Wasn’t asking for permission. I’m asking for information and community. I can read in a year what would have taken a lifetime for people even 10years ago. I have had reef tanks for 20years and delivered 15 litters of labradors. I also don’t have any financial constraints and all of the time in the world. I will be fine. This is the only negative post I will respond to so let’s keep it positive from here on out. I’m doing this and I will be awesome at it. Help me do the best job possible and let’s help these animals numbers grow. I’m an asset and I care deeply about helping these animals increase their numbers.
Okay now I am going to be as polite about this as I can be (I'd very much suggest an apology to people who are trying to help some parrots and in the same turn you)
Have you ever cared for a parrot? If not then the answer is simply to not dive right into breeding a pair, would you jump into the ocean if you've never swam in your life?
Birds aren't dogs, that's like me saying that I've raised 2 litters of kittens so I can easily raise a bear, we have so many people come on here saying they're going to breed birds because they've bred dogs or cats and then a few weeks later they come back with dead babies and questions.
What have you ever done in the past to prove you're an asset? What have you done to prove you're going to be 'awesome'? There are many many many people on here who know parrot care like the back of their hand and they wouldn't touch breeding with a 10 foot stick. Not to say no but right now you just don't know, you can read as much as anyone can, heck I've read so much on breeding myself but when it comes down to it I would have no clue.
I'm sure your vet is very happy about it, so is their bank account and their car dealer. They now know they have a steady income coming from you with at least 2 of the rarest macaws on the planet, that's some big $$$$$$$$
As much as you disagree with sage they do raise a very good point. What happens when you sell someone a $15'000 bird who begins pulling their feathers out who doesn't stop screaming at 5 in the morning? You'll have a pretty irate person on your hands demanding that you either fix the bird or give them their money back. Even if you give out perfect babies it is inevitable and arguably your responsibility to at least be able to help that person, and by help I don't mean just telling them their bird needs a mate which is what a lot of breeders wrongly suggest.
You will have to get hands on experience hand feeding babies and know the ins and outs of it otherwise you are going to damage those babies minds every time you have one hand-fed. Even if you plan on parents rearing them there will be times you have to step in to hand feed them. Reading up on it and watching video guides is just not enough to figure out the nuances of hand-feeding and even then you are going to have babies die, that's the unfortunate reality of breeding. Even the best will lose lives so you have to deal with that. On a side note I very much hope that you adopt a strict 'NO' policy towards selling unweaned birds because that's the most despicable thing anyone can do.
You'll also have to write the parrots into your will as they will almost certainly outlive you so you would have to figure out someone that they can go to and not just dumping them at a rescue unless you plan on donating a load of money at the same time, rescues are fit to burst as it is without the 2 biggest parrots in their care.
It is not impossible to become a good breeder but you need to do a lot of learning and training to become a good breeder. If breeding a bird was easy then they wouldn't be so expensive. As a side thing I would offer a kindly suggestion to dismount the high horse you're riding right now as it's very unbecoming to think so highly of yourself without any reason and a good way to alienate people fast.
