Welcome to Mama Bird's Feathered Friends

My husband and I so enjoy feeding the winter birds, and watching them from our kitchen windows..and I had the bright idea of being able to hear them as they feed out there..well, we tried rigging up a baby monitor to do the trick, but it really didn't work the way we wanted it to, so the next best idea of mine was to buy a finch, their voice is so cheerful..so I was getting a friend of mine to get a baby ready for me..In the meantime,we had gone to farm /bird auction to get some layers and turkeys for our hobby farm.It was a cold and rainy day in may, and I was hoping to make it a short day so I could get back home and have a nice cuppa tea and warm up! but then,I saw a poor shivering cockatiel in a box hardly big enough to turn around in..so we stayed a bit longer to see how much she would go for...well, of course, as soon as we bought her, I opened her cage grabbed her and tucked her under my sweater..and so it began....and like most things around here,it grew so gradually..and before I realized it,it turned into a lot of birds!, and of course, they decided to start making friends,and get even friendlier, and at the present time there are approximately 50+ in here! and the figures go up during breeding season, and then there are some strange little ones that look like bald miniature teradactals in their nursery quarters, while I hand feed, and raise them to be friendly little feathered friends for their new owner...And I figured once our boys were grown I would no longer have any middle of the night feedings to do ever again!, Boy was I wrong!

Life in this house of birds or the Chicken Coop, as my husband says!

First off, I will introduce you to my feathered friends.

Pepper is an African Grey, which was to be my dream bird, and one I hoped to get when I retired..not that I work now..or at least not work outside the home.. but, she happened along much earlier than I ever expected. Almost a year ago,when I read an ad for her,close by to where we live, and at a much lower price than one would expect, I was curious, and so got on the phone, and after speaking to her Mom, and learning a bit more about her and her circumstances, decided to make the trip to see her and find out if she would like me.. and so, the next day my son and I went to meet her,and ended up bringing her home... and my husband and I are enjoying her immensely.She is a One Bird Act! Most talkative during the morning hours, she recants the things she learned while with her first family, as well as a few new phrases she has learned here.At a little after six am, she starts her day by calling out Helloooo to see if anyone else is awake yet, and then once she warms up, she sings to herself that she is a pretty pretty pretty bird, and whistles for effect..haha.she calls our dog, Here Shiloh, come on here girl, and whistles for her as well as barking to get her attention..she then proceeds to call the cat, here Kit, meow meooww....
She has added so many new stories now and keeps everyone entertained,the birds in her room and us as well.