About Verdant Aviaries

Verdant Aviaries grew out of a private collection of Amazons and African greys kept by two aviculturists who were tired of seeing birds moved through anonymous supply chains. We chose to stay small: a limited number of proven pairs, generous flights, and enough time per chick to do hand-rearing properly rather than quickly.

Every bird we offer is bred in our own aviaries or in the aviaries of a handful of breeders we have visited in person and worked with for years. We do not buy from auctions, importers or unknown resellers.

• Temperament first: chicks are handled daily, weaned onto a varied diet and exposed to normal household sound and movement.
• Genetic health: pairs are DNA-sexed, unrelated and rotated out of production when they need rest.
• Feather and body condition: full-spectrum lighting, outdoor flights in season and a fresh food rotation.
• Independence at weaning: no bird leaves before it is eating reliably on its own.

Our flock is under the care of an avian veterinarian. Breeding stock is screened for psittacine beak and feather disease, polyomavirus and chlamydia, and every bird scheduled for placement receives a pre-placement examination with a written health record that travels with the bird.

Birds are placed only where local, state and national law permits keeping the species in question. CITES-listed species require documentation, and we will not complete a placement without it. Where a species is unsuitable for a buyer's climate, housing or experience level, we say so — even when it costs us the sale.

You keep our direct line. Diet questions, first-moult worries, behaviour changes, introductions to other birds: write to lindatu1978@gmail.com at any point in the bird's life and you will hear back from the person who raised it. If your circumstances change, we will always take a bird back rather than see it rehomed through a classifieds site.