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Below are videos of my captive-bred shama, Ballet Dancer, that were recorded yesterday evening. He is the son of Godfather and he is over 12 years old.
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I was recently asked about a matter relating to moulting shamas. Below is my reply:Hi ___________,Your shama seems to be molting well. It’s still too early to know if the bird will have prawn tails...
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Goose
This is Goose. He is Ballet Dancer's son from last year. His mother is Apache's daughter.Apache has consistently proven that he produces progeny with exceptionally strong character and superb song...
View ArticlePhoenix, capitve bred shama
This is a video of Phoenix. He was bred by me from Skyhawk. A search on the internet will show that unscrupulous people are putting the video on their websites and claiming that this shama belongs to...
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Here are 2 more videos of Phoenix that were uploaded for me by my good friend Alan PangIn one of the photos, Phoenix is at the end of the perch as I was taking the video with my handphone at the...
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Goose
On weekends, I like to gather with a few friends at one of our houses and spend some time with the birds that they choose to bring along. Yesterday (Sunday), the gathering was at my home.I took the...
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Pretty Good
This is Pretty Boy's son, Pretty Good at 3 1/2 months of age. He is well into moult though his tails have not shed. His primary taimong tails are about 7". Pretty Boy's son Firefly, from last year's...
View ArticleWhite-rumped shama, Skyhawk
This unpublished video of Skyhawk was recorded in February 2013:
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Shama pecking at legs
Email fromNicole Testa 4:40 AM (5 hours ago)Aloha David,Your website has been very helpful and I have learned a lot from it, but I have a question about my shama that I can not seem to find the answer...
View ArticleScaly legs
Cyberboyz1010 asks what can be done if a shama has scaly legs?I would firstly comment that a bird that receives proper nutrition and is offered daily bathing facilities is unlikely to have scaly legs....
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Tail feather mites
26/7/13Hi V,I think the shama in the 2 photos has tail feather mites. These are tiny insects that eat only the feathers. They usually starting eating the feather as it is starting to grow. In very...
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Shama tails
Pretty Good, Pretty Boy's son from this year has just shed his primary tails. Both were shed on the same day. The tails are about 7" as shown in the photograph. How long will the first moult tails...
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My friends' shamas
Today I would like to give an update of what my close “shama” friends, Michael Leong and Jeffrey Low, have been doing lately in shamas.Michael and I have shared an interest in breeding shamas together...
View ArticleCare of shamas
9 August 2013Dear mr. David,My name is Sean. I’m from Arizona, USA. I have 2 male shamas that i bought from Andy Doan in California. After their 3rd moult, they don’t sing as much and as loud...
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Breeding - Building a strain of shamas
I have had some success in breeding the type of shama that I dreamed of long ago and today, my birds can almost be described as constituting a “strain”. They have similar physical and mental...
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