riverkentvalley

[riverkentvalley]

Graceful hop.

[riverkentvalley]

Purple beeping baby is by far the most dramatic! She’s fully weaned and fledged from her parents, but still acts like she can’t feed herself (she can and does) and immediately wants to come to me for food when she sees me. She’s very fun to train because she’ll do anything for her favorite treat.

[riverkentvalley]

The babies are learning from their older sister how to fly—and get into trouble! (~_~;)

[riverkentvalley]

Lil’ baby Daichi （＾∇＾）

[riverkentvalley]

All the babies being spoiled with pecans.

[riverkentvalley]

Work in progress…

Reference:

[riverkentvalley]

Behold! A Birb. (ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ*:･ﾟ✧

[riverkentvalley]

.°˖✧ Welcome✧˖°.

Hello, I'm K.!

My pair Caoimhe and Daichi have babies 1-2 times a year, so I decided to make a little website to document their family. I have 20+ years of raising and fostering parrots. I raise my conures a bit differently than others. I believe in co-parenting chicks—which means I allow them to be cared for and fed by their parents, and then once they're weaned/fledged, I begin training them to be pets. I have found that chicks who are taken from their parents at a young age and hand-fed are far more likely to develop emotional and psychological problems later in life (i.e. plucking). In addition, I never clip my conures wings because doing so can stunt their development; instead, I focus on teaching them recall so they can fly around my home safely!

FAQ (updated 9/6/24)

What do you feed your conures?

I feed them a variety of fruits, veggies, legumes, pellets, and other conure friendly food. The pellets I feed them are Harrison’s, TOPS, and sometimes Roudybush. Their favorite is Harrison’s High Potency, but it’s become so expensive!

Do you put closed-ring tags on the chicks?

No! I’ve heard of too many horror stories of closed-rings getting caught on stuff and the birds leg getting broken. I use open-ring leg tags so that in an emergency it can easily be taken off.

Do you DNA test your conures?

Yes! It's very important to me that they're DNA tested before going to their future homes. I use the service by iQBirdTesting.

What are the parents personalities?

Caoimhe (female) is very fierce, quiet, and loyal. She is absolutely nonsense. Her idea of a good time is sitting on my shoulder, wrapping her foot around my hair, and falling asleep. She does NOT like being disturbed from her beauty sleep!

Daichi (male) is a goofy goober. Sometimes I think he has only one braincell. Not even two. He is hyperactive and wacky. He legit can't sit still! He loves to play-wrestle and get into everything, and touch everything, and talk to everything!

Feel free to ask me more questions and I'll add them to this post and to my FAQ page. Email: riverkentvalley@gmail.com

Thanks for reading!

[riverkentvalley]

DNA Results!

From left to right: Golden Attitude (male), Red Knuckles (male), Burple Nurple (female).

[riverkentvalley]

#is that raspberry juice all over his tummy or is he just delightfully colored — @lishadra

No, he is just a delightfully colored High Red Pineapple! (๑>◡<๑)

In the video he was about 4 months old, so he's got a lot more pink/red colors now and is much brighter in person. I wish the variant wasn't called High Red—it would be much cuter if it was called Raspberry Pineapple or Pomegranate Pineapple. I wonder if I just started calling my conures that would people just go with it...

[riverkentvalley]

Daichi & Caoimhe preening time.

[riverkentvalley]

…This is why I can’t get any work done (~_~;). Daichi is such a silly goober.

[riverkentvalley]

If this baby could only eat one thing for the rest of her life, it would be raspberries.

[riverkentvalley]

They’re so cute at this age! So little! They hatched March 2023

[riverkentvalley]

Daichi and Caoimhe ☆彡

[riverkentvalley]

They’ve gotten so big. These babies hatched in July 2024.

[riverkentvalley]

First day in their new house. I bought them a boot-shaped nestbox.