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Keeping, Breeding & Hand-Rearing the Forest Red-Tail Black Cockatoo
Calyptrohyncus Banksii Naso
By Geoff D’Cruz
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Background ~ Geoff D’Cruz
Geoff was born in India and from age 4 has always had a love of birds and after having worked as a social worker and a human resource management consultant for 16 years, he chose to revert to his childhood love ...“the love of birds”.
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Westy: Geoff’s very first Naso hatched July 1995, who started his passion for this stunning species.
Jarrah: Westy’s mate who is a real show
pony.
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Jackson: Coco’s mate who just likes to muck around,
but does the deed.
Coco: The most casual but reliable Mum.
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Gumnut: Also Westy’s offspring and baby of the flock.
Nero: One of Coco’s many chicks.
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Getting Started ~ The Naso
• “Westy” brought to ‘Birds ‘n’ All’ for sale • Intimidating but lovable• New owner found for Westy, “ME” - to this very day!!• Much persistence with CALM resulted in the bird’s being registered as “Naso’s”
(manually of course!)• All birds (2 breeding pairs, hand reared)
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Housing, Diet & Care
Housing:
Aviary construction
• 4mm gauge wire essential
• Minimum dimensions 4 metres long x 2.4 height and 2 metres wide.
• Perches extremely hard wood – minimum 15 cm diameter at both ends of aviary.
• Nest log: approximately 700mm deep x 500 wide with nesting substrate comprising crushed termite mound and wood chips.
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Housing, Diet & Care
Diet:
• Cockatoo mix: comprising grey striped sunflower, black sunflower, hulled oats, plain canary, blanched peanuts & white millet.
• Soft mix: sprouted mung beans, sunflower and a good quality pigeon mix which is soaked overnight.
• Nuts: almonds, walnuts, brazil nuts, peanuts & gum nuts when available.
• Bird muffins: a variety of natural, wholesome ingredients, combined with eggs, including shell and baked to perfection (YUMMY).
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Housing, Diet & Care
Care:
• Water changed daily
• Wormed at least once each year
• Good aviary hygiene maintained
• Good record keeping maintained
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Parent Reared Naso ~Parents ~ Jackson & Coco
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Parent Reared Naso ~Parents ~ Coco & Jackson
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Parent Reared Naso ~Stages of Development
Parent Raised Bird Day 1: Hatched
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Week 1
Parent Reared Naso ~Stages of Development
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Week 2
Note black spots appearing on the skin –
development of feathers
Parent Reared Naso ~Stages of Development
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Week 3
Eyes open and feather protruding through skin
Parent Reared Naso ~Stages of Development
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Parent Reared Naso ~Stages of Development
Week 4
Note feather development and pattern
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Week 5 : Note absence of down and presence of down in nest
Parent Reared Naso ~Stages of Development
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Week 6: Note absence of down and sheen of feathers
Parent Reared Naso ~Stages of Development
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Week 7
Parent Reared Naso ~Stages of Development
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Parent Reared Naso ~Stages of Development
Week 8
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Weeks 9 & 10
Parent Reared Naso ~Stages of Development
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Week 11: What a gorgeous looking chick!!
Parent Reared Naso ~Stages of Development
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Hand Reared Naso ~ Cock“Jackson”
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Hand Rearing the Naso ~
• Knowledge from others• Know how• Books• Notes• Contact with others that
have done it before• A good avian vet
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Hand Rearing the Naso ~ Equipment
• Incubators• Thermometers• Egg candlers• Crop needles• Spoons
• Tissues• Towels• Disinfecting Agents• Table lamps• Notes
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Hand Reared Naso Pair ~ Parents ~ Westy & Jarrah
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Hand Reared Naso ~ Gumnut ~
44 Days
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Hand Reared Naso ~ Weight Chart ~ Gumnut