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Feathered Fairies aviary is located in Willow Creek, CA.

Each of my babies comes with a digital (PDF) Hatch Certificate, a Feeding Guide, and a Health Guarantee.

Adoptions Agreement:

Like most professional breeders I run a closed aviary system to maintain the health and security of my birds. My property is not open to the public. Pick-ups can be arranged at a public location nearby. Delivery may similarly be arranged within a reasonable distance (approx. 40 miles), for an additional fee to cover transportation costs. 

Please make sure you have an appropriate enclosure, accessories, and food for your desired species before picking up your new baby. It is always recommended to provide the largest cage you can afford and fit in your home, and to make sure it has appropriate bar spacing for the species you want. A ½" for budgies and similar-sized parrots is ideal, up to ¾" for cockatiels.

The dowel perches that come with most cages are not good for exercising your bird's feet. Using one of these in addition to other types of perches is fine, but if you have only dowel perches your bird's feet may seize up. Please have several perches with varying widths and textures (no sand perches!), available for your new bird. Sand perches cause bumble foot! Please avoid them, or just scrape the sand off if you already own one.

Babies can be reserved with a non-refundable deposit of $25-$80 per bird, dependent on species base cost.  Deposits will not be made for any birds not yet fully fledged and feathered. Hand-fed budgies fledge around four weeks of age, and wean around 8 weeks of age, for example.

Babies are not available to go home until they are fully weaned, and they must be picked up within 7 days of being notified that your baby is fully weaned. If a deposit has been received I can hold a baby for longer than 7 days for an additional boarding fee of $2/day per American budgie, $3/day per English budgie or Bourke's parakeet, and $4/day per lineolated parakeet or cockatiel. 

I will only hold a baby for up to three weeks (21 days) maximum after weaning. If you cannot pick up your baby within this timeframe the baby will be made available to the next interested buyer and your deposit will not be refunded. It is in your best interest to pick your baby up as soon as possible after weaning so you can bond with them from as early on as possible.

To reduce stress I often have travel cages available, so your new baby can simply be passed over to you and does not need to be transferred to a new carrier at pick-up. I also recommend keeping two or more birds in the long term (for the species that I breed are all highly social), and they travel better with a friend, so I offer a 20% discount for all birds purchased if you buy two or more.  

I cannot guarantee the sex of each baby but I will offer my most educated guess, while some may be determined accurately by their genetic color mutation. I do not currently offer DNA sexing.

Health Guarantee:

All birds are guaranteed to be healthy at the time of pickup or delivery. The new owner is encouraged to have their new bird(s) examined by a veterinarian of their own choice within one week from the time of pickup or delivery to verify the health of the bird(s). Please arrange vet appointments in advance of picking up your bird or having it delivered.

 If any birds are found to have a condition that affects their long-term health or well-being as determined by the examining veterinarian within this time period, then the bird may be returned for either 1) a refund of the entire purchase price of the bird including deposit, or 2) an exchange for another bird of the same species, sex (if known), and relative age. If you still wish to keep the bird I will refund half the total cost of the bird. If the bird you received was close-banded I will not accept a return if the band has been removed. I cannot offer compensation for any medical fees incurred.

 If there is any other reason you would like to return a bird, please contact me for a resolution. I want all of my babies to be placed into loving forever homes, so I will do my best to work with you, though I cannot guarantee a refund for other reasons. If you ever become unable to keep your bird they may be surrendered back to me at any time. If you choose to sell or re-home your bird please make sure the new owner also receives their digital hatch certificate.

 If you already have a bird in residence, it is always recommended to quarantine any new birds for a minimum of 45 days for health monitoring, even if you received a clean bill of health from your vet. This time will also allow the birds to become familiar with each other through vocalizations before they meet, which will ease their adjustment to one another when they are introduced later on. You can also use this time to form a bond with your new bird(s) yourself before they meet your resident bird. 

Note: Parakeet nails should not need trimming if they have adequate natural perches, except sometimes for linnies, which have faster-growing nails due to being avid climbers. In the wild, their nails would wear down much more quickly than in our homes full of fabrics and carpeting, unless they are given lots of natural perches outside the cage to walk on as well. 

Overgrown beaks are almost always caused by a medical condition, so please do not trim your bird's beak if it is not recommended by a vet for a specific medical reason.

Ethical Husbandry:   

Healthy genetics is always my first consideration when setting up breeding pairs, so I produce only a few rarer color-mutation birds each year. I also focus on feeding a complete, whole-food diet with my own sprouted seeds, grains, and legumes mix, a variety of organic vegetables, leafy greens, some fruit (mainly berries), hard-boiled eggs from my free-range chickens, and pellets so they are familiar with them.

My baby parrots are handled from hatching and hand-fed from at least seventeen days of age for an easier transition to life in their new homes and ease of bonding with their new owners. They grow up in a clean environment with lots of human interaction and fly freely with my tame adult birds after fledging so they learn proper socialization skills.  

My parent birds are allowed to follow their natural hormonal cycles and are not encouraged to lay by artificial means or to lay more clutches per year or more eggs per clutch than is usual for their species. This is usually two, rarely three clutches per year, per hen.

 I never clip wings so my babies fledge naturally and fully develop their mental capacities while learning to fly.  Learning to fly during fledging is crucial for the proper brain development of young birds. All of my birds are free-flighted except when breeding for their safety and the safety of their nests, eggs, and hatchlings.  

After a baby is fully fledged, weaned, and has learned to fly with some skill, clipping their wings becomes a personal choice for you, the owner, to make for your bird(s). I have never had any safety issues by teaching my babies that windows and mirrors are solid, so I do not think it is ever necessary without a medical reason. However, if you choose to clip your bird's wings after they have been sold to you, that is your choice to make without judgment.

I also choose to spoon-feed and practice abundance weaning. With these methods I provide my babies with a nurtured and extended childhood, which has been scientifically proven to produce more flexible and well-adjusted individuals across many animal species - birds and humans included!  

Hand-fed baby birds generally take a little longer to wean than parent-raised babies, and spoon-fed babies take a little longer than syringe-fed babies. For example, syringe-fed budgies should always be a minimum of seven to eight weeks old before going to their new homes. I usually send my spoon-fed budgies home between nine and ten weeks old, but up to twelve weeks is not uncommon. 

I usually allow my parent birds to choose their partners since I believe their instincts are most trustworthy, though I sometimes set up pairs to produce rarer combinations of color mutations such as rainbow budgies. Budgies do tend to mate with multiple partners if allowed, though they usually have the same preferred partner each year to raise their babies.

 I am always very busy taking care of my parent birds and hand-feeding babies nearly year-round, so please be understanding of my time constraints. I will do my best to make sure my babies have a smooth transition into your home, but please do your research about the species and color mutation that you want before deciding to buy a new baby bird. I try to provide as much information through my website as my time will allow, but please let me know if there is something you cannot find an answer to. I will answer all your questions and make a note to cover them in a future article as well. 

Currently, I do not make a profit from raising my hand-fed parrots. It is purely a labor of love. All adoption proceeds help to cover feeding, housing, and medical care costs for all of my Fairy Flock™. 

Thank you!

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