Our aviary has a very high ethical standard. We sacrifice the quantity of offspring for quality. We are enthusiasts. We find it more rewarding to produce a bird that competes well at shows, or makes an outstanding pet (not a reduction in quality, just an increase in work with a baby for tameness). We chose parent birds based on breed standards and pairings for health of the bird over breeding strictly for color. Besides thinking that the normal “green” Lineolated (Linnie) color and wild type Bourke, and English Budgie are beautiful, we like the size, health and conformation we get from these pairings. This shows in the quality of their feathering, body structure, and their personalities are steady and playful as nature intended. We work with many mutations as well, but very responsibly.

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The green lineolated parakeet is gorgeous

IT’S NOT EASY BEING GREEN

The Lineolated Parakeet in America lost touch with its roots when breeders paired birds to get as many mutations as possible. A clutch that had a higher “blue” series mutation percentage would yield higher profits…but the bird quality suffered. Greywing (often mistakenly called “dilute” or “edged”) suffers from a lot of same quality issues. Many of these birds are inbred, sometimes inadvertently due to poor record keeping. We understand the importance of unrelated pairs for genetic disparity as well as pairing to green series birds.

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Our “normal” green Linnie named Leaf

We believe that mutation x mutation breeding in multiple generations is irresponsible and not the practice of an informed and ethical breeder. We always pair to a wild colored bird, or outcross after the first generation if working with a rare mutation. You will be thrilled with the size and beauty of all of our offspring due to this.

Normal young male Bourke – they are beautiful too!
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We keep our aviary very clean and disease free. Therefore, we have adopted the best practice of what is called a “Closed Aviary”. This means that while new bird owners are welcome to come to pick up their new pet in person, the bird room itself is closed. Check out an inside view of how we keep our birds in our “Birdroom” page. In late 2015 we moved and built a new birdroom. This room is equipped with multiple viewing areas through glass so you can see all of our birds, but protect them from potential outside viruses.

We breed with purpose, for the betterment of the species. No decisions are made based on a potential monetary gain.