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My goal is to produce healthy and tame baby birds that’ll make amazing pets for responsible homes!

09/20/2024

Unfortunately little Tadpole passed at 5 days old and there was nothing I could’ve done more to save her. With day 1 babies it’s so hard to keep them alive, and the parents could’ve picked at her because they knew something was wrong as well. I’m just glad she knew some love before passing!

The only box I have up currently is the masked lovebirds again, then I’ll be putting up the ringneck box here in November! Crimsons will have a box in February. Message me with any questions about future babies!

09/10/2024

Surprise! Apparently one of the peach face lovebird eggs hatched today! I candled those suckers a bunch and never saw any life, one even had a small crack in it. I had left the eggs for them to get bored of before I moved the box back onto my black masked pair, and that’s when I found this little bean!

Maui, the dad, is a plucker and I knew plucking babies would be a potential issue, but I didn’t expect it until feathers started to come in, and I’d just pull them before that. But unfortunately not even one day and he started to pick at the baby. She’s got a small wound on her head, thankfully nothing bad and she’ll heal fine, but he’s fired from being a dad!

Without further ado, meet Tadpole! I’m not getting attached as I know this first week will be rough and she may not make it, but I’ll be trying my absolute best. I’m so thankful I got all the info I did from Brock at Rain Blossom Birds back when I had the crimson baby, so I was much more prepared to take care of this kiddo. I’m also glad I finally spent the money and got a brinsea brooder, that’s been Tadpoles life saver!

08/31/2024

Little Gabbana has found her way back to me. Her home has a toddler that was becoming dangerous to her, so it was in her best interest to be rehomed. Thankfully I was alerted to her rehoming and was able to contact her and get her back!

Initially I was planning to rehome her again, but as soon as she came out of that box and onto my shoulder I knew she’d be staying. After two failed homes, she’s earned her way into the flock! The first thing she did was take a bath and then go check in with her uncle Vinnie. He was glad to welcome her back, and so am I!

08/10/2024

Edit: She found her forever home!

Gabbana is STILL looking for her forever home!

I think the issue is that female lovebirds are generally considered pretty aggressive/hormonal especially with their cage and resources. However, myself and another lovebird breeder haven’t seen this aggression with our masked and fischers lovebirds unlike with peach faces! These guys tend to be much more laid back and easy going.

Gabbana here gets excited when she sees me because she knows she gets to come out and explore. She’s been doing great socializing with the flock as well! She would do amazing in a home as an only bird or into a flock. Again, I’m not in a rush to sell her, but she definitely deserves a family of her own!

Message me for more info on her

08/07/2024

Matcha may be ferocious to other birds when I’m around, but never to babies! She absolutely loves preening babies and will sit on top of the brooder and look at the little naked beans until I let her say hello. The babies will always have a friend in Matcha once they fledge, but thankfully the whole flock is pretty sweet to the babies that are still learning how to bird!

08/01/2024

After a 2 day fight little Weevil ended up passing even with me feeding every 2 hours and electrolytes. I’ve pulled the box off the pair until next season when they’re a bit more mature and hopefully will be better parents. Weevil fought hard but he odds were stacked against him, along with more temperature issues he had to deal with, but I’ve got a Brinsea brooder coming in the mail so I don’t have to deal with these issues in the future. Rest easy sweet little Weevil❤️‍🩹

07/29/2024

Little Gabbana is still looking for the perfect home! She would do best in a home where she gets a lot of attention and space to fly around. Message me for more info on this sweet girl!

07/29/2024

Unfortunately the crimson belly conures Beetle and Lady Bug’s second baby passed while I was out of town, and Weevil is a bit smaller than I’d like him to be at this age. I’m assist feeding to make sure he’s gaining what he should, hopefully on their next batch they’ll have better luck. With first time parents it’s always a gamble on how they handle the babes. I’ll have my second pair of cockatiels ready to assist too if I feel it’s needed! Fingers crossed little Weevil here continues to grow big and strong!

07/21/2024

We have two baby crimsons! One more to hatch hopefully in the next 2-4 days! I’m so so so excited for these babies! I’ve been listening for chirps and hadn’t heard any, I figured they wouldn’t start hatching until mid next week (I forgot to write down when exactly the eggs were laid), I noticed mom and dad were out eating so I snuck a quick peek and I’m so proud of them!

On another note, the cockatiel eggs all passed midway through developing so I had to toss them unfortunately. As soon as I did, mom and dad got back to working on making more! Fingers crossed this next batch makes it!

Peach face eggs also weren’t fertile, so I tossed them and hopefully they’ll do it right the next time, but they’re still newly paired so I’m not too surprised they aren’t fertile just yet!

07/13/2024

Gabbana is still looking for her forever home!

Whoever ends up with her is going to be very lucky, she has the absolute best personality ever. I have to keep telling myself I can’t keep her! She wants to hang out with me all day and is obsessed with getting kisses and will chase my mouth if I don’t give them to her😂

I am by no means in a rush to get rid of her, I’ll make sure she’s going to the best possible home! Message me for more info if you’re interested!

07/05/2024

DaVinci the painted conure is finally confident enough to start hanging out with the other birds! So far Sencha is the only one he’s comfortable with, which is understandable because they’re both very laid back and just want to hang out. He will take millet from my hand and let me pet him and hold him without an issue, but he’s not comfortable with staying on my just yet. If I can’t find him a female I’ll be keeping him as a pet, but fingers crossed that he will one day produce more of these beautiful birds!

His feather condition isn’t the best right now, but he’s finally going through a molt, so hopefully he will be looking pristine here soon, and be able to fly again!

07/02/2024

Due to no fault of her own, Gabbana is available for a new home. She’s super outgoing and loves to get kisses! She will sit on my shoulder and do chores with me all day, but also loves a good cheek scratch as well.

If you’re interested in her please shoot me a message! She’s weaned onto roudybush and ready to go to her new forever family!

07/01/2024

Super eggciting news over here!

Lottie the tiel is on 5 eggs, 3 of which are fertile so far. For first time parents she and Axel are doing great, I’m hoping they’ll feed babies with no problems, but I’ll be ready to pull if needed!

We also finally have crimson belly conure eggs! Only 3 so far, one of which is just showing signs of being fertile. I’m so beyond excited for conure babies! To my knowledge Beetle and Lady Bug are also first time parents, they’re already very protective of their eggs, but are nice enough to let me peek in and check on them. Spending the past few months getting them use to me and my hands has really helped make them feel comfortable around me. Fingers crossed they’ll be able to hatch these kiddos!

Message me for info on any of these future babies, I won’t take any deposits until babies are pulled and I know they are doing well!

06/17/2024

Axel and Lottie should be laying fertile eggs here soon! As soon as he figures out how to get the job done we’ll be in business! She’s laid a clutch of duds already, so she’s definitely prepared to be a mom!

These guys will be producing whiteface (like Axel), whiteface pied, whiteface pearl pied and whiteface pearl. Pearl is s*x linked and only the females can come out that color, but it’s exciting! Pearls are absolutely beautiful! Female white faces will be all grey, they may have a few white feathers in their face but overall will be mostly grey with white on their wings.

Message me to get on a waiting list for their first clutch!

06/17/2024

Meet Maui Wowie! He is a 5 year old seagreen peach face lovebird. He needed a home ASAP as his owner had to go into a retirement home suddenly, and I had been on the look out for a male with his specific coloration to pair with Sherbet, so it worked out perfectly! He was quarantined and health tested and came back all clear, he has a plucking issue but since being with Sherbet it seems to be getting a bit better, along with having a much wider variety of toys. We’re in the process of transitioning him onto a proper diet which is surprisingly going very well!

These two hit it off right away, I think they’re both extremely happy to finally have a friend! If you’ve been following me, you’ll know I originally tried to pair Sherbet with my other seagreen male Gelato (also pictured), but he wanted absolutely nothing to do with her and everything to do with my dusky conure, so he was out of the question! Sherbet is a seagreen pallid, and Maui is a seagreen, which means together they’ll produce beautiful seagreen, Dutch blue and white face blue babies! Pictures of the other mutations as examples, but I’m very excited. I’ll be keeping a Dutch blue for sure!

If you’re interested in a peach face baby message me to get on a waiting list! Once I offer a box I don’t think it’ll be long at all before babies are here! Sherbet has been very eager to be a momma!

06/17/2024

Surprise! I got zebra finches! I’ve always adored these guys and the cute nosies they make. I could listen to them all day! These two are siblings and still babies, I haven’t decided on names for them yet either, but the white one is a female and the dark one is a male. Female is a pied chestnut-flanked white and the male is a black cheek.

I eventually plan to have a large cage for a mixed variety of finches. So far I’m interested in seagreen parrot finches, star finches, strawberry finches, blue mutation gouldians and a few other species, but I’ll be doing more research on cohabitation before I bring anything else in. I know zebras can get nasty around breeding season so they’d need to be separated for that. I’m on the look out for mates for these two, but since they’re still young I’m not in too much of a hurry.

Pictures are from when I first got them home in their travel carrier. Little man went to play with the toy right away! I’m absolutely obsessed with these tiny little guys!

06/17/2024

Life got crazy and I haven’t had a chance to post any updates, so here we go!

The babies are starting to go to their homes! Versace went home today and I’m going to kiss him the most for sure, he’s the sweetest babe ever and I know his new family will love him! Fendi goes home on Tuesday, Dolce and Gabbana go home on Wednesday! Pictures of little Versace getting some last minute snuggles before getting picked up below!

I finally got my female peach face a male who loves her back, so I’ll be expecting peach face babies here soon! I’ll make a separate post with more info about them.

Lottie and Axel the cockatiels are ready to make some babies, Axel is just having a hard time doing his job, as soon as he gets it right we will have more baby cockatiels! I’ll make a separate post for them as well.

Finally, the crimsons have been loving their nest boxes. Bumble and Bee haven’t shown much nesting behavior but Beetle and Lady Bug definitely have been nesting, so fingers crossed for some eggs soon!

05/27/2024

Introducing Sencha the lutino dusky conure! She will be producing lutino and split lutino babies for us in the future, but for now she’s enjoying being a baby and exploring her new home. Half of my flock is already obsessed with her! Disease tests all came back clear, and she’s happy to be out of quarantine. Dusky conures are my personal favorite species I own and have met, so I figured I had to produce them to share the dusky love! Obviously I won’t have them for another couple years as she needs to mature and I need to find a male for her, but they’ll be here in the future for sure!

05/22/2024

These kids are just about ready to leave the nest🥹 I’ve still got a couple weeks with them while they wean but I’m gonna miss the 3 I’m not keeping. I got their DNA results finally and Versache, Fendi and Dolce are all BOYS🩵 and Gabbana is our only GIRL🩷. Dolce and Gabbana are going to the same home and joining their older brother from my first ever clutch from my pair. I can’t wait to see pictures of them all hanging out!
Dolce and Gabbana also may not be euwing, I’m thinking it might just be some roughed up baby feathers, I’ll be excited to see them after their first molts!

05/14/2024

Dolce and Gabbana will be going to the same home to live with their full sibling from my first ever lovebird clutch! I’m so excited to see these babies grow into their adult plumage. Having 4 baby lovebirds out that are hungry isn’t an easy task that’s for sure, it feels like wrangling a bunch of hummingbirds! Versace is a mammas bird for sure, I can’t put him down for more than a few seconds without him flying right back to me. Gabbana likes to explore on his own, Dolce and Fendi are just happy to hang out and get snuggles. I’m definitely going to miss the 3 of them when they go home, but I’m so excited for them as well!

05/08/2024

I got ahold of Prada (female) and Gucci (male), my pair of masked lovebirds, for some good pictures of their colors, and to just do a quick wellness exam on them. I like to do a little exam on my non tame breeders when I get ahold of them, just to make sure everyone is keeping a good weight and looking good overall. Prada is a violet parblue euwing and Gucci is a violet blue.

This clutch of babies has made me realize that Prada is actually a euwing, which is a gene for greying of the shoulders, it’s much more noticable on Versace who’s a double factor violet euwing. I never noticed she was euwing because it’s much more yellow than grey. I’m still doing research and learning more about the mutation, but it’s exciting to know that they can produce a much wider variety of colors than I originally thought! I also attached pictures of Gabbana and Dolce, Gabbana is a violet parblue euwing like Prada, and Dolce is just violet parblue. You can see how much more blue Dolce has in comparison, but they’re both absolutely gorgeous. I personally think Versace is my new favorite baby produced color wise, the violet, black white and grey combination is just stunning! Click the pictures to see who’s who!

Dolce and Gabbana are both still available, message me for more info!

05/06/2024

Versace’s flight!

05/06/2024

These guys grow too fast! Versace had their first flight today, and is quickly learning recall. Dolce and Gabbana are both still available and looking for future perches! Fendi is potentially reserved, I’ll know for sure when DNA tests come back.

Message me for more info on Dolce and Gabbana!

05/03/2024

These three babies are still looking for future perches to land on! These guys are super snuggly and outgoing, and always ready to adventure outside of their brooder. DNA results should be back any day now as well!

Message me for pricing and questions about these babies!

05/03/2024

I didn’t plan to ever keep a masked lovebird (only because I’d prefer to keep room for some other conure pairs I’d like to have) but my mom absolutely fell in love with little Versace so he/she is here to stay! I’m definitely excited to see them come into their adult plumage and really show off that df violet coloring! Since my mom is kind enough to let my birds overrun the house, if she wants to keep a baby she’s absolutely allowed to💙

The other three babies are still available! Message me for more info on them!

04/30/2024

These babies are all so gorgeous! The fun part about lovebirds is that they can always surprise you with what colors they throw, especially if you don’t know exactly what the parents are when purchased. Turns out that my male is a sf violet blue so we actually have a double factor (df) Violet baby which is Versace! Dolce and Gabana are both single factor violet parblue (aka turquoise) and Fendi is parblue (turquoise). If any of the parblue babies are female then one will be spoken for, another will be spoken for if there’s a male.

Two babies will still be available, message me for more info about them!

04/24/2024

Just some updated pictures of the babes. Versace is starting to get really curious and flapping his wings like crazy!

Message me for more info on one of these sweet babies!

04/19/2024

Versaces colors are absolutely stunning! Versace is a violet, Gabbana is a violet parblue, Dolce is a parblue, but I still can’t tell if it’s violet or not, and finally Fendi is blue, but too early to tell if parblue is present as well. These babies are going to be gorgeous!

Message me for info on one of these babies if you’re interested!

04/17/2024

They don’t even have a nest box and they’re already so sassy! Bee is now taking treats from my hand after watching Bumble do it a few times! And of course Vinnie is sneezing in the background

04/16/2024

The babies colors are starting to show! Versace is a violet with a white collar (potentially reserved), Dolce and Gabbana are parblues, but too early to tell if they’re violet or blue, but they’ll have yellow collars. Little Fendi is still a bit too young for me to tell, but regardless they’re all so stinkin cute! Everyone is eating and growing great as well. DNA tests have been sent off today because the post office sent it back for an extra stamp!

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Versace’s flight!

They don’t even have a nest box and they’re already so sassy! Bee is now taking treats from my hand after watching Bumble do it a few times! And of course Vinnie is sneezing in the background

Chanel’s flight

Little Chanel is flying and recalling just as well as her older brother!

Baby beak grinding is the cutest thing ever🥰

Baby beak grinding is the cutest thing ever!🥰 These two are almost ready to leave to their new families, just finishing up weaning, and we’re down to one feeding a day! After eating they love to snuggle up to your neck and take a long nap.

Recall training Louis Vuitton!

Look at that little heartbeat!

Gucci and Prada are on 7 more eggs, 4 are fertile and 3 are too early to tell. I’m shocked she laid such a big clutch this time! Message me for more info and pricing on a baby black mask lovebird!

All 4 babies have hatched and are doing well. We’ve got Hermes, Artemis, Ares and Athena, I’m so excited to raise them to be amazing pets! I plan to have them started in harness training, flight training and eating a good diet including vegetables. I’m keeping one of the females (if there is one) to pair with my other male cockatiel. I also have someone wanting a female, so potentially 2 birds are not called for. Message me for more information on these guys. Since they’re my very first clutch I’m going to be picky about where they go❤️