Moving house as a parrot breeder

Created June 2010

One of the difficult things that we have done in aviculture is moving our whole collection of parrots. We shifted from North Queensland “The Whitsundays” down to Northern NSW. This required lots of planning and organisation. It was accomplished by my husband going ahead to the new property and making a large holding cage to have somewhere to put the parrots in once we had moved. I wrote an article with photos in the Bird keeper called “the Move”. I won’t repeat the same words, but feel free to look it up and read my story.

Now a year back our hard work seems to have payed off. Now as experienced parrot breeders we have setup beautiful aviary complexes which are more organized and allow us to more easily feed and maintain their cages. All of our first mistakes have been improved on. Our last property was on a hill and our aviaries were scattered in steps against the steep hill. Also we have escaped the terrible ordeal of the cyclone “Ului” that terrorized the Whitsundays. We could of lost many birds and aviaries due to the destruction cause by the fallen trees and debris.

But life as a parrot breeder is full of challenges, nothing stays the same. There is always room to improve your aviculture skills.

Relocating Our Parrots

Created Feb 2009

We have moved. All birds, our collection of Alexandrines have been relocated to New South Wales. We have established 2 huge holding cages. Most visitors are stunned to see so many Alexandrines together in all different colours. Our aviaries will be open for inspection at Aves 2009.

See website for more information: www.parrotconvention.com.