Birds, Birds, Birds

K&L Aviary is happy to report the beginning of their spring season. Yes, its winter but these guys will be ready for the spring season to find happy, loving homes. We have 14 pairs set up which is a K&L Aviary first! To date, all eggs are fertile which is quiet the accomplishment! Our show season starts in April and we are hoping to have weaned birds at that time. We have quite a bit on our agenda for shows with the Specialty show in Puerto Rico, BCV in Virginia, and RDCBS Regional Show in NC! We will be at all these shows. NCS shows are open to the public and I hope NCS members and non members alike will be at the shows to show their cockatiels. For more information on exhibition, go to www.cockatiels.org . They have lots of information on how to condition birds. You can also go to my website at www.showtiels.com for my articles on exhibition!

I will be posting pictures of babies as they are coming out of the nest at www.showtiels.com/klaviary . You can go to my website and put deposits on birds as they come available for sale. From time to time I will post how many are in the clutch and you can reserve a baby from the available babies in that clutch! I will not be starting that list right now, but if you see something from my pairs page, you can certainly email me about their status.

Merry Christmas from our cockatiel flock to yours!

K&L Aviary

More K&L Additions and Breedings

We've added a few key birds to K&L Aviary this past year. Two birds are from outstanding lineage. We purchased two birds from Kathy Short by the same mother (a Champion Pied hen). Her sister is the one on our banner and her other sister is the mother of "Sunburst" bred by Josh Maple. We have two half siblings from Kathy's champion pied and they have all the qualities of their mother and more! We are hoping to bring these in to many lines including our Lutino line which is in its infancy.

We also purchased birds from Phil Feret this year. Phil has given us the sires and dams of some of our top winning cockatiels. His birds have even proven on the show bench for us giving us several Champions, Grandchampion, and major pointed cockatiels! We have been very specific in our purchases to help us improve the quality in our lines. Breedings include Grandchampion parents, siblings, and even National Winners.

Hope to have pictures of these excellent birds as they come into condition. If you have more interest in our cockatiels, please visit www.showtiels.com/klaviary to view our current availability. We have 12 pairs set up and of those pairs, we have 8 active nestboxes!

Special thanks to Kathy and Phil for selling K&L Aviary great quality cockatiels.

New Additions to K&L!

We have been very excited about this new addition to K&L Aviary! We have purchased a few very special birds that we will be announcing soon. The first bird is named "One Feather". When we bought 'one feather' (named for the one dark feather in her crest), we had already fallen in love with her. We had seen her at past shows and we couldn't resist her personality and great looks. We have introduced her into our pied line and next we will introduce her into our lutino line. She's a pearl pied from Maple Leaf Aviaries from "King" who is the father of all his "Royal Family". We love having her here and she'll be a huge asset to our breeding program (already giving us some great big pied babies). Thanks Josh! Your quality and style really shows!

NCS 91j - 422- 04 (Pearl Pied ptd hen)