Lovebird Manor

09/08/2024

BlueMoon and Halo are starting to become friends! Blurry video cause I didn't want to get too close and rui. The moment by coming over (if I go over they get distracted and all just vie for my attention ) .though then Twilight ruined the moment anyway by flying into them and breaking up their sweet lil rendezvous

09/03/2024

Part 2 Blue Moon integrating with the flock of Lovebird Manor.

09/02/2024

BLUE MOON (previously Luna) in moving on up in life ! After almost a year (we adopted him last fall) the flock has finally welcomed him into their big cage! We lost poor Pixie a few weeks back and I think it may have something g to do with the dynamics changing within the flock that he was able to step in. I had initially put just Frightful and Twilight with him in HIS cage during a time when Pixie was feeling hormonal and fighting with her sister.. I didn't want the girls nipping at eachother so I separated the girls (and Twilight just came along for the ride with his mate/sister Frightful) so I tried them out with BlueMoon to see if they would get along and be OK in his cage for a week or two while hormones settled down .
And that ended up working out fine. They weren't bestie but there was still no fighting. So a couple weeks ago when Pixie passed away (do not really want to.talk about that..still fresh and raw.. I hatched and raised her here from a chick. I am very bonded to all my babies and her absence is felt hard.. but this post I eant to celebrate Blue Moon getting to join the flock) but so when she passed there was an "opening" let's say in the big cage... Halo, who was mated/bonded to Pixie (he's also the daddybird of all 3 of the siblings) has been grieving and lonely.. I know he will not get over his grief quickly but I figured it could help to have a friend and some distraction. Frightful and Twilight are of course bonded with eachother and don't always give him much attention.. so I decided to try my luck and see if Blue Moon would be able to integrate with the flock .. and he's been doing well . My HOPE is that he and Halo can form some sort of bond as time goes on but for now at least just for them all to get some enrichment from eachothers company. I have AlWays felt bad about BlueMoon being alone in his own cage while the rest of the family flock all get to play together and have a nice family unit.. I hated seeing him left out but everytime I put him in the big cage the girls (Pixie and Frightful)would team up and chase him around.. now that it's just one naughty girl Frightful she does not seem as bold lol .
So yes.. I am sad as to how this came about..if Pixie was still here this likely would not have happened but there was nothing I could do for Pixie .. so I'd like to see the silver lining.. that I CAN make Blue Moons life better by giving him a flock family of birdies who will hopefully become his friends.. and hopefully also help Halo recover from His grief. (Halo has only been in "heterosexual relationships" so far lol so not sure if he will bond to another male bird. If it doesn't work out with Blue I may have to get him another female but I'm holding off right now because that would leave Blue still alone and then I'd have to get HIM another friend too so He's not alone.. and having an even number right now I'd really rather not have to take on 2 more birds if I can help it . I LOvE birds but I also love being g able to give each of the. Individual attention which is harder the more you have. I love that I have a loving bond with each and every bird here and it's a lot of work and patience to build and maintain that bond .. the more you have the more your time is spread thin between them (and I have 4 other animals as well - a dog, cat, and 2 dwarf goats- besides the birdies too who need their own love and care and attention as well.
So we are giving them all time to get to know ow eachother . I am happy no body is fighting and it was a rather smooth integration.. and Blue Does at least seem happier in the big cage.. even if he gets a little scared of his flockmates sometimes and runs away from them, overall he has been moving around the cage and playing more and chirping happily and trying to interact with his the flock a bit here and there.
It's definitely an upgrade for hi. And THIS is what I was hoping for from the time I agreed to take him in the first place. I hoped this is what I could give him. I know ew it was possible and I had the means to provide it.
Just needed the whole flocks cooperation to make him feel welcome

08/04/2024

Life with crazy lil parrots, ya'll lol heres a couple videos of the birbs today... the girls are feeling hormonal and bickering nonstop. I had to separate them! Was going to put Frightful (with her brother/mate Twilight) in the travel cage but ended up putting them in Blue-Moon (my bird who is usually single) 's cage . He is usually alone in his own cage because they bicker with him more often but they seem to be getting along ok.. Not loving eachother but not fighting either, just all minding their business which is all you can hope for sometimes lol. so he has some company for a little while until the girls settle down and stop fighting. (Mostly Frightful going after Pixie while Pixie tries to mind her business and make a nest ... but then Pixie ultimately also gets pi**ed at her sister disturbing her nest-making process! Oy vey! ) Anyway.. maybe good for BlueMoon to have a little bit of company this week even if they dont all love eachother, its still socialization and someone to talk to (and he does usually get along with Twilight ok- the males are usually chill and rarely fight. I just have to watch over that cage now still to make sure THEY dont fight but its going better with Frightful and Twilight in with him than Frightful with Pixie. The dynamic of not having 2 females together while they are broody and moody is better. The males rarely cause trouble (and its mostly Frightful causing all the ruckus! She thinks she is ALPHA BIRD and wants to let everyone know it. She is a sweet birdy but she has always been like this as far as thinking she is top dog.. Even when she was a baby she used to bully her younger siblings. She let them ALL know from the start that she was boss! )
I do still have the travel cage that I set up incase they start bickering with Mr. Blue-Moon but i'd rather not have my entire living room full of cages. I only have to separate them just until they are done being hormonal. They are a family and USUALLY get along most of the time. Anyway, they do all seem less moody after letting them out to fly around the house this morning... I was trying to distract them but realized while they were out flying that Pixie also has a little bite on her toe from her sister (Frightful) so I dont want to put the girls back together just yet.
vid 1 is the girls when i caught them fighting in the cage and vid 2 is letting them out to play to distract them from bickering

1. https://youtu.be/9j4vkTFtO2k?si=-rzkEg_u_u_wQOWp
and 2. https://youtu.be/mLZZY1FowJ4?si=vBkdSklw4FVlDd8U

06/08/2024

Safe to say the birbs liked their new toy lol. (Love is destruction in the life of a parrot ;) lol)

02/22/2024

'The babies' (Twilight and PixieStardust) (And "Elvira", previously 'Midnight', now elvira at her new home) all turn TWO (2) years old this month! Frightful (the slightly larger dark olive green colored one) , their big sister, is pictured here too... she's a few months older , but same parents.. turned 2 in November. So they're all finally 2 now! Kept 3 of the babies here, happy and thriving

10/15/2023

10/15/2023

BlueMoon Luna getting to know Twilight, Frightful and Halo

08/20/2023

Lovebird Parrot Enrichment with fresh picked Bamboo Grass! ...
and lots of love, attention, and scritches from their mama (me)

In this video I give some attention to my 4 handraised peach-face lovebirds (Halo, Frightful, Pixie-Stardust, and Twilight) I went on a walk with my dog and...

04/11/2023

I Fiiiinally got around to editting this video. This is a video from our clutch last spring, showing how we find out what genders our baby birds are.. . I'm always curious myself and the new prospective homes the babies go off to always like to know so they can give their baby a name that fits their gender :) Its also good to know if you have a male or female since hormones can come into play a lot especially with female lovebirds. Females sometimes need different diets and extra care to manage their hormones so its always good to know. I dont mind spending the extra money to find out so that my babies can get the best care and end up in the right home (some may not be prepared to deal with a fiesty hormonal girl, many prefer males, though it can definitely just be down to personality. I have one female who gets very nippy when hormonal and another who does not and has never bit me at all, so personality matters too, but hormones definitely can play a big part .
Enjoy watching this video starring Frightful, Midnight (now Elvira), Stardust, Moonshine, and Twilight.

LEAVE YOUR COMMENTS BELOW and GUESS WHAT Gender the babies will be!!!?!?!I am a small hobby lovebird breeder and this is How I order from IQbirdtesting/ (IQ ...

08/27/2022

Party with the whole flock (on my head) this morning lol...
https://youtu.be/qly4sG6jevk Check out the video of what its like to live with a the lil flock of these silly birbs when the Lovebird Manor lovebirbs all come out for "fly-time"
(.... or should I say curfluffle-around-on-mommy's-head- time)

Haha, I just filmed this quick this morning... Im a photographer and I was trying to edit photos on my computer... but I had let my flock of peachface lovebi...

07/12/2022

Made a garden salad for myself for dinner and of course the birds get one too. Pretty much all the same ingredients as far as veggies in theirs. I take the scraps from my salad like the ends of the carrots, tops of radishes (the radish greens with a bit of the radish itself attached from where I cut it) , a bit of the peppers from the pepper core with pepper seeds, and then some spinach and swiss chard greens. I did not give them the nuts and cranberry because I think the cranberry has added sugars and the nuts... They just already eat enough nuts and seeds in their seed bowl for a snack (birds main diet is roudybush pellets but they do get a bit of seed as well) so they don't really need more fatty oily nuts. I just like to add them into my OWN salad to make it more like a meal and because I personally Dont eat nuts all the time lol. But yes it's always fun to share a healthy meal with your birds.. anytime you make anything with veggies for yourself, see what you have for scraps and or take a little bit extra and make a little birdy bowl. They love it ! Here's a pic of my salad I'm having for dinner right now and also Halo my sweet male "daddy bird" enjoying some of the birdy bowl foraging "salad." All the birds have been going up to get some but Halo got there first and he was also the only birb who would stay put and let me get a decent picture ;) but dont worry, they all share and I'm sure by the time tonight's over the dish will be empty after all 5 of my flock get up there to fill their happy lil beaks.