Robot Parade ([info]wingedkamui) wrote in [info]budgerigars,
@ 2005-02-08 20:17:00
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O_O Too much budgie!
I ran across this while googling up some pictures for my birdie to look at-

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[info]bigmommaj
2005-02-09 02:26 am UTC (link)
uhh.. is that a bird?

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[info]banshea
2005-02-09 02:29 am UTC (link)
I believe it's a bird that's been specifically bred to have unusually long feathers. I've only seen chickens like that, though.

Poor bird! >_< I really want to give it a haircut, at least around the head. I can't imagine that it can see very well.

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[info]wingedkamui
2005-02-09 02:30 am UTC (link)
I doubt it. Do you think it can even fly? It's the least aerodynamic bird I've ever seen.

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[info]banshea
2005-02-09 02:40 am UTC (link)
It doesn't need to fly, it's got an insane breeder to take care of it. :P Flight is an evolutionary thing, this... This is another example of the horrors of severe inbreeding.

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[info]tviokh
2005-02-09 04:53 am UTC (link)
It's a featherduster mutation.
Nobody responsible would breed them on purpose; their feathers, nails and beaks grow unchecked and nothing but constant trimming keeps it managable.
On top of that, they tend to have trouble eating, are smaller than normal, and tend to die within 3 years.

Not worth it to have a "weird" looking bird, IMO.

Every page I've found on them that was run by a reputable breeder also stated that the cock and hen who produced it were permenantly pulled from their breeding programs. :\

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[info]blushingmad
2005-02-09 05:03 am UTC (link)
Yes. I've read about that and it's just a mutation, but people don't breed them for their looks/colours/feathers. Not that I know of anyway.

Although, chickens really are bred to look like that. They are show chickens. In some countries/states anyway. They aren't as severe as this, and they can manage just fine as I've read, but I wouldn't know from personal experience.


Yeah, I agree. It isn't worth it, to have a "weird" looking bird.

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[info]flyingfluff
2005-02-09 02:30 am UTC (link)
I believe they're calling Duster Budgies or something.... dunno
But they're funny looking

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[info]solamente_tu
2005-02-09 02:30 am UTC (link)
eww that looks like lettuce :P

where the heck are the eyes?

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[info]lifelongmanic
2005-02-09 02:31 am UTC (link)
Forget the eyes, I don't think I can even see a beak!!!

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[info]lilyprodigious
2005-02-09 02:30 am UTC (link)
uh... what is it?

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[info]lifelongmanic
2005-02-09 02:32 am UTC (link)
A cabbage with legs

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[info]calzephyr77
2005-02-09 02:55 am UTC (link)
Oh man, I love your icon!

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[info]lilyprodigious
2005-02-09 02:57 am UTC (link)
heehee, it does rawk sawks.

Thank the all powerful brachypelmic.

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[info]calzephyr77
2005-02-09 03:02 am UTC (link)
Heheheh! I just love the aggressive little pose. Kiss my big fluffy ass indeed ;-)

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A few examples of the weird things we've done to birds...
[info]banshea
2005-02-09 02:48 am UTC (link)
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0810933438/qid=1107917198/sr=2-1/ref=pd_ka_b_2_1/103-2833288-3711801

Click "look inside" and pay particular attention to the back cover...

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Re: A few examples of the weird things we've done to birds...
[info]calzephyr77
2005-02-09 03:04 am UTC (link)
I go to the local poultry show every year, and I have to admit, I don't like the pigeons. Some of them are bred a little too crazy for my liking, such as the fan tails...when they're striking a pose, they look like they have no heads!

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Re: A few examples of the weird things we've done to birds...
[info]wingedkamui
2005-02-09 03:08 am UTC (link)
Wow, the ones on the second page look more like anime robots than chickens. O_O

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Re: A few examples of the weird things we've done to birds...
[info]demonsquirrel
2005-02-09 03:15 am UTC (link)
aha i agree. mega-cluck XD

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[info]umihebizanomiko
2005-02-09 03:17 am UTC (link)
*SCREAMS* O______o

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[info]staceface_08
2005-02-09 03:22 am UTC (link)
.. That's disgusting...

How does it eat? How does it see? How could someone do that to such a beautiful creature?! How come that person isn't dead?!

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[info]banshea
2005-02-09 04:29 am UTC (link)
I was reading up about this... They're called "Feather Dusters" and they only live a short time because all their bodily resources are dedicated to the feathers that will not stop growing. And from what I've read they're generally not bred deliberately, which isn't what I thought at first.

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[info]swtnikki
2005-02-09 03:24 am UTC (link)
Acording to this site, it's a mutation: http://www.greenapple.com/%7ejorp/amzanim/ffa22.htm

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[info]raveness_d
2005-02-09 03:58 am UTC (link)
Grargh!

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hehe
[info]prettybirdm
2005-02-09 04:32 am UTC (link)
Chirp....Chirp Chirp....PUFFYBIRD!!! Poor thing..it does look like letus.I think that's a freak disease I've seen it before in a bird book. Or atleast something very close to that. It's way freaky.

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[info]savvythat
2005-02-09 04:33 pm UTC (link)
bless his little budgie heart.

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[info]ayame_maiden
2005-02-09 06:43 pm UTC (link)
Hehehehhe.

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[info]ayame_maiden
2005-02-09 06:44 pm UTC (link)
Sorry. I did'nt know it was a disease. Sorry.

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[info]ayame_maiden
2005-02-09 06:47 pm UTC (link)
I meant mutation.

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[info]gynocide
2005-02-09 11:20 pm UTC (link)
Poor baby.

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