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Im liking the Regents very much ...
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We have them at work, try are quiet, placid and friendly as well as beautiful :D
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Now to try and find a breeding pair ...
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Closest I can find to you might help with price comparisons.
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Thanks Buzz . Ive been put onto a fella out your way "Sparra" AKA Garry Mac . he should be able to send me in the right direction . Also found a pair in Tamworth looks like whichever way I go I have to travel ...

The sales are the place to go but with other half working weekends its not going to happen often , just going to the ones we are members of this year .
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Yeah I know Sparra! Gunedah is on the end of March if you can wait that long
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Ill try , Dave works weekends now so have to be picky about what days he is sick lol .
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Superbs take too long to colour up, nice birds though. Regents can be difficult to move and are easy to breed. I would try Golden Shouldered
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The WA "green" subspecies Regents may be difficult to move but I'd be very surprised if the eastern Yellow subspecies were not highly sought after.
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desertbirds wrote:
maz wrote:Major mitchells...my absolute favourite Aussie parrot, soo pretty and lovely temperaments and quieter than the other big cockatoos :)....OK so thats one of my dreams lol, can I have my fantasy by default through you....please I just dont have the room!
I hate to shatter your dreams maz but Majors can be buggers, really nasty towards the hens and as far as pets go they arent the best natured cockatoo either.
I know I'm probably in the minority, but my 2 are great birds, and great together! They haven't yet bred though (hen is only ~2.5 y.o.), so I'm yet to see them in the "nasty season". They both take treats out of my hand while I'm in the aviary with them, and neither were hand reared! Great alarm bells too, they go OFF THEIR NUTS when a hawk or scaley thing comes around, even saw my boy take on a hawk through the wire when it landed on the roof of his aviary... Very funny to see that thing get out of there so quick!

I held a pair of superbs for my uncle years ago, they were lovely to look at, and very quiet.
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