To introduce myself, my name is Jan.  I was a small breeder of  Pionus Parrots. My last year of breeding and hand raising babies was 2009. At this time I remain with a few pairs to be sold but most have sold up to this point. I will keep and maintain this website to offer information on this fabulous breed of parrots and also our online bird toy parts & toys known as Blu's Bird Toys that is on this site plus our Jolly Ball Fun Balls on our jollyballs.net site.  There are few sites on the web that have good information on Pionus, but like good books, it never hurts to have more than one source.    I always welcome your comments or suggestions or even if you have a complaint, let me know by email.   Here is Our Location.

Because I have recenly got out of breeding, many areas on this website maybe out of date as it may be written in regards to me breeding birds. I have updated the Baby Bird Page and all that will remain on there are links to other websites who may have or breed the Pionus Parrot.

If you are having a problem on trying to locate information on something particular on this site go on our  Home Page and look through the page links as many of our pages are not on our main navigation at the top.

This web site is designed mostly for people who are looking for information on a Pionus as a pet.  I offer some information on hand feeding as well.  I did not sell ''Unweaned Babies" and a lot goes into knowing vital information to be able to maintain and raise and happy and healthy baby bird.

To see our Aviaries - See near bottom of page for the new caging that I'm adding onto the Pionus Aviary.

Jan & Starla

Felix

Shown are a few photos of me, Reg and Barry our son and below is of the aviary and other page links to more aviary photos.

Reg pictured above who is my husband retired from  telecommunications - you know - the phone company! He has many side interests that keep him busy and has fun! Reg loves the birds too as he helps support me in doing the things I do with them.       Our Son Barry - now 29 lives a few short miles from us! Barry is a great son and we are proud of him! Our Daughter Jennifer Marie is no longer among us and you can read about her on her dedicated page. In Memory of Jennifer

AVIARIES

           
This is of the Macaw aviary on the left as you come towards it.  The aviary measures 12' x 11' x 6' high and are walk in flights.  It houses 5 pairs of birds.  Not all are Macaws.

                 
This shows standing at the corner by the Macaw aviary looking at the small single aviary on the right with the Pionus aviary in the back of them.  This small aviary is 4' W x 8' L x 8' H and I originally built it for the Cockatiels, then I had too many so we built the aviary behind it for the 30 some pairs of Cockatiels that I had, in which I no longer have and is now called the Pionus aviary.

          
This is standing near the side of the Macaw aviary looking directly on at the single aviary and Pionus Aviary. After moving out the Cockatiels out of the small aviary, I then used it for 1 pair of Macaws.  Then when I moved them it is now used off and on for our pet B&G Macaw, Kuka for a summer time retreat!

         
This is inside in the Pionus Aviary.  It is 36 feet long and 6 feet wide or deep and 6 feet high.  We house only nine pairs in it.  Each pair has about 4' x 4' x 6'h of space.  Half of the flights are walk in while the other half at the far end that you see are mounted from the ceiling and wall allowing cleaning underneath without entering.  See new Caging photos below that was added to front of Pionus Aviary.

PIONUS AVIARY
New Addition photos are on the link below.
Here's a so called quick fix to a problem when I have
run out of room for birds that I don't have a place for.
Adding caging on to the front of the existing aviary.

1) This is one half of the front of the Pionus Aviary looked like before starting the new cage work on the front.   I am making and suspending a 12' long wire cage on the outside of the front section that you see here and there will be access for feeding the birds from inside the safety area.  This cage on the outside will have 3 cage sections each measuring 4' x 3' x 3'.  This will be a permanent area for birds for now as I needed an area to house more birds that I recently acquired so this will due for now until we get an actual concrete and structure made.  You can never have too much space for birds, you never know when you need an extra area to put a pair.

NEW CAGING

2) In this photo you see the cage up on the front now. It has the top, ends and 2 inner dividers.
  This will be able to house 3 pairs of birds. The front and bottom need to be added on next.



3) Here is a view looking straight on as you come towards the Pionus Aviary.
 Now I need to put the visual barriers on the  wire that divides between each pair.  Then I will
 have the front and bottom panel to put on.  Then make door openings from inside the safety
 area to be able to service them.  I will add perches before the front and bottom wire is put on.
 

4) This photo shows the two dividers that have the sheet metal
on as the visual barriers.  This is so the pairs can not see or fight with each other through the wire.
 

5) Here is the cage completed and with the shade cloth on top.
 

6)  Slightly different view.  Later before winter sets in, I will be adding a small
roof over the caging and probably something on the sides to winterize it. 
I have the Dusky Pair in the left hand side of the cage.

7) Here are the two in the cage, its not a great shot, will try to have a better one later.

The cage added on the front of the existing aviary was a quick and easy way to solve more cage room. This project was done on the left hand side of the Pionus Aviary as you face the front and shortly I will add just two cages on the right hand side of the aviary.  The work was done by myself and the only help I got was when I had to add the one 12' length on the front side that you see in the photo.  These type of cages can be time consuming to cut the wire and put it together.  We are going to add another permanent aviary with a slab, but we still had not started it. The new addition is still on hold.  Time and money seems to be the issue as it is for most!

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Starting soon I will be tearing a part on the same end of the Pionus Aviary, some walk in flights and suspending caging like I have it at the other end of the Pionus Aviary, this will also gain me 1 more cage than I have now, that will be 10 total in this building.  Plus it will make cleanup a bit easier without disturbing some pairs that tend to get up set when I enter the flight by walking in.

New Addition To Pionus Aviary
Click the link to view all the new photos of the Addition.