Deep birds and basic information about this bird

Deep birds or blue-worms, cotton warbler are part of the Se bird, which occurs a lot during the ripe season, which is useful for agriculture because their main food is deep. Deep birds are also known to be one of the most popular ornamental birds.

1. Common names: deep birds
2. Other names : blue worms, warblers
3. Scientific nomenclature : Dicaeidae
4. Industry: live animals
5. Class: bird
6. Set: share
7. Weight: 5.7 - 12 g
8. Size : 10 - 18 cm

Life expectancy : not yet determined

Characteristics of the shape and personality of the deep bird

Deep birds are very agile and flexible.

1. Deep birds have stout bodies, necks, tails and short legs
2. Eyes round, soulful and in depth; short, curved and thick mines; long, tubular tongue
3. The coat is long, thick, sleek and not twisted together, dull, often with distinctive green color; however, some deep birds have bright red or shiny black fur
4. Deep birds have a special digestive system that evolves to help birds adapt to effective digestion of berries.
5. Deep birds are very agile, they move very fast and flexible when moving from one branch to another.
6. Good song birds, vocal, high pitched birds, they can sing constantly, even singing when passing branches.

Distinguish drums and roosts

The male worm has two longer tail hairs than the other.

The male and female birds are quite similar in appearance, so those who have not had much experience in raising and playing ornamental birds will have difficulty in distinguishing the sex of the bird, especially at the stage. move (the time when the deep bird is finishing on the coat). However, if you are interested, you can refer to how to distinguish drums and moths with some of the following different characteristics:

1. The front edge of the breast: the worm will have a deep black color; on the contrary, the female worm will have lighter colored feathers
2. The male worm has two longer tail hairs than the other ones, also known as the wiping tail ; while the roofless bird does not have this characteristic.

Food of deep birds

The main food of the worm is deep. In addition, deep birds can also suck on nectar, eat berries, young rake, spiders and insects. In captivity, deep birds can also eat ant eggs, or specialized bran for birds sold in popular stores selling food for birds or supermarkets.

Breeding deep birds properly

1. Deep birds are kept in bamboo cages with moderate spacing and height, inside the cage are arranged a food tray (ant eggs or bran), a dry deep tray, a water tray. Farmers need to regularly supplement food and drinking water for birds, avoid the case of letting them go away because of hunger. In addition, attention must also be paid to cleaning cages, food trays, changing birds' water when necessary.
2. In case of starting to raise birds, the farmers must spend time feeding them. The best food for birds at this stage is locusts.
3. In case of starting to keep birds deep after trapping, farmers should cover a cage shirt, only open a small slit and leave for about 2 days for birds to adapt to captivity (because at this time the bird is very shy) then slowly expand the cage and open it completely when the bird is really familiar. Note that during the time of covering the cage, the farmer must ensure that he provides enough food and water for the bird.
4. In the case of breeding deep-laying birds, farmers need to pay attention to where the cage is located and how to cover the cage, because at this time, the birds are very sensitive, they can jump and panic if they feel scared. . At this stage, the cage should be fully shielded, leaving only the door open to replace food and water every day. In addition, there must be a small basket in the cage, with straw to make the bird nest and lay eggs; The bird cage must be hung in a sheltered position, ideally the surrounding trees.
5. Farmers should also be aware of frequent contact with birds so that they do not become shy

Practice the reproductive nature of the deep bird

The nest of a deep bird is usually in the form of puffiness.

Deep birds often form monogamous couples for nesting and breeding. The nest of the worm is usually in the form of puffiness, made from plant fibers suspended from small branches or shrubs. Deep birds lay eggs, usually laying about 1 - 4 eggs at a time. The eggs will hatch after about 10-12 days of incubation, newborn babies are very weak, do not open their eyes and do not have feathers, they will grow enough to have full winged feathers 15 days later.

Some other interesting information

1. Research results of the scientists said that deep birds also existed female AI, which cannot distinguish sex.
2. They possessed a tail that was no different from an insect bird, but it had two very strong edges like the identity of an empty worm.