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Cheeky Chirp Toys Heart of the Hachi ball offering balsa, pine, basswood, vine, paper and more. Toys designed and tested to engage your parrot to play and forage.

Another one of my favorite vendors…where I get most of my sola.
05/07/2024

Another one of my favorite vendors…where I get most of my sola.

The Sola root is great for pet bird and animal chew and shred toys. Our Sola is all-natural and 100% animal and bird safe.

09/06/2023
Stack unsafe open toy parts on an unused dowel perch for a safer toy alternative. One perch will make three toy bases. ...
04/09/2022

Stack unsafe open toy parts on an unused dowel perch for a safer toy alternative. One perch will make three toy bases. Maybe an after pic if it isn’t hideous 😬

I will say I am a bit disappointed in many of the ends in the bird salad box. The really rough ends are so messy to cle...
26/06/2022

I will say I am a bit disappointed in many of the ends in the bird salad box. The really rough ends are so messy to clean up. There were so many of them as well. The easiest and less messy option was to somewhat plane them with my bandsaw. I’ll likely not order more of those boxes to save time. Sometimes it’s a toss up when you don’t have as much time to make parts. I’d rather dedicate that time to toys.

And most of them were the 4x4 ends which I just decided to cut up into smaller blocks…

Balsa…did someone say Balsa? http://www.balsawoodinc.com/ often has scrap pieces that they sell for bird chews. Essent...
02/06/2022

Balsa…did someone say Balsa?

http://www.balsawoodinc.com/

often has scrap pieces that they sell for bird chews. Essentially left over scrap pieces. These often have marks that need to be cut out or sanded and rarely the same size. But a great variety. And you can use a simple tool knife to cut out or hand sand the spots. Your birds won’t care if that balsa is not shaped perfectly.

Working on my latest batch. I sort for those that need cleaned of spots, imperfect pieces get sorted for my gang and the nice pieces will be made into toys for Dr. Orosz.

It does take a bit of work but you’ll get a decent amount for your budget.

05/01/2021

Paper flowers from cupcake papers. I think the top right with pointed ends is my favorite. I’ll have to make a tutorial.

23/11/2020
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07/04/2020

This is somewhat how things go. I loved the butterfly coloring but then realized I need to color blocks to go with it since blue and purple just don’t coordinate. I know, it will be demolished but I just can’t help myself. So version 1 and back to the drawing board.

04/04/2019
04/04/2019
04/04/2019
14/03/2019

So, I am afraid of hubby’s mitre saw...big green beast. I bought this inexpensive, tiny miter saw ($65). I have dubbed it the dust beast (even hooked up to the shop vac). Not nearly as smooth as the BGB and the 60 tooth blade leaves much to be desired in the non-sanding department. My bandsaw is still my favorite tool. I just get slightly crooked cuts. 😑

11/10/2018

Don't forget your feathered friend's yearly check-up. Cheekie Carlton is getting his blood pressure checked while his girlfriend, Giggie, keeps a close eye on things. Although she was blowing kisses and shaking her head during the checkup. Carlton has high blood pressure and takes Enalapril to keep things in check (twice a day).

24/09/2018

You'll be seeing a lot of nods to http://www.softlandingsparrotrescue.org/ as our sponsored rescue.

A wonderful place that does good things...Little Bitty our elderly cheekie says so. (He was dropped at the vet's office to be put to sleep. Your donations make a difference between life or death.)

17/09/2018

Hachi Balls

11/09/2018

The Cheeky Chirp sales site ONLY is closing to focus on tutorials and new toy creations to share. Various toys will still be available at Bird and Exotic Pet Wellness Center in Toledo, OH. You may see toys at local Ohio fairs and we may have a wonderful online vendor who will carry a few products. Thank you everyone! Now, my task masters (the conure gang) emphatically stated I must get back to work. ☺️

P.S. Beak and Talon (https://www.facebook.com/groups/149084208818699/) has a great group of toy makers. And Busy Beaks is a wonderful group to learn and share (https://www.facebook.com/groups/646472775487110/).

04/09/2018
Feathered Friends of Michigan

If you haven't heard, our wonderful rescue, Feathered Friends of MI is retiring. The avian community will miss this wonderful place but all our love to you for all you've given these past years.

To my online bird family!

This is a hard announcement, and while it’s been coming for a good four years now and I knew it was coming and had to come- it is still hard.

I am retiring from rescue due to personal and family needs.

This decision comes on the heels of what I have to say have been some of the hardest years of my adult life. However, while hard they have also been extremely fulfilling and taught me much on perseverance. I will miss it, and you, and I am sure I will still be around, helping in my way.

I don’t wish to get into numerous details but I feel like moving forward this is the best choice for all.

I’ve always wanted to retire on the upswing and close down without any emergency (we all have to eventually, or at least most all) and things have come together in such a way as to make that very possible. I feel a lot of honor in that. Rarely are we so lucky to have everything go as smoothly as this is going.

So I will be placing numerous adoptable birds here in Michigan with my dear friend Tanya. She is being given my aviaries/cages and a personal donation by me.

Bird Gardens of Naples will be taking over greenies, as well as Huey and possibly any of my adoptables that aren’t placed by the first week of September. To Bird Gardens I will be transferring all of our rescues cash funds. I’m happy to report that we’ve been very responsible with our funds and it is more then a little, and yet considering the greenies and Huey aren’t tame nowhere near enough. Yet I am proud to send it. Bird gardens will also honor my one promise to a dad and his grey parrot.

It has been with the greatest pleasure that I have served the avian community for a good 10 years now. My heart is a little broken, and a little excited with what new chapter in my life I will dream up.

For all of the reasons in the world - I am closing adoptions down so the birds can get to know their next caretakers and be adopted from a place who can take all the time in the world to do it right. My wild birds deserve to be birds and they will get that too. Seperating the greenies for adoptions never felt right to chandra and myself- they are getting a beautiful new aviary in Florida to themselves. There will be zero flash adoptions. Everyone is currently spoken for in the best way they can be and that was a goal of mine too.

Thank you Keri, and thank you Tanya.

Thank you to the numerous donors and people who helped make this place great.

Cheryl, Amanda, Nicole and Chandra. You guys are my world. Thank you.

Love,
marie

26/04/2018

Pink ombre using airbrush gun...heavy coloring at the base and pull farther away from the block as you move up.

25/12/2017

Merry Christmas and happy holidays from Hachi. Love and blessings for the new year from our babies to yours.

01/12/2017
Lil Monsters Bird Toys

Now one can't always make every toy for every bird so I've decided to post individual companies, people that I've purchased for my own flock. I recently won the Winter Toy Giveaway from Lil Monsters Bird Toys. If you have a minute, please stop over to say hi and browse her toys.

https://www.facebook.com/LilMonstersBirdToys/

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