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Hello and welcome to BYC. You have some great advice and I wish you the best of luck.
 
Welcome to Backyard chickens. I had cage birds as a very young girl - they seemed very fragile and didn't live very long.
 
My parakeets lived nice long lives. I have a friend who moved to Maine. She and her husband built the barn first, lived there with their animals till the house was built. She had a parakeet. By the time the house was ready to move into, the water was occasionally glazed with ice, over night in the bird cage. At night, the parakeet would crawl under the newspaper at the bottom of the cage to stay warm. Evidently, it worked for her, cause she laid a few eggs. I would NOT recommend keeping a parakeet under such conditions. But it shows how an animal can adapt if slowly hardened off to ambient conditions.

I couldn't keep a canary alive.
 
lazy gardener said:
My parakeets lived nice long lives. I have a friend who moved to Maine. She and her husband built the barn first, lived there with their animals till the house was built. She had a parakeet. By the time the house was ready to move into, the water was occasionally glazed with ice, over night in the bird cage. At night, the parakeet would crawl under the newspaper at the bottom of the cage to stay warm. Evidently, it worked for her, cause she laid a few eggs. I would NOT recommend keeping a parakeet under such conditions. But it shows how an animal can adapt if slowly hardened off to ambient conditions.

I couldn't keep a canary alive.
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Sounds like me and fish! I do not have a fish tank anymore
 
I don't know what birds are allowed to be kept as pets in Japan. I do know that if you want a friendly cage bird, it totally depends on how much time, patience, and attention you give the bird.

I grew up with parrots, macaws, lovebirds, medium sized parakeets, cockatiels, cockatoos, and finches. The larger birds are higher maintenence, messier, but much more personable for the effort.

My favorite were the medium sized parakeets, not budgies, but more like small parrots. They can live a long time. My mom has one that is around 20 years old. Thing is, they bond with you, and can be really needy for that attention, and act out when they don't get it. They can actually turn on you without consistent lovins.

I have chickens now, and they don't require much special attention, since they are typically kept with at least one buddy, but they aren't always friendly either. It depends on the chicken.
 
Welcome to Backyard Chickens!:frow Glad you joined the flock! BYC is a very helpful and informative site! I'd recommend chickens but I guess that depends on the environment and if you have adequate space. Hope you enjoy BYC as much as we do!
 

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