Don't Touch My Eggs!

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!

Parrot lovers from the get-go

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

Continuing saga of Rosie and her egg(s)

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!

Elena
Beaker's co-flock leader

Look what Rosie layed!

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

Vote on this!

Hi bird fanciers,
The title of this post is just keeping with the theme of my last post. hah! We have been so busy with life.... that I have neglected my posts - shame on me.

Well, Jeremy and I recently had an updated photo taken of us with some of our birdies. We have added this picture to our brochure and also refreshed the picture of us on the main website and I thought I would share it with our bloggers too.

Here's who we have (the birdies) in the photo... from left to right: Our very own Beaker (SI Eclectus), Zeus and Moe (Congo African Greys) and Cupcake (Greenwing Macaw).

Now, ending with the voting theme... who gives this picture a 'thumbs up?'

Yours truly,
The gorgeous gal in the photo... Elena

Exercise your right and VOTE!

Last night we all sat down to review the ballot and discuss each initiative to understand the real meaning and implications of each, paying particular attention to arguments for and against. Well, I needed some help so one of our babies, Cupcake helped me figure things out. Here are a couple of snapshots, enjoy.

And remember to VOTE next Tuesday November 2nd.


Elena
Beaker's Co-flock Leader
AvianOutfitters.com (online store)

Happy Hatchday Lola!

One of the things we love to do is remember our babies with a hatchday card celebrating their first year. And we are especially blessed when the baby's parents send us pictures commemorating baby's big day. Here is a picture of 'Lola' Albright, Solomon Island Eclectus. As you may know, Jeremy and I have a sweet spot for ekkies and Lola won our hearts the moment she arrived to our nursery, gosh... one year ago last month.

Elena
Beaker's Co-flock Leader
AvianOutfitters.com (online store)