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Re: What parrots should I get?

Posted: 11 Mar 2014, 11:19
by matcho
How about dainty little Bourkes, Scarlet Chested or Turquoise parrots, pretty quiet and not too expensive compared to many others.

Ken.

Re: What parrots should I get?

Posted: 11 Mar 2014, 11:25
by wagga
Ask your local bird club or bird shop!

Re: What parrots should I get?

Posted: 11 Mar 2014, 11:59
by thehammer
Denozo wrote:How about Senegals, Meyers Jardines etc.. Although some of these can be considered loud and the price is getting a little up there
Out of my price range for sure.
finchbreeder wrote:Parrott finches sounds like the go, reasonably priced, tough, only partialy insectiverous, neither very common or very rare, quiet.
LML
Not parrots, pretty common in Vic, esp. the reds
elferoz777 wrote:I think who ever picks the right parrot should win a prize.

Need more clues as to what you need/want.
Low noise, preferably under $500 pair and colourful
Tiaris wrote:Swift
Swifts are on Advanced licence in Victoria. I only have the basic licence and don’t want the advanced.
Red wrote:Are Indian Ringnecks too generic?

You could always specialise in certain colours.
Thought about Violet Indian Ringnecks, however probably don’t want to go down that path at the moment

matcho wrote:How about dainty little Bourkes, Scarlet Chested or Turquoise parrots, pretty quiet and not too expensive compared to many others.

Ken.
Had bourkes in the past. I already keep Scarlet’s and Turks
wagga wrote:Ask your local bird club or bird shop!
Good luck if you can find a decent bird dealer in Vic

Re: What parrots should I get?

Posted: 11 Mar 2014, 12:03
by Denozo
Ok here we go I think I may have it, ready.....

Red capped parrot,

They are around $200,
not overly loud
and relatively uncommon

Re: What parrots should I get?

Posted: 11 Mar 2014, 13:20
by firetail555
Jayburd wrote:Lineolated all the way!

they are ace Jayburd. I just bred a Violet Cobalt. Cracker of a bird
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Re: What parrots should I get?

Posted: 11 Mar 2014, 14:51
by Jayburd
Awesome David, congratulations!!! Geez they're cute little guys :D

Re: What parrots should I get?

Posted: 11 Mar 2014, 16:54
by TomDeGraaff
That's a very open-ended question!
You need to give us some parameters which, you seem to have in your own mind.
What do you want from these parrots? Breeding? Mixing with others? Quietness? Size? Seedeaters?
Otherwise, we're all shooting in the dark !:)

Re: What parrots should I get?

Posted: 11 Mar 2014, 17:28
by thehammer
Uraeginthus wrote:That's a very open-ended question!
You need to give us some parameters which, you seem to have in your own mind.
What do you want from these parrots? Breeding? Mixing with others? Quietness? Size? Seedeaters?
Otherwise, we're all shooting in the dark !:)

If you read what I said, the following are the parameters:

Under $500 pr, quiet and colourful. Not on advanced licence in VIC. Not on my exclusion list on the first page…

Add to that: reasonably easy to obtain in VIC as I don’t want to freight. Can mix with others or by themselves as a breeding pair as I can set them up either way, prefer seed eaters.

Re: What parrots should I get?

Posted: 11 Mar 2014, 17:33
by thehammer
Denozo wrote:Ok here we go I think I may have it, ready.....

Red capped parrot,

They are around $200,
not overly loud
and relatively uncommon
May have some difficulty locating pairs in Vic, but they are not really what I'm looking for. Looked at the Feb ASA Journal. One guy had a hen and another had pairs but they were too far away.

Re: What parrots should I get?

Posted: 11 Mar 2014, 18:12
by Denozo
How about red or yellow vented bluebonnets, crimson winged parrot, King parrot, Port Lincoln parrot, Twenty eight parrot, Pearly conure or black capped conure.
I'm running out of ideas...