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Hi all,
It's been a crazy month (last 30 days) - your bloggest (me) as been out of town more than in town and it's been hard to keep up on all the stuff I love.... parrot stuff, of course. Thank God for my life's love and partner in crime, Jeremy. He leads the "parrot experience" at Beaker's and I manager the "customer experience".... and could do a better job I guess by blogging more often... hah!
To help get the word out about Beaker's Parrot Place and the unique buying experience we offer local Washington area customer's, I just created an "About Beaker's Parrot Place" video and published it to YouTube. I would appreciate you spreading the word about us to other bird lovers, such as yourself.... Thanks and have a great day.Elena
We hope you like our promo piece!
Elena, Beaker's Co-flock Leader
This post is compliments of Moe, Congo African Grey...
Hi, this is Moe... It all began back in May 2010 - Zeus and 1 were hatched. We are Californians by birth. When we were VERY young we went to live with Elena and Jeremy. There were 3 of us - me, Zeus, and another cousin they called Silverback who was the youngest.
Silverback was the first to be adopted by very nice lady; her name is Denise. The second one of us to be adopted was Zeus - he went to a nice home too but things didn't turn out so good for Zeus. Due to unforeseen circumstances Zeus returned to Beaker's and rejoined the flock. On the day we were reunited and Zeus and I saw each other again after a couple of months - we actually did a happy dance with beaking and bobbing and all that. We knew then and there that we should be buddies for life.... little did we know then we would be buddies for life.
Jeremy put us together in a large 40" x 30" dome top cage and we were happy as can be (take a look at the picture). It was then that Jeremy decided that IF the right family came along, who wanted to love us and adopt us as part of their family, he would be willing to sing the "Happy Trails" song to us.
Above (Zeus and me in our new cage)
Above (Zeus hanging around)
Above (Me having a snack)
Well guess what??? That day came and we met Wayne, Audrey and the kids.... WOW!!!! it was great, and they thought so too because we are now part of their family. Take a look at the cool pictures Elena took last Saturday when the family came to take us home. Zeus and I now have 3 new brothers (not shown in the pictures - Eduardo (the oldest - like me), Matthew and Elijah. With so many guys in the family now we hope that Audrey can handle all that testosterone!
WE ARE SO HAPPY!!!!! We know that Jeremy was a little sad when we left but we promise to have Wayne and Audrey bring us back for visits - we need to get our nails and wings trimmed in occasion. Thanks for giving us such a great start Jeremy (and Elena) we'll be in touch.
2 lucky guys!,
Moe (and Zeus)
It's hard to say, if we are being honest, which species of parrots are our favorite to hand-raise. We specialize in the hand-raising process, so we can put any baby bird through our process and produce a sweet loving companion ready for a wonderful life with their adoptive parents - you name it - African Greys, Amazon, Conure, Cockatoo, Eclectus, Macaws and the list goes on and on. We recently sang happy trails to one of our most favorite species - ekkies.
This post is dedicated to Sinatra and Beckett, two male Solomon Island Eclectus who stole our hearts.... I wonder how many times I can say that Here are a few pictures of Sinatra and Beckett and their new family.Beckett
Beckett as a baby
Beckett's first perch
Proud Parents - Rick, Bonnie and Beckett ScribeSinatra
Sinatra as a baby
Sinatra visiting Dylan and London (new family - siblings)
Sinatra on go-home day with his new mom, Sarah!I must confess, I shed a tear or two (as I often do) when our babies 'fly from the nest - so to speak.' Our joy is knowing that our babies are moving on to a great life with folks who will love them through the highs and the lows (oh yes, there will be the lows) |
Wiping my tears,
Elena
Beaker's Co-flock Leader
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Breeding is a NEW EXPERIENCE for us. And not one that we planned, or plan to repeat (at this point). With that said, many of you know that Rosie laid her first clutch on Dec 30 / Jan 2 and she is about to have babies..... or maybe not. God only knows if these two eggs are fertile. She has been faithful to rotate them and do what she is instinctual supposed to do (we think). Now we are close to finding out.
Rosie has her own cage and Beaker, his. The nesting box is in Rosie's cage (of course). She and Beaker are not sharing the same cage during this nesting process but we put them together to see what would happen.... See for yourself.
Ooh...la....ha!
Elena and Jeremy
Concerned parents!
Hi fellow parrot lovers!
Today I am in Delaware (Wilmington) starting a very cool consulting project (my non-parrot life) - and while I was here I reached out to a fellow Parrot Place location to introduce myself and get connection to my parrot passion.... What a wonderful experience I had. Last evening I met Kathy and Karen from K & K Parrot Place. An introductory conversation turned into a fabulous dinner and now a true relationship that I hope lasts for a very long time!!!!!
Meeting new people and getting beyond the superficial is sometimes not easy for me, but having a passion - like parrots - as connective tissue, helps me get beyond the surface stuff. I am so thrilled and thankful to have met Kathy and Karen and look forward to developing a real relationship over time. :-)
Elena
It's been a few weeks now since our last update about Rosie's first egg laying experience. Well the first egg didn't make it. :-( We put the egg in a home-made nesting box but Rosie broke it within the first couple of days.Then two weeks later, on Dec 30, she layed another egg..... AND then three days after that (Jan 2) she layed a second egg. She has now been sitting on both eggs for a week to week and a half and both eggs are doing find. :-) At this time we don't know if they are fertile and time will tell. We have not done the candle test on them - we will just wait to see if they hatch at the end of January when she has set on them for 28 days. We won't be peeking in the nesting box - our clue that the babies have hatched will be Rosie's increased consumption of food.I'll update you later this month!ElenaBeaker's co-flock leader
We have been letting Beaker and Rosie spend time together recently. As young studs will do, Beaker has been practicing his 'mount' with Rosie and the other day (12/16) I found this at the bottom of her cage.
Now that we have seen one, we expect that she may lay a couple more (about 3 days apart) so I put a box with nesting material in her cage and she has been laying on the egg. Time will tell if the egg is fertile or if she lays any more eggs. I will keep you all posted.
This could be fun!!!!
Elena
Beaker's Co-flock Leader
