Hi, I live in eastern NC and breed lories, lorikeets and parrotlets. And I have had some pretty rude replies to some doberman topics brought up in the past by both doberman and golder retreiver breeders, so I sure hope this new bird talk forum is made up of nicer people than you will find in the dog breeders' forum in the past. I'd love to hear from other lory and lorikeet breeders/owners and I'm always interested in trading parrotlets for different bloodlines. Presently, I'm looking for visual yellow or visual blue hens.

Dog breeders are very passionate about their breeds. We have to follow standards, some pups come out good, some come out bad, even when bred by the best specimens and the best breeders. The breeder's job is to make sure pet quality pups go to pet homes and not be bred by someone who doesn't know what they are doing.
Bird breeding is a whole other story. No artificial standards are set on them, except the ones Nature herself sets. And there is no way the average person can flaw those.

We had a Rainbow Lorie that we had fostered for 8 months. He was left behind with some other animals, in a trailer when the owners moved out. What a great bird he was....we had the option to adopt him, but at the time we just felt we had too much going on to spend time with him. He was a pretty cool bird, and we taught him how to put coins in a piggy bank. When his new family adopted him, he could distinquish between pennies and dimes.......awesome bird (a bit messy) but very smart!

BTW, I am a Doberman person...LOL!!

Best regards~
Peizn

I have a breeding pair of green naped rainbows. Along with the rest of the flock! lol. My guys aren't really that messy but they can be loud!