Abstract
I guess no matter how many birds we have or how many birds we breed and sell, there will always be a very few special ones. The first birds we bred in any quantity were the ever popular cockatiels. Brenda was one of my hand fed babies. About three years ago, out of a clutch of four, one pink-eyed lutino baby stood out. She was meeker and smaller than the rest, and long after her clutch mates were weaned and ready for sale, this little one just wouldn't wean. My husband and the pet shop where I take a number of my babies have always accused me of being too soft for my own good when it comes to weaning my babies. "(My husband tried to convince me that one of my Blue and Gold Macaws was eight months old when it...