New macaws in my family

Say hello to Jacob my new military macaw.

Here's Jacob with Trudi (please ignore the surprised looking person in the middle :14: )


He is from '13 and has lived his life until now at the breeders in an aviary.

And from the same breeder I got a breeding pair of Illiger's macaws. Unfortunately I don't have any good pictures of them, as I want to give them time to settle in in their new aviary. Photos will follow, once I have some

What lovely birds. And what lucky birds, to find a home with you!

Of all the macaw species, I have always been most taken by the military macaws. They are gorgeous birds! How lucky for both of you to have found each other

Welcome Jacob! Love the pic, a trifecta of cuteness!!

Just how many more parrots are you intendin on getting?

wrench13 said:

Just how many more parrots are you intendin on getting?

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I have given up my chicken breeding programme to make place for parrots instead. I am therefore purchasing to make breeding pairs of parrots instead.

I now have a pair of B&G, Scarlets, Illigers and Eclectus.

I am planning on getting red-bellied and greenwing macaws and a mate for Jacob. And a mate for my Rainbow lorikeet.

If I find a pair of lutino IRN's, I will probably also get those. And also Crimson and Eastern rosella.

At the end I should have GW, BG, Scarlet, Military, Eclectus, Red-bellied, Illigers, IRN, Rainbow lorikeets and Crimson and Eastern Rosellas.

I am pretty lucky to have a working relationship with a bird park here in Denmark, so it has not taken long to find apropriate pairs, as they know everybody. In exchange I help out at the bird park

I have due to an accident have to give up horse training. Working with parrots makes me feel like the same as when I was still able to compete. And it seems macaws like me. I get untamed macaws and pretty soon, they are mushy pods.

[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nkp7T0UMwFc"]Jacobs first human cuddle[/ame]

Sorry, the question had to be asked.

wrench13 said:

Sorry, the question had to be asked.

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No problem. It just didn't make sense to me to be breeding chickens, when my interest is with the parrots. I already have 8 aviaries, so I am just swithing the content Oh and adding a lot of branches and the like. Chickens mainly use the ground.