bryanh@amadeus.UUCP (12/03/87)
My mother had three Hawkhead Parrot eggs hatch just over a week ago--does anyone have any good advice about raising Hawkheads? She has heard that they are notoriously hard to raise and has some concerns... She has some experience raising other types of parrots (approx. fifteen African Greys, seven Yellow Naped Amazons, and four Sulfur-crested Cockatoos raised to maturity), so she doesn't need advice on the general topic of raising parrots. Thanks, in advance. Bryan Hilterbrand +------------------------------------------------+ bryanh@dadla.TEK.COM | Were you REALLY expecting a cute message here? | Tektronix Logic Analyzers +------------------------------------------------+
ss@hpfcrj.HP.COM (Steve Scheid) (12/08/87)
I have heard that it is hard to get hawkheads to breed, but not that it is hard to raise the hatchlings. Anyway, Life Fellowship has raised many hawkheads over the last several years and I am sure they could answer any questions your mother might have concerning the raising of the babies. Call Greg Moss at 813-681-4047. I'd be interested in some details about the type of nest box, nesting material, diet, etc. that your mother used for her hawkheads. If you get a chance, please email me whatever information you can. We have two pairs of hawlheads that have yet to produce, but they haven't been set up in a breeding situation that long. Congratulations, Steve Scheid