Archive for the ‘Bird Care’ Category

  When we started out as bird breeders, we though we knew everything. We knew everything about nutrition…well, actually we knew they need more then seed, just didn’t know why. We know how to breed them…just leave them alone, they don’t need our help. We knew why the parents fought with each other all the [...]

Living with a parrot can be challenging, rewarding, fun-filled, stressful, heartbreaking, nerve-wracking, and many other adjectives. Our parrot’s behavior is directly related to their interaction with us and how we care for our birds. Below are some tips for living comfortably with your pet parrot: Don’t teach your bird to behave badly – Many parrot [...]

Once upon a time my wife and I decided to open a bird aviary. We intended to raise a wide assortment of birds. At that time we already had about 6 breeding pairs of cockatiels, so that made us experts, right? We build our aviary, loaded it with cages and away we went. But we [...]

When people call me looking for a new bird, I ask them if this is their first bird. If it is, then I will try to educate them on the importance of proper bird care and the long term commitment that they require. Since some birds can live past 56 years, you will need to [...]

If you have read any of my articles, you will find one thing that I constantly say – Most problems that develop with birds can be directly traced to a poor diet. It’s no different than with humans. Too much of one food type and not enough of another will always result in health problems. [...]