(Nestor notabilis) Husbandry Manual - Kea Conservation Trust

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94 4.7.4 Requirements of young 4.7.5 Methods of controlling breeding 4.7.6 Breeding recommendations have appropriate nesting areas and material (tunnels, nest box, straw etc) available to their kea. • All nesting material (straw) checked to exclude mould spores • Breeding seen to occur with recommended pairs only • Non–breeding pairs have any eggs produced replaced with dummy eggs. • Young are parent raised. • Hand-rearing to occur only under specification of species coordinator. • Kea held in single sex groups (male only unless under observation (records to be sighted)). • Non –breeding pairs to have eggs removed and replaced with dummy eggs. • Breeding pairs to have eggs surplus to breeding requirements removed and replaced with dummy eggs. Facilities breeding their kea must show the following information: • CMC current Kea Conservation Trust Final 25/11/2010
95 recommendation to breed and numbers of offspring allowed. 5.0 Identification Evidence required y/n/na Comments Corrective action and date completed 5.2 Individual ID To sight the following: • All kea are individually identified by band combinations as per DOC requirements and records sent to DOC. • ID records are current and entered onto relevant programme where possible (e.g. ARKS). 5.3 Sexing methods • All kea hatched in captivity or brought in from the wild have been DNA feather sexed within four months. • All other kea are accurately sexed using morphological and behavioural methods. • Accurate records are maintained and sexing method recorded. 6.0 Record Keeping Evidence required y/n/na Comments Corrective action and date completed 6.1 Individual kea Individual kea records to be records sighted and include the following: • Individual identifiers (e.g. Kea Conservation Trust Final 25/11/2010
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