red rumped parakeet

[nic bike]

my dad was telling me a while ago that he knew this person who bred birds and would let me come and look at his aviary's in his aviary's he had b and g macaws ,scarlet macaws, African greys princes of wales parakeets and red rumped parakeets anyway i went so see him a few times and he said he was thinking of getting another set of parakeets to breed and would let me have the two red rumped parakeet one blue and one lutino they are a breeding pair which have had 21 young this year and i have seen most of young so i have been moaning at my dad to let me have them and he said for my birthday in spring he will build an aviary in the garden to put them in :) so im soo excited im on the internet know finding out more about red rumped parakeets and aviary's in general just wondering if anyone had any usefull links on breeding and red rumped parakeets!!:D or any information on hand rearing as well.

[Aly]

They're beautiful...Here is some info I found http://www.avianweb.com/redrumpedparrots.html

[nic bike]

thanks thats a very useful site they really are cute birds :)

[Bea]

They are such cute little birds, we have them wild here and i love watching them. They're always running around in pairs and i've never seen a male without his little girlfriend beside him. :love: I don't know anything about keeping them in captivity, but i'm sure there's lots of info out there.

[nic bike]

aww!! they sound soo cute i wish i could live in Australia :p

[xxxSpikexxx]

How exciting :D Here are some links hope they help http://www.singing-wings-aviary.com/redrumps.htm and http://www.birdchannel.com/bird-species/profiles/red-rumped-parakeet-2.aspx

[nic bike]

thanks for the links !!:D

[DeBree420]

wow nice score!... 21 seems like an awful lot of babies to have in one year though... hope they are healthy...

[nic bike]

there both very healthy i have seen them a few time over the year and they seem good and so do the chicks but i was wondering if this would be a big enough breeding cage for them? http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/BUDGIE-BREEDING-CAGE-WITH-ACCESSORIES-NESTBOX-NEW_W0QQitemZ250156070655QQihZ015QQcategoryZ46289Q QssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

[xxxSpikexxx]

Iam not sure about the cage size. But is he geting rid of them so they don't have to be breeders anymore? Iam just wondering why he is giving them away? Can't wait for photos when you get them.

[Tia]

They are such cute little birds, we have them wild here and i love watching them. They're always running around in pairs and i've never seen a male without his little girlfriend beside him. :love: I don't know anything about keeping them in captivity, but i'm sure there's lots of info out there.

Bea you are so darn lucky! :p
Red-rumps are beautiful, an old man on this bird stall at the market has them and he sits there the whole day and talks to them. They are amazing and always chirp back. :)

[nic bike]

Iam not sure about the cage size. But is he geting rid of them so they don't have to be breeders anymore? Iam just wondering why he is giving them away? Can't wait for photos when you get them.

hes getting rid of them because hes thinking of getting another pair of birds (military macaws i think) so he knew i was interested in breeding birds and he said these are easy to breed and seeming so he needs space he said he would let me have them he was only going to sell the pair for about 30 pounds and he said it would cost almost that much to advertise them they breed until they are six and his pair are male 2 and a half and the female 2 years old.

[xxxSpikexxx]

Oh well that is good then. You are so lucky :D