Currently Available:
7 Breeder Pairs
2 Pairs Nesting
Available Birds
Moms Birds carries a constantly changing variety of birds. Take a moment and familiarize yourself with some of them below. Click the pictures to see them full size.
Cockatiels & Budgies, Parakeets
Cockatiels
English Budgies
English budgerigars are some of the best talkers in the parrot family. They are extremely easy to tame so they do not have to be hand fed. In many cases, parent-raised babies make nicer pets because they tend to be less nippy. Hand feeding budgies can be a chore since they are like little piranhas grabbing for anything that resembles food (including your fingers!).
English budgies look quite a bit different than the native Australian parakeets. They are much larger, have a large crested head, and get a funny sort of grandpa look to their faces (they sometimes appear a little grouchy).
We currently have Breeders, Breeder Pairs, Babies and Young Adults available in many colors.
Barraband's Parakeet
Mostly green, nape has slight bluish tinge, yellow on forehead, throat and cheeks; red on chest, slight blue on primary feathers; underside of tail blackish, bill reddish; iris orange-yellow; grey feet. Females don't have the red and yellow plumage but are green-grey in chin and throat, thigh yellow-orange, iris yellow. Youngsters like female with brown iris; young males attain adult plumage at about 6 to 9 months.
Typical Diet: a variety of fruit and vegetables, a good seed mix containing safflower, oats, canary seed, groats, assorted millets, hemp and sunflower. Suitable minerals and supplements from time to time.
As a Pet: This small parakeet is very attractive and make good pets, they have several whistles. They can be a little quiet and shy at times. They need to be taken out of the cage daily for fuss and exercise. As with all pet parrots it's important to buy one as young as possible preferably a week or two after weaning, the best pets are hand-reared. Make sure that the breeder/pet shop that you are intending to purchase from is reputable.
We have adult pairs setup for breeding and hope to have hand fed babies in the Spring.
Red Rump Parakeet
This species is mainly a dull green in hens. The male is a darker green on the back with a bright green covering the head, chest and upper tail coverts. There is a blue suffusion on the mantle and primary wing coverts and a bright red rump on the male birds. I have seen hens with a few faint red feathers on the rump but normally it molts out as they mature. The underbelly of both sexes is yellow but more pronounced on the male Red Rump Parakeets. The eyes are dark and the legs are flesh colored.
Diet: A good Red Rump diet consist of mixed canary seeds, millets, and a small amount of sunflower seeds. A lot of people use a Parakeet mix and add in some Sunflower seeds. They also seem to be fond of Cockatiel mix. If you use a Cockatiel mix try to buy it without fillers such as maize or dog food as most cage birds won't eat these anyway. To condition our birds we coat the seed mixture with Wheat Germ Oil (1/2 tsp per pound of seed). It helps prevent egg binding and provides vitamins. Fresh water, cuttlebone, oyster shell and grit should be supplied at all times. We provide other supplements such as Petamine breeding formula (during breeding season) and Feather Up (while molting) in small treat cups. Lettuce, spinach, chickweed, peas, green beans, corn, spray millet, egg food, soaked seed, apple, broccoli tops and carrot tops can also be offered on a regular basis. Be sure to wash all fruits & veggies before allowing birds to consume them!
General Care: These birds are fairly low maintenance but provide bath water daily to keep feathers in good condition!
Compatibility: Red Rumps can be aggressive and are best kept alone or in single pairs. Song: Compared to most Parakeets, Red Rumps have a pleasant sounding call which could almost be considered a song. It is much softer than the sounds of Budgies (Parakeets) and can be very melodious and almost chime-like.
Colors of Red Rumps: Rubino, Yellow Opaline, Cinnamon, Australian Blue, Australian Platinum, and Pied
Babies available for sale: Yellow Opaline, Australian Blue
Green Cheek Conures
The Greencheek conure is a smaller bird approximate lengths is 9 - 10 inches. It is a very quiet bird like all the Pyrrhuras and is often confused with the Maroon-bellied conure. There is little difference between the 2 except the coloring. The Green cheek has somewhat greener cheeks and the upper side of their tail is maroon colored.
They are fast becoming one of the favorite little parrots to have as a pet bird, there are lots of reasons for that, they have a sweet personalities, they are the perfect pet for people living in apartments, they are not very messy, are very quiet bird, they will learn to talk and are very lovable and very playful..
If you own a Greencheek Conure, I would recommend you try to train him to drink from a water bottle. They love to take their food and dip it in the water bowl and your water dish will look like it contains soup in no time:>). They seem to just wait for a fresh water bowl and then immediately will put food in it. We even have Greencheeks, that will take their pellets and try to stuff them in the small spout of the water bottle at times.
Kakariki
Rosellas
Beautiful pair of silver crimson/split blue silver breeder pair.
Two years old.
Very hard to find.
$2500 for the pair
For Sale
Kakarikis