hello

[megz]

g'day all
my name is megan and i live on the far north coast of NSW near a little town called lismore.. i'm 20 in less then a month and have a real passion for animals... i have spent the last year crusing around the reptile fourms and have decided to join the bird world too
i currently own a pair of cockatiels (just put their nesting box in) and dad has half a dozen breeding pairs of gouldians and five bubs just out of the nests..
i also keep 4 central bearded dragons and a centralian carpet python oh and a mini foxie...

i spent an hour yesterday watching a family of king parrots in a camphour tree and i now want some!! any one know how much they go for? and if there easy to obtain.. if i find some at the right price i'll be getting my licence quick smart..
cheers
Megz

[AussieBirds]

G'Day Megz, and a great big AussieBirds welcome to our forum I love Lismore and have been there many times. King Parrots are truly great birds, they are not too expensive and usually sell for around $180 - $200 for a mature pair and are pretty well available at reputable bird shops, however, I believe they are not easy to breed and do require a lot of patience, but as pets I am told they are great. We all look forward to talking to you and hope you enjoy your stay here at AussieBirds.

John

[vankarhi]

welcome Megz and if you get a king parrot as a pet, let us know how it is as a pet, i am interested. We get them wild around here from time to time and they are just beautiful.........almost as beautiful as my female ekkie. LOL

[AcaciaWattle]

OMG for a moment there I thought you were a Different Megz in lismore, until you said your age I was having a little "heart attack"! LOL Kings are pretty easy to obtain down south.... finding an actual pair is hard, a lot of last seasons young were males so females are hard to find.
hope you enjoy the forum

[silvercloud]

Hi Megz, welcome to our forum. I hope you find your king parrots they are beautiful. My sis used to live in Ballina and Goonellabah, up your way. We'd love to hear more about your tiels as well as seeing pics cos we LOVE pics.

[vankarhi]

Yes we do..........we love pics

[megz]

thank you everyone for your kind welcomes!! i'm suprised to see some of you's know where lismore is.. i lived there for the first 18 years of my life and last year moved out to rockvalley... bout 15 mins north west of lismore.. its so lovely out here... so much wildlife.. i love it!! i got to watch another group of kings yeasterday... this time there were a couple of pairs... all i could see was flashes of red making there way through the trees.. makes me want them even more.. but at the moment i'm just not ready.. we have just had a lot of earthworks done (getting ready to build our avaries and dads shed) dads shed is first on the list but when thats done we have a nice flat area to deck out with avaries... YAY!!
i'll start another thread with some pics of my babies
Megz

[vankarhi]

I know where Lismore is.........on the northcoast of NSW? I have a couple of friends who originally came from there, but have lived here for over 20 years now. One of them used to be my tae kwon do instructor ..........he actually came from Armadale, his wife from Lismore (or maybe vise versa)

[loriluver]

Hi Megz, Welcome to aussiebirds! I live about 1 hour north of you at Mur-bah, The big mountain is directly behind me and we have lots of wildlife here including heaps of kings. There is a guy up the road from me who going back a few months ago had several pairs of kings both young and mature for sale. If you want his number give me a hoy.