Keeping Canaries or Finches or other song singing bird together with Puteh

When Keeping Canaries or Finches or other song singing bird together with Puteh

The purpose of this post is to warn fellow Puteh keepers from hearing what some reputable bird shops will advise you to keep canaries or finches or other song singing bird together with Puteh. I don’t know whether you guys/gals know about it but Puteh has this inbuilt art of copying which means, it will learn all the undesirable notes from the other species of singing bird and incorporate into its own buka melody program. Once learnt, is permanent. You may end up having one nice buka Puteh giving you a buka remix consisting of silut notes. And mind you, this silut is not one note or two but infested throughout the whole buka melody, making your bird sounding undesirable. To me, it is horrible. I did not know about this phenomenon until I was enlightened by someone close to me and realized that I was sort of misguided all these years and that I regretted that my actions indeed spoil several good birds that I acquired not mentioning the amount of money that was splurged into the hobby.

Coming back, years ago I received negative comments from previous owners “condemning” me that, “What did you do to the bird? Before I sell you, the buka still loud and the mix is minimal. Now all I can see is this bird act in a funny way, there is one such avenue that the bird pick up the “dirty” sound from other birds. So I am serving this warning to all my beloved Puteh Fans here. If you happen to have such a scenario, either you choose to keep Puteh and forgo your singing bird or keep the later and forgo the previous. If ever you guys may think that the above mentioned is on baseless ground, try it for all you want and don’t regret.

I want to highlight here is that Puteh has this special technique of learning new notes from birds and usually is those not so desirable notes. Imagine you have a bird, the buka is to you perfect, the so called mix is when the one set of notes roll over to the next. When you let a canary coexist with the Puteh, it will learn those undesirable notes from the canary and incorporate into its buka. Many of times, most bird keeper may think that the bird is sick or something and hence begin to administer medicine in the form of antibiotics for the bird. But the bird is perfectly fine. So in the end, the bird may die, the conclusion draw was that the bird die of illness, but the fact is that the owner is the one that “poison” the bird with medicine when the bird is alright. So I just want to re-enforce the idea that if the bird buka in a funny way, there is one such avenue that the bird pick up the “dirty” sound from other birds, rather than is sick.

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Young And Old Putehs

Young And Old Putehs

The age is fairly difficult to tell without some fancy equipment. The good news is Putehs can live over 10 years if it's well cared for.

The easiest way to check if the bird is a young or old bird, then it'll have its baby feathers so feathers will be duller coloured. After its first molt you will start to see a deeper colours, old Putehs don't actually show signs of aging. Ailments might be more common like scaly feet, but this isn't a good indicator because it can happen at any age. Another sign for Puteh aging is the White Eye Ring as it will grow thicker when it get older.

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About 'chai' the Mata Puteh for form

It all depends on your hobby objectives. The usual thing for most bird-keepers to do is to hang their Putehs with other Putehs in hope that:-

(1) The bird will be used to performing even when placed amongst many other Putehs

(2) Some hope their Putehs will 'absorb' or learn to perform like the good ones

(3) That their Putehs will be 'teased' or 'provoked' or 'challenged' so that their Putehs will peak their performance. 

That’s the usual thing.

BUT if your objective is to simply enjoy their singing and companionship plus perhaps to enjoy their observing their behavior, then there really isn't a need to 'chai' your Puteh with other Putehs.

I believe that a bird will come into form due to other factors: mainly:

1) That their cage/aviary is clean and the environment is bird friendly

2) FOOD - this is a very important aspect which cannot be compromised

3) BATH - this is also very important. Contrary to what most people think, bathing is merely to keep bird's plumage beautiful, in fact bathing serves a very important function.
A bird depends very much on its feathers to be able to fly AND more often than not, its plumage will help determine whether it will get a mate. Any bird - whether a Jambul or Puteh or a Hornbill - will spend lots of time preening themselves to ensure their most precious possession, their feathers, are in tip top condition.

If you have observed birds in the wild, the ones with poor plumage condition will almost never get a mate and more likely to be chased away by other male birds whose plumage are in excellent brilliant condition.

The moral is: - the more often you bathe the Puteh (or any bird) you can be sure it will be in top form.

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Mata Puteh Birds Singing Competition @ Serangoon North

A Tour @ Mata Puteh Birds Singing Competition

On this day 30^th March 2014, it was my pleasure to have a chance with Mr Heng (The Organizer - of Serangoon North Mata Putehs competition). He was already there when I reached around 8 am, he and his team mates were sitting at a round table administrating the participants and those last minute registration. As this was the 1^st  time we met, I just introduced myself and sat beside them watching them busying with the event. 

Upon Registration

Participants submitted their tickets and allocate their birds “Hanger” slots to standby for the competition once the judges arrive. The ticket also entitles them for a Lucky Draw whereby prizes like LCD TV and many other items to be won.

 

Start Of Competition

 At around 9.30 am, the judges announces the competition start and everyone begin to remove the cover cloths from their birds. Meanwhile the 3 judges started judging the birds for 3 rounds and a final round of 30 birds will compete again but this final round will be judge by different judges.

Judgments will base on the following: Loudness – Stamina – Varieties etc.

After each round of competition, the score sheets will be consolidate by the admin team and result will be posted on the wall for contestants to check how many points their birds score for each round. The final 30 best performers will get to the final round that warrant them a trophy.

End Of Competition

At around 1 pm, all participants will gather at the community centre for the trophies presentation and of cause the lucky draw prizes as well. 

 Congratulation To All Winners. Cheers!

   

Thank You Mr Heng and Committees!

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Singapore Bird Show And Singing Championship

Singapore Bird Show And Singing Championship
Bird Singing Competition Area Admission Is FREE!
A gathering of bird lovers and enthusiasts to compete and exhibit their pets

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Putehs' Competition

Puteh Singing Competition 13 April 2014

 

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Preparing your Puteh for contest

Preparing your Puteh for contest

As we learn together, Puteh birds colonies living in a socially huddle. Generally, a Puteh when alone will simply skip here and there inside a cage when seeing another Puteh around him. When in the middle of a crowd of other birds, Puteh twitter and singing his best songs to be able to articulately connect with others is very important factor. There are a couple of tips to keep twittering birds, loud Puteh from start to finish in a contest.

1. Puteh bird on the condition that the level of sexual arousal and primes are normal. Being diligent bird Puteh Twitter caused by stimulation of the estrous cycle is affected by hormones testosterone, the hormone estrogen and progesterone hormones that are present in the body. These hormones are formed as a result of external stimuli rapidly (Sunbath: infrared rays) and high protein levels in food consumption. Birds should be sexual arousal, but Puteh is not too sexual arousal (over estrous cycle). Need to "trial and error" to be able to find the desired level of sexual arousal as a bird character Puteh at our disposal. Generally in 2-3 days before the contest day, birds have started to undergo ritual Puteh adjust estrous cycle with the addition of the option is accumulative Psychology culture.

2. Get to know the characters. This is the most important factor for being able to understand and train a Puteh. Puteh have the social life of a huddle, twittering and chanting songs sonorous is one way for birds to attract the opposite sex and give information to other birds on the boundaries of the territory.

3. We can split birds into 3 parts, namely:
a) Song (long booms with the strains of a dulcet tone to show off his ability and attracted the attention of the opposite sex).
b) Call (loud, short call for feedback of the opposite sex)
c) Alert (Twitter and similar sound to warn birds and bird companion when there is danger. Twitter also serves as a marker of the territorial area of other birds).

Each Puteh’s character is different; there are no bird Puteh exactly the same. Share research results and with friends who are lovers Puteh Indonesia and some neighboring countries, can be summed up as follows:

There are a few birds to Puteh full isolation for 7-10 days prior to the contest. During the ritual, the isolation of birds does not see and hear other Puteh birds sing. The days of isolation still undergoing daily treatment patterns, Puteh birds will chirp out loud “Toa Aw” regardless of the length of the birds Puteh around him at the time of the contest along with other contestants.

There are some Puteh formerly paired together couples, placed both Putehs in a cage during the ritual for 7-10 days prior to the contest. At the time of the contest with other contestants, Puteh birds will chirp out long loud “Toa Aw” for females regardless of Puteh birds around him.

This is also a factor that must be considered. Without good nutrition, it will be difficult to make the bird perform. There are some birds that do not need ritual Puteh isolation and ritual female companion. Treat them on daily care, just add nutritional to support on stamina until the day of the contest. At the time of the contest along with other contestants, Puteh birds will chirp out loud “Toa Aw” regardless of the length of the birds Puteh around him at the time of the contest along with other contestants.

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