Thanks guys
As I said in a previous thread. I took my Rainbow to the RSPCA as I worked out it was a wild bird. They rushed her into a vet asap to get her wing fixed which is good. And they said once her wing is fixed they would then pass her on to a local native wildlife carer for rehabillitation. I asked them if she flies again and is strong enough to release back into the wild to release her in the area where I found her so that she can rejoin her flock. So all good.
But now I have the bird bug again, something I haven't had since my early 20s and I am now 42.
I'm not completely sure I can afford the time Lorikeets demand. I work rotating shifts at work. I am a bus driver. So some days I start work at 4am and finish around midday. Some days I am on day shift so I start 6 or 7 am then finish at 7 pm. Then some days I start midday and finish at 11 pm to midnight. So as you can see some days especially in the winter months and nights I can't enter the aviary to feed and clean because it would be dark and I don't want to give the birds night fright.
So basically I think I need to breed seed eaters which are more "set and forget" Because I have a ton of experience with them and I know as long as I or someone in my family gives them fresh water every day and they have plenty of seed then it's all good. And I can clean the bottom of the aviary on the weekends.
I marked out an area in my back yard where I want to build the aviary it's 3.5 meters wide by 6 meters long the shelter will be 2.5 meters high and the flight will be over 3 meters high. I have the potential if the Mrs agrees to make 2/3 of the backyard a huge planted flight which would be about 12 meters by 5 meters as as high as I can make it. So my main question is what Australian Native parrots would suit my requirements? I was thinking of Eclectus but after doing some research into them I have worked out they are just as much work as Lorikeets. I don't want the stereotypical Budgies and Cockatiels. I was thinking of maybe Princess Parrots but I was horrified by the price people are charging for them nowadays. So then I was thinking if I was going to spend that much on relitively common birds I may as well spend the money on something like Crimson or Eastern Rosellas and King Parrots. What do you guys think?
