed around 6.7 kg (15 lb) and spanned 2.55 m (8 ft 4 in) across the wings.^[9] American Golden Eagles are typically somewhat smaller than the large Eurasian races, but a massive female that was banded and released in 2006 around Wyoming’s Bridger-Teton National Forest became the heaviest wild Golden Eagle on record, at 7.2 kg (16 lb).^[10] No comprehensive range of weights are known for the largest subspecies (A. c. daphanea).^[9] Captive birds have been measured up to a wingspan of 2.81 m (9 ft 3 in) and a mass of 12.1 kg (27 lb) (the latter figure was for an eagle bred for the purposes of falconry which tend to be unnaturally heavy), respectively.^[9] The standard measurements of the species include a wing chord length of 52–72 cm (20–28 in), a tail length of 26.5–38 cm (10.4–15 in) and a tarsus length of 9.4–12.2 cm (3.7–4.8 in).^[4] The culmen reportedly averages around 4.5 cm (1.8 in), with a range of 3.6 to 5 cm (1.4 to 2.0 in) and the bill length from the gape measures around 6 cm (2.4 in).^[11][12] The long, straight and powerful hallux-claw (or hind claw, the equivalent to the big toe) can range from 4.5 to 6.34 cm (1.8 to 2.50 in), being about one centimeter more than the hallux-claw of a Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) and a little more than one cm less than a Harpy Eagle (Harpia harpyja).^[13][14][15] The sexes are similar in plumage but are considerably dimorphic in size. Females are rather larger than males with the differences increasing as the body size increases across the races. The large Himalayan Golden Eagles females are about 37% heavier and nearly 9% longer in wing length than the males of the race compared with the small Japanese Golden Eagles where females are a relatively modest 26% heavier and around 6% longer in wing length than males.^[7][16]

The formidable foot and talons of a Golden Eagle

Adults are primarily dark brown in color, with a paler, typically golden color (the source of the species’ common name) on the back of the crown and nape, and some grey on the inner-wing and tail.^[17] There are subtle differences in coloration among the races, described below. Unlike in other Aquila species, where the tarsal feathers are typically of a similar color to the rest of the plumage, the tarsal feathers of Golden Eagles tend to be paler, ranging from light golden to white.^[7] In addition, some full-grown birds (especially in North America) have white "epaulettes" on the upper part of each scapular feather tract.^[2][18] The bill is dark at the tip, fading to a lighter horn color, with a yellow cere.^[19] As in many acciptrids, the bare portion of the feet are yellow.^[4] This species moults gradually beginning in March or April until September or October each year. Moulting usually decreases in winter. Moult of the contour feathers begins on the head and neck region and process along the feather tracts in a general anterior-posterior direction. Feathers on head, neck, back and scapulars may be replaced annually. With large feathers of the wing and tail, moult beginning with innermost feather and proceeds outwards in a straightforward manner known as "descendant" moult.^[18]
The juvenile Golden Eagle is similar to the adult but tends to be darker, appearing black on the back especially in East Asia. Compared to adults, juveniles have a more unfaded color. Young birds are white for about two-thirds of their tail length ending with a broad, black terminal band.^[16] Occasionally, juvenile eagles have white patches on the remiges at the bases of the inner primaries and the outer secondaries, forming a crescent marking on the wings which tend to be divided by darker feathers.^[7][20] Rarely, juvenile birds may have only trace amounts of white on the tail. Compared to the relatively consistently white tail, the white patches on the wing are extremely variable and some juveniles have almost no white visible. Juveniles of less than 12 months of age tend to have the most extensive amount of white to the plumage.^[18] By their second summer, the white underwing coverts are usually replaced by a characteristic rusty-brown color. By the third summer, the upper-wing coverts are largely replaced by dark brown feathers, however not all feathers moult at once giving many juvenile birds a grizzled pattern. The tail also follows a similar pattern of maturation.^[18][20] Due to the amount of variability in different individuals, juvenile eagles cannot be reliably aged on sight alone.^[21] Many Golden Eagles still have white on the tail during their first attempt at nesting.^[22] The final adult plumage is not fully attained until the birds are between 5 and a half and 6 and a half years old.[

Black Francolin

Black Francolin:
The Black Francolin belongs to the family of pheasant. It is mid-sized bird with size bigger than normal quail and smaller than a hen.
Habitat:- It is found in crop cultivation areas and in bush or scabby areas.They live more closely to water than chukars. 
Breeding:- Its breeding is very difficult as the male is very aggressive during the breeding season. It not only fights with males but also injures females so they are introduced for a small time just to mate with each other. The breeding season is in the spring season.
Voice:- the male has a very pleasant and frequent sound. The sound is like "kwee-kweee-kwee", The calling is very frequent during the breeding season.Flight:- It hardly flies but when scared or want to escape It could go for a fewmeters. It prefers to go away by walking.
 

Italian

They are just a color variety of the Coturnix. Same productivity as any other Coturnix. Some are large and some are small. Selective breeding takes place to get your jumbos or XL. I have these at home and are my home bred. They are very easy to care and breed. Also the males coo-tuur-nix is very pleasing to ears..

finches

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Zebra Finch Care Basic Care Zebra finches are fun and easy to have in your home.  They are a pleasure to view and their soft chirping is soothing.  Whether you want only one pair to keep you company or you want to be a breeder with many birds, Zebras are a joy. Zebra Finches originate from Australia. Zebras live in open grasslands with some bushes and trees.  They live in dry areas over most of Australia.  They live in groups and eat mostly grass seeds.  They build their nests in bushes out of grass, straw, feathers and anything else they can find.  They lay 3-6 eggs and both parents participate in raising the young.  The currently accepted taxonomic nomenclature for the Zebra is "Taeniopygia guttata castanotis". Zebra finches live to be 4-8 years of age.  I have heard of birds living to 10 and 12 years old, but I think this is rare. Males: The normal male bird has a gray upper body and wings.  The belly is white.  The beak and legs are a red-orange color.  On each side of the head is a cheek patch.  There is a 'tear drop' mark under the eye.  This is a brown/tan/fawn color commonly called orange.  The flanks/sides of the bird just below the wings, is a chestnut (orange) colored area with white dots.  The chest is black and white stripped like a zebra, hence the name zebra finch.  A truly beautiful bird! Females: The female also has a gray upper body and wings with a white belly.  The beak and legs are the same red-orange color but not as deep color, lighter.  She has a black 'tear drop' mark under the eye.  The most noticable differences between males and females are the cheek patches and the chest striping. Let’s talk about some of the aspects of keeping Zebra finches.    1) Selecting Birds    2) Location/Environment    3) Diet    4) Care    5) Housing    6) How do I catch a bird?    7) Breeding    8) Colors    9) Terms

reading cat's mind

This is not like a big blog but I am damn sure that this blog is a treat for those cat lovers. These images will help judge you to judge what is in a cat's mind. From the way of its tale you can read Its mind.

the beauty of coturnix

Texas A and M Quail are a large breed. They are the result of selectively bred quail, and are bred especially for meat production. Texas A&M quail produce a light skinned, light meat quail. It takes 8 weeks to bring them to butcher weight, which is about 10-14 oz birds.
Selectively bred by A & M Texas college for their white meat and pure white feathers.

breeding your cockatiel parakeet

Breeding your Cockatiel Parakeets:

Breeding cockatiels:- Breeding cockatiels is not a very difficult task but it requires a lot of time and care. Cockatiels can breed two to three times a year. The pairs like to live in a random cage but its OK to keep them in an avairy. Necessary conditions are light and proper items in cage.
Pet or Breeder:- One should be known to the fact first that the bird can be human's or bird's. The parakeet can either bond with a human and be pet or bond to suitable mate to breed. So a bird can be pet or a breeder, not both at time.
Breeding maturity:- Cockatiels can breed at the age of 9 to 12 months but breeding maturity is attained at the age of 15 to 20 months. Breeders usualy bond a young one with an old one so they can learn and teach.
True pairs:- One should be known that males there will be no eggs while in females there will be many of them but unfertilecockatiels having same sex can bond but can't breed. In True pairs:- One should be known that males there will be no eggs while in females there will be many of them but unfertile.
In eno and pied cockatiels or the simple ones, the female has a lining pattern on the under side of its tale feather.

Patridge(our national bird in Pakistan @chakor)

Partridges are birds in the pheasant family, Phasianidae. They are a non-migratory Old World group.
These are medium-sized birds, intermediate between the larger pheasants and the smaller quails. Partridges are native to Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. Partridges are ground-nesting seed-eaters.^{[citation needed]}
According to Greek legend, the first partridge appeared when Daedalus threw his nephew, Perdix, off the sacred hill of Minerva in a fit of jealous rage. Supposedly mindful of his fall, the bird does not build its nest in the trees, nor take lofty flights and avoids high places.^[1]
Partridges appear as part of the first gift listed in the Christmas carol, "The 12 Days of Christmas". As such, "A partridge in a pear tree" is sung as the last line of each chorus.

Aggressive dog(pitbull)

Discription:The Pit Bull immediately strikes one as being a dog of power, passion and undying willingness. The brick-like head, which is especially broad between the cheeks (to house the powerful jaws), is carried upon a thickly muscled, well-defined neck. The neck runs into a deep, thick, well-sprung chest. The American Pit Bull is a very muscular, stocky, yet agile dog that is extremely strong for his size. The ears are generally cropped, though this is optional. Docked tails are not accepted by the UKC or the ADBA. The eyes are round. Both the ADBA and the UKC do not accept blue eyes or the coat color merle. The American Pitbull Registry does accept a merle coat. The teeth should form a scissors bite. Its coat is made up of thick, short, shiny hair. All colors are admissible. The tail tapers to a point.
  Height, weight

The American Pit Bull Terrier is both powerful and agile. Actual weight and height are less important than the correct proportion of weight to height.

 Height: 14 - 24 inches (35 - 60 cm)
Weight: 22 - 78 pounds (10 - 35 kg)

A very common misconception is that APBTs are muscle-bound hulks that weigh in around 85 pounds (39 kg) or more and this is generally not the majority. Most of the APBT's that are that large have been crossed with other breeds and are being called American Bullies. The general public often gets American Bullies mixed up with the American Pitbull Terriers. American Pitbull Terrier vs. American Bully
 

Budgie Parakeet Colors
What’s What, and Who’s Who!

I can remember a time when every budgie I looked at seemed to be a special, and totally random, mix of colors. However as I learnt more I realised there was a pattern to those beautiful mixes.  With a little bit of effort you too can identify the lovely budgie parakeet colors and varieties that make each of them look unique. And from there you are just a hop, skip and a jump away from being able to breed the specific ones you want! But that’s another story… for another page…

Wild Budgies

Let us start with the ancestor of all our lovely budgies, that wild budgie out on the Australian Outback. Wild budgies usually only come in one colour and one variety, but all our pet budgies colours have come from there.  Click here to find out what color wild budgies are.

Captive Budgies

So, if there are only one colour of budgie in the wild, how did we end up with so many different budgie colors in captivity? Well, in all living things the process of mutation occurs. So if a mutation occurs in the sex cell of a budgie (the cell that is past on during breeding to form the next generation) it can have an effect on the forming of the chick. Now this is likely to cause its death, as many genes are vital exactly as they are, but occasionally you get a mutation that alters something non life threatening, like the color of the feathers. And in captivity we are able to protect these birds and breed more of them, leading to much more variation than you could get in the wild.

Basic Body Colors

The best place to start learning is with the body color of your budgie. By this I mean the colour from its chest down to its vent and around under the wings. I am sure you have noticed that there are many shades of green blue and grey available, so lets start with them.
Once you have explored the body colours you may want to learn more about the many different varieties that budgies come in. The variety of a budgie effects the markings colour and position, and can alter the shade or presence of the basic body colour. This is where the truly amazing diversity of colours and patterns are produced. 

Take a look at the links above and see if you can identify your birds colour and variety.

Raising Guinea Fowl(tetri)

Like officious little men in baggy gray suits, the guinea fowl scuttle up and down our driveway. Since dawn, they've been scouring our orchard for beetles, locusts, spiders, and ticks. Now they are ready to patrol our yard and garden for ants, cockroaches, flies, wasps, termites, cutworms, grubs, and snails. The guinea fowl are relentless in their pursuit.
I can remember a time when my husband and I had no guineas. Our former flock had roosted in trees and nested on the ground where, one by one, they had fallen prey to owls and foxes. While we were guinea-less, our potato crop was denuded by potato beetles, our hibiscus hedge was decimated by locusts, and we lost several fruit trees to flat-head borers. We soon realized that our "little gray men" had given us far more than just a pleasant diversion (and occasional good eating). So we got a new crew to work our land, and I hope never to live without these little guys again.

Raising Guinea Fowl

Many people have never seen, much less heard of, guinea fowl. Visitors, on spying their first guinea, invariably ask "What is that—a turkey?" Nope, but not a bad guess. Like turkeys, guineas are Galliformes, a group encompassing all chicken-like birds. But while chickens are members of the pheasant family, turkeys and guineas each have a family of their own. Native to Africa, they are known for traveling in large, gregarious flocks. Guinea fowl were introduced into Europe by 15th century Portuguese explorers, and then arrived in North America with the early settlers. There are seven species of guinea fowl, of which the "helmeted pearl" is by far the most common, and certainly the weirdest looking, with its oddly shaped helmet, white, featherless face, bright red wattles, and gray polka-dotted feathers.
Ask those who keep guineas why they have them and you'll get a different answer every time. Chicken and turkey farmers keep them to ward off poultry-eating predators. Ranchers turn them loose to discourage rattlers and copperheads. Country dwellers like the way they gobble down disease-carrying ticks. Orchardists use them to drive off marauding birds. Farmers put them to work patrolling for row crop pests. Guineas do all this without damaging crops. Sure, they'll take the occasional peck at a cultivated plant, but they much prefer insects, weeds, and seeds.
Free-ranging guineas spend most of their days foraging. They work as a team, marching chest to chest and devouring anything they startle as they move through the grass. When they discover a special treat—a rodent, for example, or a small snake—they close ranks, circle their prey, and move in for the feast. All the while, they keep up a steady stream of whistles, chirps, and clicks, a sort of running commentary on the day's hunt.

This is me holding guinea fowl(tetri kas known in Pakistan) in my hand. They are very hard to get hold of, They start jumping and flying wildly as soon as they see you, as mine were wild.

Aseel chicks having extra powers

 These are the pics of Aseel chicks. These chicks are 2-3 weeks old. The yellow one is my home breed and the black one is a friend's breed. Aseel eggs are smaller than normal egg laying hens, So the chicks are also smaller. The Aseel chicks has more than double the weight of a normal chick according to size. These chicks are very resistive and active relatively. The males start fighting with each other as soon as their lives start.
 The yellow one is now more than  4 months old and black one died in first month of his life.

Naturally hatching chicks

Naturally hatching chicks:
Broodiness:-
It is the quality of a bird to sit and heat its eggs to hatch chicks from it. In this period the whole  behavior of the bird changes. It becomes aggressive, protective and it eats, drinks and also poops very less than usual. Mostly this kind of behavior appears in a year.
For hens:
Egg collection:-
Firstly, You have to regularly collect eggs from your cope. As, If they are not collected on time their fertility loses. The eggs should not be kept more than 2 weeks to ensure its fertility. Eggs that have to be  hatched must not be shaken a lot.
 Hen sitting on egg:-
There should be a bedding of some kind of dust like most preferably wood saw. There should be 12-18 eggs under the hen so It could take proper care of them. Hen should be removed daily by force to offer water and feed and to clean Its stomach.
Hatching:-
The chicks will hatch from 20-23 days of brooding but mostly on 21st day for hens. In this process hen could get lice so she should be given anti-lice powder in his feather and after brooding this process could be repated. For more natural way, a dust bath in  the remaining of fire.



Note:-This process is very intrusting but takes a lot of care.

Pricess of hens

Aseel Hens some of last broody hens:
 As far I see Aseel hens are the some of those breed's queens that can hatch their own eggs on their own. These are those princes of Aseel breed that have the rare ability to brood among the vast chains of fancy and agricultural breeds of hen in now a modern age. The Aseel breed is known for its massive aggression and  this aggression is continued by their blood and is on Its peak when a hen is broody.The hen starts laying at the age of 6-8 months. In our area(Pakistan), Most of the pure breed hens lay 6-8 eggs and then go to the state of broodiness.
Other breeds that go broody:

• Cochins
• Buff Orpingtons
• Light Brahmas
• Dark Cornish
• Buff Rocks