WOW! I know people can be awful to one another, but I still get surprised when I read things like this. I feel bad for the managed that worked there so long, and also for all the breeders that lost so much. Hopefully with the new management things go back to way they used to be.
Just want to wish you goo luck! :clap: :thumbu:

 

You should,if you want to,and can,then you should!
I'm so sorry about your friend!

 

I will be looking at all the baby pictures! (You will share, won't you?)

 

I just wanted to say that regardless of whether you decide to or not, from every post you've made that I've read and your website I would feel the most confident buying a bird from you.

 

I can't think of anyone would SHOULD be breeding more than you. If you do decide to do it... we wish you the best of luck!

 

Man that's really bad! If you're interested, my mom has a normal wF grey (I know he's not a normal grey) available. He's really not tame at all and is scared of everything, I'm about the only person that can pick him up and since I don't live in FL its hard for him to get any out of cage time because no one wants to help her clip him. If you're interested...

 

Oh I wish you loved closer I hope you find your normal greys and best or luck with breeding you will post pictures right?

 

I also wish you lived closer my friend is getting rid of 2 tiels normal grey I just have reached my limit

 

my mom has a normal wF grey (I know he's not a normal grey) available.
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Roxy....where at in FL is she? If she wants I can do a trade for him....meaning when I get a nice bratty (what I call the velcro babies) handfed I can replace the handfed for him. As to breeding I prefer untame or parents raised tiels for breeders.

It is scary looking for birds. I answered some Craigslist ads and one person had 3 greys and did not know the sexes. They were 2 years old and in looking at the pix's there were 2 males and 1 female. The eye infections concerned me so I was not going to chance going to look at them.

Thanks all for the kind thoughts and encouragment

 

She's in St. Cloud, about 45min south of Orlando...she really just wants a good home for him, I have a baby at the moment that I want to give her once she's grown up (she has two boys, her other boy is sweet, but going through the teenage nippy stage and she wants a girl that wont do that lol.) I can have her email you about him if you want?

 

I found one of my tiels on ebay classifieds http://miami.ebayclassifieds.com/ Last time I checked there was this guy selling some, he claimed to have many colors, maybe you can find what you're looking there.

 

How exciting! I really hope you get back into it. There is no one better for breeding than you!

 

Thanks Mimi0212....but Miami is a place I will not drive to.

Roxy....your Mom can send info to my mousebird.mama@gmail.com email addy.

 

Me too wish to live closer ,best of luck .With your experience and knowledge I dont doubt you will have those babies sold before they hatch. : )

 

She's back in the game. This is really.. to me .. a good sign. I think you gave up what you loved to deal with other things that you love. But maybe it is a good time.

 

I agree with DyArianna if anyone should be breeding even on a small scale it is you . I hope you can find your grey's and i wish you the best of luck I am thinking the same way on a small scale for breeding .

 

DyArianna....yes I am kinda getting eggcited

The bummer is that my remaining birds are huge and look like Amazons compared to what I have seen posted in the classifieds. I don't want to go backwards in quality

 

I have noticed just looking at pet stores and stuff all the birds seem small , I know alot of the chain stores get them from big breeders in different states that only supply them . I wonder if alot of what you are seeing is birds that were bought from pet store chains ?

 

Sad story I wish you the best with breeding

 

Whoo hoo. The bird world is surely in for a treat, as is anyone who gets tiel from you! It's a shame you're not out in Cali...there's quite a few postings for normal greys on cl out here. And there's a guy who I bought two of my tiels from a few years back who does breeding on a small scale but has friends who give him tiels that he posts occassionally at fair prices. I got my lutino from him for $20

 

LOL....I need my head examined...sigh. I am emailing someone that has Creamface babies he is feeding now.

 

Need your head examined? lol Nawww... Look at it this way.. you are probably the only breeder starting up a business that knows soooo much about it and also knows every head ache involved with it BEFORE getting into it. You truly know what to expect and how to do it right the first time. That is, as much as these feathered ones will allow it. lol Anyway, if I were a breeder in your area.. I'd be quaking in my boots right now. I really would. lmao I wonder how many will *fly the coop* when they hear you're back in the game.

 

I'd be quaking in my boots right now. I really would. lmao I wonder how many will *fly the coop* when they hear you're back in the game.
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LOL...That was soooo true when I was breeding. I was the best in South FL, and the other breeders knew my birds on sight when they seen them in stores, pets, or with other breeders. I have certain traits that I bred such as a reverse teardrop eye, and long strong tails....that many people recognized the faces of my birds over any other trait. In looking thru my photos I could see those pretty eyes The most common eye shape is round or oval, and I selectively bred for something different.

But the playing field in regards to breeders is leveled because of the unethical manager/buyer that got fired. He shut down just about all the breeders in our area. Up til my friend came over and told me he was fired I kept wondering why over the last 6-8 months I was getting so many calls for weaned babies.

I may be phoning/emailing a few breeders that I sold to for birds...LOL

 

Susanne I do hope you ship because in the future and not ANYTIME soon I may end up getting just 1 more (Yes I am apparently the crazy one) and to buy one of your birds would be an HONOR! Plus Since your in FL I'm not that far probably 8 hours maybe.. so I could always make a drive bye pick up Best of luck! Not many good breeders locally around here.. I wish you lived closer because I would've been dropping Nay Nay off at your door he's coming back home to me but I'm looking for a permant home for him someone that will love him and care for him the way he should be!

 

Thanks Angel I bet you missed that little Nay-Nay....you'll have to post pix's of him.