How about dainty little Bourkes, Scarlet Chested or Turquoise parrots, pretty quiet and not too expensive compared to many others.
Ken.
What parrots should I get?
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Out of my price range for sure.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
Not parrots, pretty common in Vic, esp. the redsfinchbreeder wrote:Parrott finches sounds like the go, reasonably priced, tough, only partialy insectiverous, neither very common or very rare, quiet.
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Low noise, preferably under $500 pair and colourfulelferoz777 wrote:I think who ever picks the right parrot should win a prize.
Need more clues as to what you need/want.
Swifts are on Advanced licence in Victoria. I only have the basic licence and don’t want the advanced.Tiaris wrote:Swift
Thought about Violet Indian Ringnecks, however probably don’t want to go down that path at the momentRed wrote:Are Indian Ringnecks too generic?
You could always specialise in certain colours.
Had bourkes in the past. I already keep Scarlet’s and Turksmatcho wrote:How about dainty little Bourkes, Scarlet Chested or Turquoise parrots, pretty quiet and not too expensive compared to many others.
Ken.
Good luck if you can find a decent bird dealer in Vicwagga wrote:Ask your local bird club or bird shop!
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Jayburd wrote:Lineolated all the way!
they are ace Jayburd. I just bred a Violet Cobalt. Cracker of a bird
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Awesome David, congratulations!!! Geez they're cute little guys
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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 !:)
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 !:)
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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.
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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.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