New Merbok Pair

Looks like I can never get rid of Merboks in my life. Just took out a pair and a friend offered me another. Anyway he said it's worth testing as it's a pair from a famous breeder from Sitiawan.

So today I took the pair and house them in a teak cage (meant for chicken).

ISK 041 + ABON 839 - got to get used to record keeping. Which is male & which is female, I did not ask ;-)




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Diamond Dove hybrid

Took in another odd bird from the shop today. A diamond dove crossed with Thai Zebra Dove. Came out Diamond Dove size with Zebra Dove markings.








Would have been great to have it the other way around. Zebra Dove size with Diamond Dove colouration.

Anyway, I would be more interested in listening to it's song. Wonder if this little fella would call with the Thai "kong". That would be a blast ;-)

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Simple Mini Aviaries for Shamas

Today while driving around town, decided to experiment a little on mini aviaries for Shamas. Drop by a hardware store and purchased a role of wire mesh that has a rubber coating. The galvanised ones are badly manufactured nowadays.

Do not know how many of such aviaries I can construct with one role. So far 12 feet used up to make one that is 3 feet high, 2 feet wide and 2 feet deep.






Yet to construct the door.... will probably make it to normal Shama cage height so that the birds can be easily transfered to and from such cages. Took roughly about 3 hours from cutting to bending the wires...... hmmmmm better keep my day job :-D






Plan to construct another two more to keep the females borrowed from a friend.

Advantage of such contraptions are : Lightweight - easy to carry around, relocate etc. Strong - compared to bamboo or wood, it is much stronger weight for weight. Maintenance - easy maintenance as seen in the final pic which incidently housed 3 females that belongs to a friend.






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Telomians?

Found this dog in a friend's house in Kuala Pilah. He didn't know where the dog is from. Given by his friend, a litter of 2 puppies. Looks like a Telomian. Not many Malays keep dogs. He is one of them.
Hmmm...... wonder how pure is the dog's bloodline.






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