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#1 ·
Hey I'm new to the forum (obviously otherwise I wouldn't be posting this hehe :lol:)!

I have handled all kinds of birds and breed various species.
I have different kinds of animals from birds of prey to snakes hehe.

Currently the only parrots I have right now are my three lovely red-fronted kakarikis. We did have five but sadly two died :( Kiki was just green and Eddie was pied. Chewee is pied, Flash is lutino and Yoshi is Cinnamon. I love the red-fronted kakarikis possibly because they act like tiny little monkeys haha.

I am hoping soon to be getting some more parrots so I thought I'd join the forum :)

So stop by and say hi :biggrin5:
 
#4 ·
Hey! I do have a pretty busy flock but unfortunately we lost a poor little bicheno finch this morning so that was sad :(
Oh if you have never seen a kakariki then you should hehe. They're on of my favourite parakeets by far!
At the moment I have an Indian eagle owl and a Harris' hawk but I have flown and worked with many different kinds haha.
What sort of parrots in your flock do you have?
 
#5 ·
:welcome: to the forum!! You have birds of prey - do you hunt with them? I've been itching to get started on my apprenticeship but I work full time and I'm a full time student, so that isn't happening :giggle:
Hey thanks :D
I have have hunted with birds of prey before and it's a great experience.
I adore my own though hehe. I assume you're in the US then?
Over here we don't have to do as much as you guys do which is a shame if you're a student and stuff because obviously it can be a pain if you really want one!

As soon as you can do I'd try and get into it. It's probably the best thing and most enjoyable thing I have in my life hehe!
 
#8 ·
Awesome. I used to breed 'tiels and I have to admit they're wonderful birds. What sort of finches have you got?
 
#10 ·
I have a severe macaw, a pionus, 2 lineolated parakeets, 2 parrotlets, and a crotchety middle aged tiel :giggle: I've owned birds all my life and have seriously started working with birds in the past... 8 years? I've worked with big to small, day old love birds to a cranky breeding hyacinth needing a beak trim :rolleyes: They're so much fun to work with and keep :)

It's funny to imagine a red tailed or red shouldered as expensive... there are so many down here!! I see them all the time hanging about on power lines looking down at the equestrian fields :giggle: Ospreys are also a dime a dozen, but I've never really heard of anyone flying them :eek:
 
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I have a severe macaw, a pionus, 2 lineolated parakeets, 2 parrotlets, and a crotchety middle aged tiel :giggle: I've owned birds all my life and have seriously started working with birds in the past... 8 years? I've worked with big to small, day old love birds to a cranky breeding hyacinth needing a beak trim :rolleyes: They're so much fun to work with and keep :)

It's funny to imagine a red tailed or red shouldered as expensive... there are so many down here!! I see them all the time hanging about on power lines looking down at the equestrian fields :giggle: Ospreys are also a dime a dozen, but I've never really heard of anyone flying them :eek:
Awh that's really awesome! I love severe macaws and I have to admit parrotlets are probably the cutest things on this planet hehe! You have some really nice species haha! I've owned birds since I was very tiny too haha. I always used to love them and my first bird when I was a few years old was a grumpy tiel too haha.

The osprey is pretty much like gone from this country and I don't know anybody that flies them haha. Over here a red tail costs around 300 to 400 haha.

At the moment I've only got red-fronted kakarikis but next year we're hopefully going to adopt a new addition haha.

Oh gosh I've worked with everything but perhaps my favourite bird is either my Harris' hawk Chalkie or a bare-eyed cockatoo I worked with called Eddie. I luckily got to flight train him and he was just wonderful haha. I also help friends and stuff who have various parrot problems like not stepping up and stuff.

I used to breed various little parrots and stuff and I recently had some quakers (breeding pair haha!)
 
#13 ·
Hey I think I commented not that long ago on your introduction.
Hope to hear from you and your birds soon!
 
#14 ·
Aww, I've always had a soft spot for Bare-Eyed toos :lovehearts: I worked with one who was super shy at the pet shop and had been there for a year. I won her over and won her trust, and she was able to find a happy home :hearts: Quakers are a lot of fun too, but man they can be nasty! :giggle: My friend has a cage of breeding quakers, since they colony breed, and I swear, trying to get their food dish out is like watching a pack of dinosaurs hunt! I'll distract them, then one will break away to distract ME while another sneaks around and latches on to my arm! :smash: naughty birds!
 
#15 ·
Ahaha believe me, the quakers are an actual living nightmare. They're probably one of the most lovely hand reared birds you can get but when wild and in an aviary they're horrid. They bite and scratch and the screaming!! Oh my god! Haha.

Bare-eyed 'toos are actually lovely. He was a real cuddly little thing and all he did was like shy away from everybody until I started feeding him through the bars and stuff. Not long after that all he wanted to do was play. I love all 'toos to be honest but when you've had a bite off them you realise how careful you have to be haha. I've never known bites like it. I got bit by a msc cockatoo not that long ago and he only just caught me but man it hurt A LOT. An umbrella I used to do a lot with got a bit p*ssed off with me and she ended up biting me real hard haha.
WORST PAIN EVER XD
I'd much rather have a hawk talon in my arm than a 'toos beak
 
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