has anyone

[haydn92]

has any one had experience with any of these birds
king parrot
princess parrot
regent parrot
crimson winged parrot
superb parrot

[natamambo]

Princes - really easy to keep on a quality parrot seed mix, love to chew, be prepared to renew perches regularly. Need a long flight, at least 3x1.2m to be fair, at least that big to breed. Do **not** house in timber aviary or one with light wire, use parrot wire. Dry floor and sunny position a must.

Others on your list can be much harder, start off with Princes.

[djb78]

Princess parrots I have had at a time, best if young to buy 2-3 hens and let the cock choose his mate as this will give you a good chance to get a pair very quick as to putting in 1 pair could take a while longer for them to except each other. As for perches would go natural as they are destructive. Good parrot mix with greens and vegies are the basic of diet. Deb should be able to help more as she seems to be doing well with them. As for kings and superbs I was looking at getting some but my aviery wouldn't suit them, they require same basic foods as a princess with proteins and like to have log nesting sites. Since finding out kings can take upto 5 years to except a partner and breed this sort of threw me, oj kings this is what I read

[jusdeb]

Have the Princess's , as said need a big flight , they like a varied diet including live food as Ive just found out , love to forage on the ground so a suitable floor is needed plus regular worming as with any ground loving parrot .

As for the rest Id love to own them all however I dont have the space and they are more a advanced bird keepers bird , compatable matings being the hiccup ( so Im told ) .

I would not even consider any of these birds unless you can offer at minimum 3 metres of flight , it would be cruel to attempt anything smaller in aviary size .

This is my opinion as always maybe wrong maybe right .

So far mine have not chewed their aviary however they are never without fresh Cypress Pines which they shred in days .

Can be loud at sundown so good neighbours are a must too. Great with Quarrion Burkes and Scarlets , have seen them be assertive with the Diamond Doves .

Great bird and good breeders if you have a compatable pair .

[natamambo]

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Can be loud at sundown so good neighbours are a must too.

I was building a Princes flight at in my new aviary, I have missed mine ever since the person looking after them somehow let them die many years ago. However it was the noise that bothered me, decided to switch to chats and wrens and keep the large parrots for another time when we live back in the bush.

[natamambo]

If you want something different and easy but big and bright try the pale headed rosella. These do not feature nearly enough in collections. Just make sure you follow the guidelines above for healthy parrots and you can't go wrong.

[jusdeb]

Pale heads are a very nice bird , my other half has been researching them .

[djb78]

Also forgot to mention keep fingers back as all large parrots want to keep them.

[VR1Ton]

I've kept & breed all of the above at some stage with varying degrees of success, & as stated above, you need large flights, longer than wider, reasonable height minimum 6', but 8 is better. Good quality parrot mix with a balance of small seed, & larger 'fatty' seeds, good supply of greens/sprouts, & plenty of branches for chewing, replaced regularly. Princess do not require a license, but the others do, & Superbs require a class 2 (advanced license).

[Nathan Morleyy]

My grandfather,
Breads all of those parrots and they are in a 30m2 aviary and all he gives them is seed and water and a few greens ocassunaly and some fruit every now and again and they all breed for him he has bean breeding parrots for 40 years.

Thanks Nathan