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William kimmy
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 I have a weird question some might know...

hi umm...does anyone know what the weird looking things on the budgies heads are? on the forehead...
they are like spikes or feather sticks but no feathers and well.. they just look like spikes on the for head and there can be alot or few what is it? its creeping me out....



06/28/08  09:21pm

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   Message To: William kimmy   In reference to Message Id: 1777000


 I have a weird question some might know...

They are call pin feathers. When your bird goes through a moult, they dropo the old feathers & are replaced with new ones. The come through the skin looking like pins. You can gently rub them (if your budgie likes it) & the pin will gradually break off leaving a tiny feather to grow, called a blood feather because the feather is fed a supply of blood via a vien that goes down the center of the feather. Once the feather is fully grown the vien retracts itself. Feathers are to be left untouched while they’re blood featehrs because if clipped or broken accidently while they’re still growing your bird can bleed to death.
06/28/08  11:04pm

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William kimmy
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   Message To: Kimforster   In reference to Message Id: 1777149


 I have a weird question some might know...

ok i see its just that they give me shivers for some reason..



06/29/08  02:38pm


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