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Boy Wonder - chick feeding chick
Even when Boy Wonder was in the nest, I could see that he would likely be male as he had extraordinarily dark feathers. Sometimes these dark feathers start to lighten as the chick develops and the...
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2013 Season
My fifth generation line-bred white-rumped shama chick. It is 18 days old. It began learning to take food from the floor of the cage 4 days ago. Now, at 18 days of age, it is able to take food for...
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Pretty Good
This is Pretty Boy's son, Pretty Good. He is 7 months old and has just completed his first moult.
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The video below was recorded late yesterday evening. It is of Flame's son, DDS344. He hatched on 14 May 2013 so he is now slightly more than 6 months of age. I estimate his primary tails to be10.5"...
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Yesterday evening, Mark visited with 2 of his shamas. One is about to moult and therefore not in form. The other shama performed very well and displayed and sang during the chai session of about 1...
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Will - Breeding Will
I line-breed my shamas and every single one of them can trace their lineage back to Godfather and his offspring and their offspring since 2001.The best of my shamas have inherited the ability from...
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Rave & Falcon
Below is the 5th video of Rave. It was recorded yesterday and shows Rave's improvement in form from the first video recording on 23rd October 2013.Rave is an immature shama. The video shows him...
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Pied shamas
I acquired this pied female shama last year. It is not an albino as the eyes are not red.The female was very wild when I got it and it was also afraid of the male. It has since molted and now seems...
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The other day, a friend told me that he had asked someone who had bred shamas for about 2 years, what the incubator temperature should be for shama eggs. The breeder was his friend and he was...
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Below are 3 videos of Phoenix that were recorded yesterday. The first video was recorded by Michael on his handphone and sent to me by Whatsapp, so its not very clear. It shows Phoenix and a little of...
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As readers of my blog will know, I frequently discuss with, and/or consult, Jeffrey Low on matters relating to the health, care and nutrition of my shamas.Below is text and a video that I took from...
View ArticleVisitor from Holland
Visiting David de Souza,In March this year, Sjef van den Branden, who is from Holland, was kind enough to visit my home. He knows my dear friend, Axel Voltz, and I was happy to spend some time with...
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Letter from Portugal, incubators and brooders
Paulo Jorge PereiraDec 2 (2 days ago)December 2, 2013,Dear David,I never had the chance to thank you for your introduction to Sjef. I already spoke with him over skipe and might pay him a visit in my...
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Shama chai in Holland
sjef van den BrandenNov 29 (6 days ago)to DavidHello David we had an atempt to keep a shama chai, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBFlA6Rrajk#t=29&hd=1There were 25 birds, only four made it to the...
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Seven months old captive-bred shama (DDS344) practicing his songs and display:
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Long-tailed shamas in competition
Skyhawk was 2nd (out of about 60 shamas) in the Kebun Bahru Bird Singing Club Shama Competition yesterday. Skyhawk’s entry in the competition was the result of a decision that Michael and I made...
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Artificial Incubation
Hi Trisno,Glad to receive your email.I reproduce your email below with my answers in red print after each question.Keeping Shama is one of my hobbies. Just about 2 years ago, I started breeding Aceh...
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