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The picture of the birds in this photo is of our own personal
birds. So do not steal or copy it
The picture of the birds in this photo is of our own personal
birds. So do not steal or copy it
We have owned/raised many different species of birds for over 36 years in AZ, GA and IN. We take pride in our hand fed babies. If you want a quality sweet tame and healthy pet bird, experience and passion matters! Located in Maricopa, Arizona. WE DON'T SHIP AND DON'T DO DELIVERIES.
PRICE CHANGES
Prices on our babies will be going back up to our normal prices, because the economy was bad, we reduced it but our feed, toys and supplies were costing us MORE! Look at the new 2025 Price list for prices and current birds we raise
VISITS:
We are a home based with a closed aviary (not available for public viewing for the safety and privacy of our birds). We allow visitors to come into our nursery to see the babies. Due to how small our room is, we limit up to 3 people. If you have children, please insure they don't touch the baby brooders. Please do not come to our home if you are sick with a contagion or just recovering as we wouldn't invite you if we were sick. I had gotten RSV from 3 kids at the end of 2022 that came over.
All our babies are raised in home. They are fed Hagen or Roudybush formula. Weaned out on Bird Street Bistro, Roudybush or Hagen pellets, fruits and veggies. We start hand feeding at a very young age so that they are extremely tame.
We are here to help you decide on the perfect bird for you and/or family. Not all birds are suitable to everyone's life style and desire. We are here to help you both adjust with any questions you may have.
This is a list of babies we are currently hand feeding. The "Upcoming Babies" are babies that will be hatching or have hatched
We accept non refundable deposits on baby birds that are still being hand fed. You will receive receipt for the deposit. Balance needs to be paid in cash upon pick up. Due to the new laws passed from this Administration, we will not be accepting payment on birds through cash app unless it is a deposit on a bird through Zelle. Any baby or adult bird that is weaned and ready to go, will not be held back unless in the case that you want to purchase it but cant pick it up for a few days. In this case, we will accept a non refundable deposit to hold for up to 5 days.
Please reach out to us if you cannot find an answer to your question.
These babies are very young and not ready to go but accepting deposits to reserve them
9 months old
We have 2 light gray and white hand fed babies left.
1 baby looks turquoise and one possibly pineapple or yellowsided. Pic above to show you what turquoise looks like
This baby is possibly male. Hatched 11/01/2024. Already talking some.
Just weaned out
Wont be ready until April
Check our Birds For Sale page for more info
$1600 for the pair they are rare
Please check our "Birds for sale" page for more details
Birds first day home
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Please contact us if you cannot find an answer to your question.
Each bird is different in its own way. Just as human babies, there is a certain age we use as a guideline of when they should start eating on their own. Some baby birds take a little longer than others to start pecking and trying different foods as well as drinking water on their own. Constant monitoring is needed and a week after being off of hand feeding formula to insure they will not revert back to hand feeding. The weaning process has to be closely monitored. This is not something that can be forced on to the babies or it can lead to very bad results including possible behavior issues. This will give you time to prepare for your new bird and get things ready. I know people get anxious to bring their new baby home but the weaning stage is very critical. It cannot be rushed.
When baby birds are pulled young within 2 weeks, they are young enough to stay very tame. Some people don't want to feed every 2 to 3 hours so they pull the babies from the nest older. They do not have that early bond with humans and are more frightened. They don't trust as much. The term "Hand fed" doesn't mean that the bird is very tame and sweet. It just means it was hand fed before weaned. Someone can pull a month old baby from the nest and hand feed it for a month but will not be really tame.
We recommend a cage large enough that once you place toys in it, the bird still has plenty of room to move around. All our babies are weaned out on Zupreem Fruit Blend Pellets so purchase the food ahead of time. Find a place in your home where the bird can feel part of the family. Use caution when purchasing toys that small loose parts cannot be swallowed or the bird get tangled in it.
While the babies are being hand fed, all they care about is eating! They don't care who feeds them. The bonding stage starts when the bird is weaned out. This is when they become independent and start forming their own personality. An inexperienced hand feeder could injure or even kill a baby if instructions are not followed in complete detail
I have lectured on bird nutrition years ago. Many people are familiar with seed as a birds main diet. However, going back many years ago, the pellet diet was designed to create a more balanced and complete diet. Seed manufactures label bags as "complete balanced diet" but that is only if the bird consumes everything. Most don't. Over 20 years, I have found that feeding birds a good pellet diet helps with a well balanced weight, nice feather growth and coloration. They are healthy over all. Pellets are more expensive than seed but you have less waste and your bird is healthier
We trim all our babies wings for their safety unless requested ahead of time not to do so. However, we recommend that if you are going to do full flight, that the wings be trimmed until the bird adjusts to its new home and you. The bird will molt later and get its wing feathers back. Keep in mind that ceiling fans, windows, hot stoves etc can be a danger to birds in full flight. The latest trend is flight training. Many people with no experience believe that their bird will come back to them if they take it outside with full flight feathers. I have heard too many stories of birds taking off and not coming back. Please do not take your birds outside unless they are clipped or you have professional experience in flight training and recall training.
There are some birds that are capable of learning to talk and others that don't. Some can learn a few short words, some with a clear vocabulary and some not so clear. The key is repetition. I have also found that, for example in Amazons and African Greys, they will repeat anything they find interesting when using different tones of voice.
Chemicals are not good around birds. If you get insects in your home such as ants etc. we have found using Clove oil and Peppermint oil with some water in a spray bottle repels and kills a lot of insects. Over heated Teflon pans put off toxins. Remove any fresh cut fruits after 3 hours. As they start to build bacteria due to moisture and can make the bird sick. Apple seeds and Avocado seeds are toxic. Chocolate is toxic to most animals. When bathing your bird, just use luke warm water, no chemicals are needed. Birds drinking water should be changed daily as some like to dunk their food and it will create a bacteria soup! Plug in air fresheners, self cleaning a oven, aerosols. certain house plants toxic to birds etc.
The answer to this is, its up to your bird. Just as people. some get along right away and some don't. Younger baby birds should get a long. Best thing to do is have separate cages side by side and have a bird play gym that they can get out on. If bickering occurs, at least they can get away from each other. 2 males or 2 females can get along. You don't need a male and female to have them bond. Even male and female pairs may not get along with each other.
Cheaper is not always better, as the old saying goes. I have seen ads posted for cheaper birds with babies having hand feeding formula all over their faces and chest and being housed in card board box with wood shavings. They would be lucky if there is no health issues. We have high tech expensive incubators and brooders to hatch babies out and keep them at necessary temperatures needed to avoid health issues. We also use a good quality hand feeding formula and spend a lot of money on proper quality foods. Proper care and diet starts with the parents and ends with healthy babies. We also pull very young and hand feed longer with more time invested and cost. We also invested $23k into a bird building just for the birds so they are not outside. All monies we get off the birds, goes back into our birds.
Decades ago houses we’re not as well insulated as they are now and same goes for windows. So during the winter people would usually cover their birds especially if they are by a window, from cold drafts. Usually some people would cover them up to quiet them down but most birds settle down for the night.
Depending on the breeder, some will pull their babies from the nest from 1 day old to just letting the parents feed them. The younger you pull them for hand feeding, the tamer they are. Hand feeding requires special care and experience. The breeder might have to feed the babies with formula by syringe every hour, then every 2 hours and longer as the babies are growing. Just hand feeding a baby doesn't mean the person is experienced. I have seen many baby birds for sale that they dont use proper temperatures, don't mix the right consistency, unsanitary as far as cleaning the utensils and babies faces. This will cause health problems. We pull our babies from a week to 2 weeks. So we have to hand feed for a minimum of 2 to 3 months. This is time consuming and taking care of the parents of the babies. Then the cost of formula and foods to wean them out on. Another way to look at it is for a $450 baby bird, the breeder if pulled at 2 weeks or less, would only make $7.00 a day for all the trouble not even counting all the supplies and feed that goes into each bird. That is less than minimum wage!
This question has several answers, not just one so please read on. I get this question many of times when a person is buying a just weaned baby. Yes two birds would adjust better in their new home together but I suggest separate cages later to keep them tame. Birds form a bond with their flock. Their flock can also be all humans. In my experience, when you keep two birds together in 1 cage, they tend to bond to each other and don't want much to do with their human flock. I have had birds stay tame being together but when I tried to hold 1, the other wanted out too, They also become protective of each other and you become the intruder. It doesn't matter if they are different species or same sex, they would prefer the other bird over you. However, kept in separate cages, they can be out and interact with the other birds and still have a strong bond to you. If someone travels or works a lot, it might be better for your bird to have another bird friend. They can be in a cage side by side.
Birds by nature will pick another bird as a mate over humans much of the time. When putting two pet birds together to mate, they form a strong bond with their mate, some for life. They become protective of their mate even from their owners. Very seldom do they become good parents as they are use to being taken out of their cage and may abandon their nest. Pairs then naturally fight off intruders from their cage/nest area. This intruder becomes you! If you decide to breed your pair of pet birds, be sure you are willing to lose them as a pet and not bother them as much when they are nesting. A friend of mine spoiled a pair of hand fed tame Sun Conures that he later wanted to breed. They were so use to being out of their cage that they wont go to nest now because they always want to be out and sit in front of their cage door wanting out. A pair of babies I raised had bonded and wanted nothing to do with me any more. They became protective of their cage and would go after me. Others were so use to being a pet that they would not sit on their eggs long and leave the nest box to play.
Our babies are adopted quickly, so reach out to reserve your feather friend or to ask any questions. We do not ship at this time
Maricopa, Arizona 85139, United States
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