Budgies in cages

[Opcn]

I sometimes worry that the origionly poster mayget angry at me for hijacking.

Perhaps it is different in the UK but here in the US chick refers to any bird with a pointed beack that is not mature and showing mature coloring (not necesarily breeding colors mind you) the adult albatros is luckey to weight as much as 10 KG but an albatross chick can top out at 14 KGthey then ofcourse lose wieght and frow big awkward wings but I digress.

I was at the fair today looking for more evidence in the farmers (we dont have enought Hogs or pigs in Alaska to have auctioneers) I asked some of the owners and most of them used the two terms interchangeably but knew that pig was incorect and had only started useing it interchangeably because of the influence of there nonfarming friends. But I found my evidence in something that hadn't been corupted by farmers and has so important that it could not be forgoten, the Breed names; If you look at the names of the breed they all have one thing in common the word hog (Market hog, Duroc Hog, Hamshire Hog, and Yorkshire Hog to name a few) with the ever so noteable exception of the potbellied pig. 'Now why would they Name a hog a pig?' I asked myself ... and before I was finnished asking I had my answer the Pot bellied is kept because even when it reaches the age to be considered a hog it remains friendly and playfull like a pig and even maintains the youthfull apearence and size of a pig.

Dont worry About offending me by calling me wrong I wasn't in the slightest bit angered by your statement I really do love a good debate and I sincenseerly hope you didn't see this as some battle for honor as I fear you may have.

 

[fraservet]

OK, I will accept that perhaps (as I have no real evidence either way) in the old days the word hog was commonly used to describe the species.
However, language is dynamic and so new/alternate words come into use over time.
In my opinion, if a word is in common use then it is the correct word, whereas old-fashioned words may still be valid also.
The fact that pig is listed in the dictionary as a general term and hog as an alternative - esp. a castrated male, suggests that both are correct.
Auctioneers using the word gives further weight to this theory as they use many archaic words that are not in general use (they still deal in guineas!!!).

"pig" used to describe a weaned, non-adult animal is not in the dictionary.

as for "chick"
the dictionary describes it as a young bird, especially newly hatched.

obviously there is variation depending on species, but I would say that fledgling would be equivalent to pig under your definition, and chick to piglet.

- therefore my conclusion is that we are both technically correct, we just differ in our usage of the words.

by the way, your evidence of pig breeds is flawed, as the breed names do not have hog attached to the end - they are just "Hampshire" etc.

 

[plecoperson]

Please dont keep your budgie in a cage for 23 hours I hate to sound like im being harsh but that is pretty cruel. Im totally for keeping birds as pets obviously but birds were made to fly... Locking them in a cage all day is cruel..

If you're going to get a budgie (and by all means, do) please let him out for at least 4 hours a day. How would you like to be locked in a little room for 23 hours and let out for exercise? Kinda like being in prison huh?

He'll be a much happier budgie if you let him out regularly, plus more interaction with you will help to tame him

i dont mean to be rude, but I dont want to let him out (I got him today) before he is tamed, and then I dont know how much time i will have each day to let him out. It will be the maximum possible. I dont want to let it out without me in the room because I would feel terrible crushing guilt if something happened to him.

I figure if I let him out before he will come back to his cage, catching him in a net will only stunt his taming process.

I am torn about the whole exercise thing butI can only do my best according to my current situation.

lovely bird he is.