The Conure Coop

We felt Rio was lonely even though we spent all of our time with him, training him and playing with him, so like any good parents we went out and bought Rio a Pineapple Green Cheek and they fell in love at first sight. From that first day they were never apart. We adopted an African Grey named Willy on December 29th who was not being cared for well... . At first he was a little standoffish but he soon bonded with Brian and has become one of the most wonderful additions to our family we've ever had. He talks up a storm and loves to play under the sheets before bedtime, his vocabulary is amazing and he actually asks you questions like if you are down on the floor "He says "What are you doing down there? or if you have a glass with ice in it he says "Is that cold? then he takes a sip of the water and says, "Oh, thats is cold. We have hundreds of these stories and one day I'll write a section about Willy. From these three simple feathered children we bought two more Conures that needed a home, then two more and so on and so on. To our great sadness we lost Rio to a toxicity issue on thanksgiving of last year, a story we will save for another time but that is important to tell. Our beloved boy will always be in our hearts and that is why he is on our logo. We now have 6 pairs of conures that we began to breed about six months ago and to our surprise we realized that we loved having these babies and raising them to become great pets for other people. We wanted others to know that a bird can give joy and love and surprise you with their intelligence. We hand raise all of our babies and hand feed them right up to weaning. The reason we do this is so that when they open their eyes we are the first things they see and they bond right away with humans. As soon as they are old enough we begin their training to step up, potty training and to fly to our fingers although we do trim their wings before they go home with their new families that way they can still fly a few feet but are not in danger of flying away or flying into a ...Read More