Thought I’d let you guys see some pics of the newest edition to my flock. He’s an 11 year old, abused, feather plucking Congo African Grey parrot named ‘Bean’.

Notice how he picks his upper chest feathers, and chews his lower chest feathers in half. He’s not the worst feather plucking parrot in the world, but I decided to adopt him specifically so you could watch me rehabilitate him here on this blog… with free tip filled videos.

So don’t expect Bean to look this plucked for long… today was his first day of training, and it won’t be long before I have him in top top shape, and hopefully fully feathered again.

He’s super fearful of people, and refuses to step up for ANYONE as of right now.

Make sure you subscribe to the rss feed on this blog, or check back often so you can see his progress as I train him live.

I’ll post again in a few days when I have some more progress on how his training has progressed.

Chet

Notice the mangled feather destruction and plucking

I’ve finally gotten around to adding a new content section to our website on Lovebirds. These little guys pack a lot of punch and I’m excited to announce that we’ll be releasing and update the new Lovebird Section of our website over the next several weeks. If you’re a Lovebird owner, or thinking about becoming one, you might want to swing by and check it out.

I’m only half kidding

My Brother has been focusing really hard for the last few weeks on learning how to ‘outdoor free flight’ parrots. Outdoor free flying parrots is something neither of us has tried before and we wanted to take our training to that next level… beyond just fixing behavior problems.

So we’ve put together what I think is one of the most entertaining web pages we’ve put together in a long time that documents the training process we went through with Cressi, our Congo African Grey (Dave’s Congo African Grey)… and my brother’s first attempts at free flying parrots outside.

Click here to let us share our experience with you!

Enjoy!

Chet Womach

Oh… and one more thing. I happen to think the page you are about to see is one of the most intriguing pages anyone’s put up on the internet about parrots in a long time. I honestly believe what my brother has trained his bird to do is one of the most beneficial things you can do for a bird’s mental and physical health.

So if you happen to own a animal website that could help promote the awareness of this type of training, even with a small link, it would be greatly appreciated.