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Ethical Breeder of Cockatiels & Conures. Located in Lexington, MI. Dedicated to high quality care! 🦜
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03/01/2024

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To say I've been busy is a complete understatement. I truly do apologize for everyone waiting on replies and the lack of posts lately! With both the kids being sick on and off the last two weeks. Saphira spiking up to 106° at times last week! 😖
The last two weekends being taking all my time up helping a great friend. Relocating 60+ chickens over 2.5 hrs with very short notice. While also having to find ways to appropriately accommodate them all, quickly! We also apparently now have a Goose! 😅 I am still also playing catch up from moving... ugh!

All of this, and the fact our first orphaned neonate hatched 6 days ago. As a reminder, neonates need to be fed EVERY 2 hrs, 24hrs a day... haha! He was the luckiest and hatched without any assistance needed.

Unfortunately, the possible issues from the temperature fluctuations during incubation, did happen for the others as I feared may be a possibility.

Chick #2 was mispositioned slightly and started trying to zip in all the wrong directions! 😅 So he needed a tad bit of assistance.

Chick #3, got it the worst. They were stuck in a complete breech position and pipped straight through a major blood vessel! 😖 After over 18hrs of careful work, I did manage to get him out safely. Without a drop more of blood loss. I had to get him out tho. He started trying to force his way out, causing himself injury. Unfortunately, when this all happens another issue can arise. Which did sadly. Sweet babies yolk wouldnt absorb fully. I was prepared to potentially tie off the yolk, but the tissue just outside his abdomen. Looked very much intestinal. I did everything I could and prayed it would recede more with time. Keeping things as moist as possible. Was such a fighter, with so much umph! Even ate formula willingly twice! He lost the battle sadly tho 💔 RIP sweet yellow lutino baby! 🙏 I so wish there was more I could do! I sure tried everything I could!

Baby #4 zipped perfectly fine, but got a bit stuck trying to push his way out of the shell. Another quick assist and they were free! Happy to eat his within the next hour!

Baby #5 is still an egg. Luckily they time up really well with Enoki's next clutch. So I slipped them in with her other 4 fertile eggs that are due soon! Eggs are always safest under a parent birb! I know just about exactly when they are due thanks to their siblings. So I will be keeping a close eye on them! They do have a slightly saddled air cell, but hopefully it won't cause any issues with hatching!

Everyone keep your fingers crossed things go well for these adorable babies!
They've all had a rough start to life, but I am doing everything I can to make sure they have a beautiful future!!! 💖

03/01/2024

Working with Emerald Mutations is new territory for me. Not going to lie. I am still doing much research and collaboration with other breeders. None of these babies will be available to the public just yet. One or two may remain with myself, or our BetterBirbs partners. Who yet, only time will tell however! They are all absolutely stunningly unique! Especially in person! 🤩

03/01/2024

Our older youngsters, that will be weaning off formula in the upcoming few weeks!!! Still impatiently waiting on those DNA results... 😒 (Eldest to Youngest)

02/24/2024

Happy Birthday!!! Just watched this cutie hatch at 11:49am... We had a nest abandoned last week for whatever reason I am unsure. Looks like I'll be raising these sweethearts by hand. That means 12x feedings a day, every 2hrs. With the clock being reset everytime another hatches. With how eggs are typically laid, #1 - 5 are around 10 days apart in age. Going to be a long 2 weeks. Wish me luck! 😅

02/24/2024

I would like to see the baby! 👀
-Audio from The Mandalorian

02/21/2024

We have one youngster still looking for their forever home! Everyone else has officially been reserved or have now left with their new families! 💖

This sweethearts DNA report came back inconclusive. Along with 2 others. I am assuming the cold winter weather damaged the samples during transit. I always hate doing DNA tests twice. I can't guarantee gender. Based on behavior, I am assuming a female. If her adopter would like me too, I will redo the test before she goes home. If they don't mind without it, I'd prefer not to stress her out over it.

I have a couple more people on our waiting list to reach out too. If they pass on her to wait for another, she will be available publicly! I'll be making another post for her at that time.

Is always the first to want to climb out and spend time with my neighbor's kiddos that I babysit occasionally! 🥰
(Photos shared WITH mom's permission!)

02/15/2024

Our raffle winner chose to transfer their adoption certificate. To their friend and fellow follower!! It was meant to be and that sweet boy is now nestled in with his wonderful new family and living his best life!! 💖 You can see updates of him on our group chat page BetterBirbs of Michigan! if you'd like! Feel free to share your own beloved feathers babies too of course! 🤗

That means, the rest of our weaned youngsters are ready to find their forever familes!!! I will be posting pictures shortly of them both and contacting those on our waiting list first! Be sure to message us if you want to get onto our waiting list for any of our youngsters! 🥰

*This dork got a peice of chop stuck in his nose!* 🤦‍♀️ Don't worry, I helped him pop it out! 😆 No this isn't the boy that left. This sweetheart is still here! 😉

02/13/2024

I already expected I'd have to step in a bit. Hopefully I won't need to much more. With five chicks growing fast, the older one's of course start becoming food hogs. In large clutches, younger chicks often do not receive enough hydration for proper digestion. Which is a big purpose of Crop Milk. Their newly functioning digestive system needs this extra boost to start working properly. Without it, they already have the odds against them. Crop Milk is only produced in the early stages of chicks hatching. Parents will transiton quickly over to a more solid based diet. To accommodate older chicks needs, unfortunately this is natural. Which is often why entire clutches won't always make it out of the nest in the wild. That's what I am here for though and keep a close eye! 💖

Considering were only a couple days away from having to pull the eldest two. I'd rather keep siblings together and pull them at the same time instead. This helps prevent several issues from arising. Like nest abadonment. Parents may also assume chicks are plenty warm still. Not realizing, a big source of heat just got taken away. Leaving chicks at risk of becoming too chilled to digest properly.

The youngest Emerald chick was super eager for their big meal of formula! Happily then climbed back into their warm pile to nap! Everyone else looks great! They have some great parents looking over them! 🥰

02/11/2024

My hand is so warm 🤣
All 5 chicks out of our Emerald clutch are doing fabulous! Will be watching closely to make sure the youngest are getting enough nutrition and hydration. If I need to supplement feedings with formula or pull them entirely, I am prepared to do so! Incubators are sterlized and on standby if I need to step in at anytime! 🥰
Super proud of how well Hero & Emery are doing together as parents. Even if both experienced, this will be the first clutch they've had together. It took them some time to bond, and I was anxious about their first clutch. Thank goodness everything is going amazingly! I have to go shopping. Need more veggies. I'm being screamed at cause they just finished off the last of what I had... 🤣

02/10/2024

These sweethearts are growing up fast!
DNA samples are being sent out this weekend. I will update everyone as soon as we have the results! 💙❤️

02/10/2024

Emery officially has a name, and is a proud daddy to 5 little babies! Our most recent arrival in the back is still wet. Hatched within the last few hours today. All of them are doing fabulous so far, hoping things stat that way! 🥰
Only time will tell, but good chance there is at least one or two visual Emerald or Emerald Pearls in that pile of yellow fluff. No whitefaces, but I somewhat expected that. So excited either way!!! 🤩

02/09/2024

I've recently been in contact with someone looking to rehome a kitten. If anyone is interested in adopting a sweet girlie for Valentine's Day!

*I have an inside 15 week old kitten to re-home for a $30.00 rehoming fee to cover vet bills for shot's she's had & Currently up to date on..Her name is Grace..I can send more pictures upon request..Message me or comment only if you're interested or know of someone that might be.. Thank you!!*

Feel free to contact us directly if you feel she may be a good fit for your family! I'd be more then happy to forward any information to her current owner! 🥰

Located in Carsonville, Michigan. I can personally help with transportation depending on your location if need be.

02/05/2024

Curtis Dean! Your our next winner! Congratulations! Hope I pronounced that correctly! Sorry I cut that short. I'm exhausted. Kiddos are both tired and not having it at the moment. Have my neighbors 3 kids coming over for the night too! 🙃 Wanted to make sure I got the raffle done tonight as promised though! 🥰 Excited to see which baby you pick! 💖
Jassy Mae, your our runner up! 🤗

*I so can't think straight... keep getting names mixed up with all the last minute entries. So sorry about my edits to the post! Baby birds, a puppy, and two young kids... maybe i should have really slept more then 3hrs last night! 😅*

02/05/2024

Its definitely a Monday 🙃
Kiddos are confirming that, being as uncooperative as possible. Of course 🤣
Last minute entries are being put in now! Making sure to reach out to anyone who was interested in entering and have yet too.
Really trying to get this going! Truly sorry about the wait. I really do appreciate everyone's patience. Not much longer now!

02/05/2024

Raffle will be ending in less then two hours! Last minute entries, be sure to check your messages so I can confirm your entries! 💖

02/05/2024

Everyone please forgive me! Defleaing our new family member took longer then expected! 😅
I will be doing the raffle today tho! Wanted to make sure I got everyone entered that wanted too. I wasn't able to respond to messages as quickly as usual, and I apologize.
💖 Everyone meet Espeon!!! 💖

02/05/2024

Got delayed, won't be back home until around 10:30. I'll get all the last minute tickets entered and draw our winner soon after getting there! If you can't tune in to the live, don't worry! I will be uploading the video for everyone to watch when they can! 💖

02/04/2024

Looking more like 9pm or so the raffle will be done. Unexpected road trip came up this evening! Will keep everyone posted tho! 🤗

02/04/2024

Hero is not too happy about me peeking, but our possible Emeralds are hatching! There is four more eggs too hatch yet! Keep yout fingers crossed everything goes well. So far they're both being fabulous parents! 🥰
Our raffle winner will also be able to choose from these chicks. Including any potentially visual Emerald babies!
You can still enter up until tonight when I draw our winner!

02/04/2024

These sweethearts were officially pulled for handfeeding the other night. They're all doing great with transitioning! Its been a couple weeks now since our other youngsters weaned off formula. Ive been missing having babies to take care of! 🥰
All of these cuties will be available to our raffle winner.
My phone was acting up last night and not charging. With a replacement cord, I have power again! 😆 I will be drawing our winner LIVE via Facebook tonight around 7-8pm. You can still enter up until then. Stay tuned for more updates!

01/24/2024

I apologize for my absence. Sickness has struck our home. Taking turns between the kiddos and myself. Its been a rough few days. Everyone is hopefully starting to get back on the mend now!
I have not done our drawing yet. I didn't want to go live feeling as crummy as I have.
I decided as a way to say sorry, I will be extending the raffle until the 3rd. With all tickets only costing $5 until then! Thats 2x the entries! Anyone who put in a last minute entry will also be getting entered twice!

Be sure to enter, cause we have more babies hatching! We are up to five in the nest boxes already. Several more are also on the way out of their eggs!

01/18/2024

Our Emerald Male & Hero (emerald split, cinnamon pearl) now have confirmed fertile eggs! This will be our first time being able to possibly produce Emeralds and Emerald Pearls! With a small chance of possibly getting Whiteface Emeralds to! I am beyond excited for these babies! 😍

I have been trying to find the perfect name for our Emerald male for months. I am terrible at picking names if anyone has any suggestions for me! 😅

*Dukatiel photos are NOT mine. Only sharing for reference for those that have never heard of Emerald Cockatiels*

Only three days left to enter our drawing! I will be letting our winner pick from these chicks as well. Visuals Emeralds included.

01/03/2024

Our sweet "special needs" baby girl has been seizure free officially an entire month now!!! After an accidental self injury (Nov. 13th) that led to the worst 6hrs of my life for sure, along with many more difficult tearful, scarey nights. A confused, unbalanced youngster in ICU care. That included supported ambient heat, oxygen, and tube feedings for nearly a week! 😫 Into a thriving, healthy beautiful young lady! Who's now eating quite well on her own! 🤗 Although she still accepts formula eagerly and happily! At nearly 14 weeks old... 🙃 Most babies start weaning themselves by at least 8 weeks. I am not complaining one bit though! This beautiful girl can take all the time she needs!
Her home was decided a couple weeks ago. Her new dad came to spend some time and get to know her quirky self. Absolutely fell in love with her adorable personality! Even had name ideas before he left! At that time, she was still entirely dependent on formula. Due to her obvious mental delays, we were all unsure if she would actually wean. Thankfully her new dad actually works in the veterinary field and is going to make sure she gets whatever special care she may potentially require in the future. I am just sooo happy she's made such huge strides with eating on her own this last week! I have always had faith in her. After what I witnessed... What she survived! Who she has grown up to be! This girl can do anything!!! 💖
Soon enough she will be going home to meet her new big sister Joelene! Who was adopted from BetterBirbs around 2 years ago now! Wow, does time fly! I can't wait to hear about their adventures to come! 🤩
*You can share this post for a free entry into our drawing! Check privacy settings, if we can't see it, we can't verify who shared it!*

01/03/2024

When you move on short notice, to a place with neighbors in close proximity... While also raising birds! 😆 Nobody has complained a bit and everyone that's met them just adores their sweetness! I'd rather be as considerate as possible however of course. I know they can get a bit loud at times. Also, no. We are not done. Still have an entire other wall to finish! 😅 Adjustments to be made too. Consider this the rough draft! I just wanted to share one of the many projects we've been working on. I'll be sharing some more soon! 😉
I am totally loving how it's turning out! The colors look spectacular together!! 😍

Don't worry, everyone still has plenty hours' access to special UVA/UVB spectrum lighting! They're still all getting proper exposure, even without the bay window at our other building! 💖

01/03/2024

We have two Cockatiel pairs, now laying eggs! Hopefully our Emerald pair catches on and follows suite soon! Which of course means, we'll have more youngsters needing homes in a few months! 🤗

Expected colors vary greatly between our pairs laying. Could get potentially Whiteface Lutinos, Classic Lutinos, Pastelface Lutinos, Lutino Pearls, Pastelface Lutino Pearls, Creamface Lutinos, Whiteface Pearls, Whiteface Pearl Pieds, Whiteface Pieds, Normal Pieds, Pearl Pieds, Pearls, and Greys, as well as Pastelface & Creamface Greys. Just from what I know of from previous breedings with them. We could potentially get other mutations as well of course! 💖

As of right now, NO entries have been put into our drawing. Regardless of how many people enter, I will still be holding to my word. Choosing our winner on the 21st at random. If your interested in adopting, be sure to check out our pinned post at the top of our page for details! 🥰

12/30/2023

My coloring assistant Khaos, making sure I don't mess anything up! 😆

Nobody tell Khaos, he has a surprise arriving sometime in the next few days!! One to match his beauty, with a bright red belly! 😱

Things have been hard on Khaos and me both, since Karma passed away suddenly. From an undiagnosed heart condition none of us were aware of. My sweet girl was only 3 years old... Much too soon to leave us. My handsome man has been quite lonely since she left us. He's had Green Cheek companions, but nobody has compared to Karma! 💔

I really hope I have finally found him the lifelong best friend he deserves! It's not easy to find Crimson Bellies, especially from sources you can trust. We have though! Thanks to my partner Dustin Dustin's Birds & Hedgies and my great friend and adopter Tom. I will be traveling to pick up a beautiful lady here soon, too meet Khaos! 🥰

Fingers crossed that the sparks fly, that nothing but fireworks are on the horizon! If they indeed bond well, and feel up to it. We may have Crimson Belly Conure chicks available for adoption by summer! 💖

12/27/2023

A question I get asked a lot.
"Are your birds friendly?"
"No... They are absolutely vicious... hate attention from people" 😆
Meanwhile here I am walking around the house with them all on me. Fully flighted. Could easily fly away if they wanted to. The hard part in reality is getting them away from you! 😅

Dont forget to enter our drawing! Our winner will have first choice from all of these adorable youngsters! 🥰
Details can be found in the pinned post on top of BetterBirbs main page.
(The pastelface pearl lutino has already been reserved. Her daddy came to meet her not long ago, absolutely in love with her! Will be going home tomorrow! 💖)

12/26/2023

Extended until the 3rd!!! $5 tickets now, until then!

Our next drawing has officially begun! You can now enter tickets to get the opportunity of a free Cockatiel OR Green Cheek adoption. Our winner will be able to bypass our waiting list. Whether they choose a Cockatiel or Green Cheek. Having first pick of available youngsters whenever DNA results come in. After myself, of course! 😅 Regardless of color, gender, or timing!

You are welcome to retain your certificate until you find the perfect companion! The certificate is transferrable to whomever you choose as well. Keep in mind that our winner will still be held to BetterBirbs standards however! Proof of a proper enclosure, diet, and a basic knowledge of parrot care. Will be required BEFORE your bird goes home. I am however more then happy to help. With anything you need if our winner is a first time owner. As well as if you have questions in general about anything bird related! ♥️

We will be accepting tickets from today 12/26/23 up until 1/21/24 for $10 each. That Sunday, I will go live on Facebook to draw our winner! Most likely in the afternoon/evening. I will keep everyone updated that day in case they want to tune in!

Please message us directly if you'd like to enter. We can offer payment options through PayPal, CashApp, Venmo, Zelle, and Facebook Pay. There will be an option for a couple free entries by sharing posts during this raffle. Please keep a close eye out for them. They will be specifically marked if they count.

For fun, we are again using colored tickets for entries! You can choose a color if you wish, or I can choose for you. We have Red ❤️, Orange 🧡, Yellow 💛, Green 💚, Blue 💙, & Purple 💜
I will be keeping a back up tally of all entires on my computer as well.

RULES:
*You must have a valid facebook to enter*
*YOU are responsible for transportation, although we may be able to help*
**Shipping is available at the adopters expense!**
*You must be over 18 years old or have parental permission to enter*
*Proof of proper enclosure, and diet for the intended baby AND all previous birds in the home must be provided BEFORE adoption*
*Grand Prize certificate is transferable*
*I retain the right to refuse adoption, if requirements are not met! (a 2nd grand prize winner will be chosen, just in case!)*
*Free entry share posts, that are specifically marked. Must be public or have BetterBirbs&Beyond tagged in order for me to see who shared them, to validate your entry!*

**We are located in Sandusky, Michigan**

PLEASE contact me if you are interested in entering or have any questions!

Good Luck Everyone! I hope you all had a fabulous Christmas! Don't forget to share updates of your feathered loved ones on our public group page BetterBirbs of Michigan! I would love to see how all of your sweethearts are loving life!!! 🥰

12/20/2023

Typically I always start a Christmas Raffle, December 1st-25th. If I started one late, would anyone be interested in entering? Most likely I will be running it until mid January to give everyone time to enter. Grand Prize this time will only be for a Free Adoption towards a Cockatiel of your choosing. Regardless of timing, mutation, or gender. Giving you first pick of everyone available also! We have a few youngsters being handraised now, and a few boxes going up soon too. These are some of the youngsters being handraised right now. Some of which are already spoken for however.

12/17/2023

Khaos food inspections... Approved ✔️
I love my sweet boy so much! 🥰

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Curtis Dean! Your our next winner! Congratulations! Hope I pronounced that correctly! Sorry I cut that short. I'm exhausted. Kiddos are both tired and not having it at the moment. Have my neighbors 3 kids coming over for the night too! 🙃 Wanted to make sure I got the raffle done tonight as promised though! 🥰 Excited to see which baby you pick! 💖 Jassy Mae, your our runner up! 🤗 *I so can't think straight... keep getting names mixed up with all the last minute entries. So sorry about my edits to the post! Baby birds, a puppy, and two young kids... maybe i should have really slept more then 3hrs last night! 😅*

You get kinda used to not sleeping when you raise birds... Happy 2am everyone! 😅 Not going to sleep until our next orphaned chick due, is hatched safely! 💖

Forgive my lack of posts lately... This is what my days & nights have turned into. Feeding neonates every 2-3hrs around the clock! 🙃 Egypt apparently decided she didnt want to MOM, right now. Leaving all their eggs behind to fend for themselves. Luckily I got everyone into the Brinsea before they got too chilly. Egypt & Hansel's first chick hatched around 4am last night. The smallest chick you see here, is them. The hyper begging white baby is the one that was thrown from their nest three days ago. That chick is NOT theirs. Its a foster I had hoped they would adopt. Along with 2 more of the five eggs still in the incubator. With one due to hatch today. The parents of the 3 fosters are James's Creamface pair. Who also decided to leave their eggs behind... Days before they were due too start hatching! 🤦‍♀️ I dropped everything on Saturday afternoon, to go pick them up. To at least give them the best chance possible! Its definitely going to be a long, exhausting two weeks for me... Pray for my sanity! 😅

Who will be our next winner...? Congratulations Joan and Cappy!!! 🥳 More of you know Cappy, as "Lil Sun" and got the amazing privilege of watching him hatch in my hands and grow up! 🥰

Just some morning serotonin for you today! 🥰 I'm starting to think... We're definitely going to have some future velcro babies! 🤣 I'm still voting that we have three Yellowsided and two Pineapples chicks! (Green Cheek Conures)