hand raised

This is kind of a vent but I am looking for help if anybody has advice :’) First of all, I of course love my boy with everything I have. He’s my almost three year old sun/dusky headed conure. We hatched and raised him ourselves (that being me and my mom) in 2020 and we have an extremely close...

Hi there! New here. I’ve been an animal lover my whole life and recently got into birds! I have a little experience hand-rearing birds, but this is my first cockatiel. I got her around 4 days old, eyes closed. I’ve had her for about a month now. She’s an adorable little bird, loves attention and...

Hi. Last year I was given a cockatiel by my grandparents, the bird was hand reared from birth and use to be a very friendly bird. The last owners of the bird, however, did not know how to properly take care of a friendly bird and would often grab it harshly to pick it up, which must have made...

Hi folks, i was just wondering, we have purchased a IRN a few days ago, it was sold as 'hand-reared'. For the first 2 or 3 days so far, it seems scared of us, wont fly to us, wont jump up on our hand or finger, and seems to be scared as it jumps off its perch and flys around the cage clinging to...

Im talking out of frustration here, and I apologise for being blunt, and im expecting a huge backlash but there is something about bird breeders that I find so damn frustration. Why is it, each one will tell you (regardless of what breed it is) that their breed is more difficult to hand raise...

So my mother informed me today she reserved a sun conure little one for me. A local family owned shop has 3 babies that are being hand fed by them, they have been hand raising birds for years, in hopes that I can start an early bond with it, then hopefully, after DNA sex test, possibly become...

I own a pair of TAG and they starting to mate from 5 days ago (at least this was the first time I observed). My TAGs are really close to me, they still let me hold, kiss, eat my food, and do all the regular stuff. My question is that I can't find a good reference book or guidance about taking...

Hi everyone, i have come to this forum as i really need some help/ advice / reassurance... I purchased a hand reared male eclectus from a breeder. When i picked him up he would have been 4 months old. He (Juddy) seemed friendly whilst i was there although she said he was very head strong.. he...

I've been thinking about this and wanted to get some perspective from people on their thoughts on the matter of hand-rearing, in particular, the effects it can have on both the parents and babies. I've been reading the book Of Parrots and People, and one of the excepts regarding hand-reared...

I went to Petco a few days ago and a lady that works there knows my mom and she let me in to look at the parrots! Yay! Ive never held a parrot and she let the conures on me! They were soo cuddly and sooo adorable and soft!! I want them even more now! I love how warm and soft they were. But she...