Who we are and what we're about
We live in Cardigan, Wales and have recently started breeding budgies for the pet market.
We
built our small aviary last year after deciding that 14 budgies were
just a few too many to keep in the house. The move to breeding came
naturally as it was something we had done in the past until we found
out that our eldest son was allergic to birds.
We are a family of 'pet people' with a multitude of different pets. We
have 2 dogs, 4 guinea pigs, a hamster, 2 cockatiels, some goldfish and
lots of budgies. Did I forget to mention that we also have 4 kids
between the ages of 17 and 7?
We are very dedicated to our animals, and especially to our birds as they bring such colour, life and joy to us
It
has been said that we spoil our budgies with love, toys and treats, but
that's ok. So long as the birds are happy and healthy, then we are
happy too. It's such a lovely feeling knowing
that every chick we have is parent reared yet hand-tamed to the point
of silliness. All of our chicks are 100% used to being handled by both
adults and children, so they have no 'human-fear'.
It started with a few pet-shop bought, untame adults:
We quickly found that the quality and life expectancy of the birds we were
buying wasn't very good at all, so I took the best of the ones we had
managed to buy and decided to start my own strain of budgies as pets
for us and for others. We have not registered with any breeders
club, and probably never will unless we decide to go in for the
exhibition type bird. Personally I prefer the pet type as they're much
more active and agile ;)
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