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From: gnome@olivey.olivetti.com (Gary)
Newsgroups: rec.birds
Subject: Hookbill Chickenbone
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Date: 9 Nov 88 20:36:18 GMT
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From article <1282@inuxd.UUCP>, by jla@inuxd.UUCP (Joyce Andrews):
> Here in the Florida Keys (KoKoMo), everyone has a hookbill.  A
> favorite food is chicken leg bones (the drumstick).  I haven't
> given any to Madeira, but others let their birds break the bones
> open and eat the marrow.
> 	Joyce Andrews King                      

My guys (Cockatoo and Conure) prefer the bones left-over from
"buffalo wings" (fried chicken wings in hot-sauce).

They like the smaller bones because it's easier to balance
and hold them in the other "hand" (foot).

The really big bones are tastier to them but they are a bit
cumbersome (sp) to handle.

Gary