Busy Momma who loves chickens!!

[15WildTurkey]

OP are you wanting to keep them just as pets or for eggs?

 

[ShannonR]

That’s why I said I wouldn’t have more then one or two.
I’m not being mean at all. I’ve had parrots in the past and the thing I’ve learned from that experience that was really hard to swallowing was the 95% of people shouldn’t have parrots. It’s so so so much work to keep their lives enriched when we choose to keep them in a cage. It’s our duty, when we cage an animal, a bird in particular to create as natural an environment as possible. That’s super hard with an animal that naturally covers ground and spends its entire day and brain power foraging. So I honestly do get the argument. I rehomed my beloved Cockatoo just before my son was born. It about broke my heart as Daisy and I were really bonded. But she would terrorize my husband daughter and dog. I knew that if I hadn’t the time for her then I wasn’t going to develop more time when my second baby came. I searched for months and eventually drove 200 miles to her new dad. I get updates and she is so happy in his home with her 4!! Cockatoo siblings.
I’m not gonna preach anymore at all, if you go ahead then good luck. I sincerely mean that. It might be worth building an aviary in your living room or somewhere so that you get to interact more easily and the whole family can enjoy them. My parrot cage could certainly have “housed” 2 seramas.

I agree. I mean, so many folks don't free range their outside birds anyway, if there is ample space in an inside enclosure, or even free run of the house (which I wouldn't do, but will not judge upon), then really, why not? As long as the animal's best interests are kept at heart. It can't be too terribly worse than an outside coop and run.

 

[john_wrightson2003]

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