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Of course I didn't get a pic of the 'before'. But this one is close, Day 1. Tools and crap everywhere already but... This thing is going to be three 'rooms'. What you're looking at here are room #1 where the blue cooler is sitting and room #2 is the covered porch area. Here you can see room #3 on the other side of the covered porch. This is after we trenched and have the concrete curb forms set ready to pour. Room #1 overhead Room #3 overhead

Ok if you're not allergic to it!

It's their 'powder', similar to cockatoos, cockatiels and other really dusty birds. We have those inset lights in our ceiling that create a beam and one shines right on our (GreycieMae and myself) evening lounge chair. Whenever she scritches, I see that flume of powder rise to the ceiling. I'm sure my lungs are full of it because I can't keep my face out of her fluff.

GreycieMae LOVES a good buffet! We use glass casserole dish so she walks around the edge picking through all the tasty dishes. Now what really pisses her off is when some draconian Caique walks through the middle of the buffet. Totally not cool.

You all know I have a spoiled rotten African Grey. Well, she's about to get spoiled even more. Let this be a long running thread, cause I'm going to post photos as this progresses. First the background: - my wife went back to work last year around December. Before that my birds had the run of the house and their outside aviary. Wifey was home to watch them for three years. When she went back to work I was forced to lock them up in their cages, in their bird room. I know this is probably what most people do, but I can't handle that. I watch them from my camera while I'm at work and it's heart breaking to see a Grey, who is normally so playful and full of life, just sit there slumped on a perch for 8-10 hours just waiting for one of us to come home. - my maternal Grandmother, just before she died, sat me down and had a talk with me. Something I was never expecting, she gave me a sizeable amount of money and asked me to use it for a car. I think she felt bad because I had bought her old car a few years prior and it was always giving us trouble, to this day I'm constantly tearing something out of it and fixing it. It's about to hit the 20 year mark and nearly a quarter million miles. I told her that I didn't want the money because I hate spending money on cars as they depreciate to nothing in 10-15 years. To me, a car is the worst way to spend money. She asked me to take the money anyway and do something special with it. - I have always been very frugal. When I was in the Marines and 17 years old, it took me over three years to save my first thousand dollars. This was a time when my breakfast before heading to base was 1 bowl of the $0.60 box of corn flakes we could buy at the commissary. We could barely buy anything but I was still trying to save and when I got that first thousand dollars I wanted to bury it in the front yard of my base housing unit. Sounds a little crazy but that's me and I'd never had any money before. So around a year ago, it just came to me what I should do with that cash that Grandma gave me...I'm going to build that addition onto the house for my babies. And should both of us pass on unexpectedly, it's something my daughter can easily take over and my birds won't have to get tossed into the wind. Something that has bothered me ever since I got GreycieMae. I've gone through four contractors who I had out to look at what I wanted. We've NEVER had any luck with contractors for other jobs that I don't have the time to do myself. Without getting into the details, they never do what they say they will or what you pay them to. And it usually involves people who pretend not to understand English. So out of the blue my wife asks me to contact this other guy she knows about. I don't know where the hell she found him but he is the REAL DEAL. He sat down and told me what I wanted and I was lapping it right up. He is semi-retired and only does "small jobs". He has apparently been involved in very large projects but I'm not sure how large. A few interesting notes about this contractor: - he's a very religious man. He told me prior to bidding the job that he would not be able to work on Wednesdays as he uses that day to perform his church duties. He's always fasting. And he uses no crew except his home-schooled grandson on Mondays and Fridays. I could not believe the day he showed up to start trenching and he pulled a bunch of digging tools out of his truck and just started ripping ground - manually. He's 66 years old. Can you believe that? I am still dumbfounded every day when I see him show up and start laboring away. He reminds me of my Dad who is near 80 years old and is THE hardest working man I've ever seen. They are both apparently cut from the same generational cloth. The purpose behind this new addition is, I'm hoping I can keep them inside in it, separated from each other and they won't have to live their daily life in a cage. My wife hates it that we can never go anywhere or do anything anymore because I feel 100% neglectful asking my birds to stay in lockup while we go have fun. That isn't fun for me. All I ever do is worry about them. It will have cameras and lights, just like their bird room and I'll be able to monitor them while we're out - at work, at play, whatever. So I'll use this thread to post photos as we go along. Let's hope this doesn't turn into a disaster. You never know how a project will go!

Yes, she was such a happy little soul. Loved that lil birdy.

I see a Grey working that Grey magic making hooman do what hooman is supposed to do.

Wouldn't putting the vinegar in boiling water kill the beneficial bacteria (the 'mother')? Thought about giving your recipe a try, because I know my fools will be tripping over themselves for anything with a little honey in it, but not sure about boiling water with the vinegar.

For my pigeons I mix it 2.5-3 tablespoons per gallon of water. This comes from a lot of experience from the flying pigeon gurus so that's what I use. They only get it once in a while.

It will show back up. I did the same thing. Plus I now see it on Chrome too. There are several things that will cause this. Expired SSL/TLS certificate. I doubt this site was running one of those. A hacked site with pages that have a payload on them. I'll have to look it up a little further when I have time.

P.S. Guess who we are celebrating their arrival here one year ago!!!! Somebirdy patiently waiting for Daddy to come back in. She's been outside on the lamb twice but the chain curtain put a stop to all that! Lucky for me if she finds me outside she flies straight to me.

I use Apple Cider Vinegar with the mother. My chickens, high-octane high-flyer pigeons and the tyrants living in my house get it.

Just my guess but it could be because they're not being cared for by clueless complete idiotic morons any longer? (gosh I hope I worded that correctly )

Anyone else that is using Firefox as their browser getting the "Deceptive Site" warning?

Yeah, that's a google/yahoo search. I'm looking for someone who may have been prescribed quest through a veterinarian. I've done the google/avian avenue/facebook search. And with what I went through with Raven, I don't really trust vets either. Looking for firsthand knowledge similar to what I get on Pigeons.biz with the racing lofts that have very high value birds.

I have pigeons, not your flying rat type, but very expensive flying Iranian, Pakistani, Toghie, Homing and Fantails. I am worming them on a horse wormer - 'Quest' as it very well know within the performing pigeon fanciers that it works very well and is safe. I also worm my chickens and guineas on this. However I won't even dare give it to my adored babies unless I know it's safe for them. The ONLY reason I am considering worming them is because they are within close proximity of my silkies which I use for after-hours cleanup of the parrots aviary. My babies do spend a lot of time outside and I don't want to just assume they don't have a parasite. Does anyone know what they use on parrots? What is safe?

Can anyone else view these videos? I'm using Firefox and also tried with Chrome - no dice.

ahh ok. I thought maybe I had missed his return or just maybe was not recalling correctly what happened. They do leave a long lasting, I'd say permanent, hole in your heart when you lose them. I still have my Raven girls photo as my avatar that I use most everywhere but here.

I'm confused...I thought you lost this bird?!? Which one flew out the door? I can't remember what happened. Thought for sure it was spock.

I love it when they interact with the neighbors. Greycie will get into whistling contests with them occasionally. They've tried talking to her but she won't talk so there's that...

Did you happen to hear that some of the insiders were able to sell off their stock before the announcement went out and Equifax stock tanked? Not sure if it's fake news but if not, I'm hoping there is some long prison time for a few rich aholes.

I suppose those bastards that are holding our information and not keeping it safe are the ones making the dough off of us having to pay to lock it up?

I have to agree Grey love is the best. They get super cuddly in the evenings if they are the cuddly type. All this time your hubby has been soaking up all the Grey love and leaving you with nothing. You should smack him I always look forward to our evening cuddlefest. Greycie will generally rub the back of her head on my cheek. Soo so sweet. She also likes to lay in my hand and we'll both 'preen' her underfloofies under her wings.

Welcome to the forums. Greys are amazing! I just love mine to death. She runs this household.

Yep, that's the lil Tinkerbell. I forgot how much I love conures until this little girl came along. It's weird how it's worked out. Tinkerbell and GreycieMae both claim me as their human slave. GreycieMae tolerates Tinky, only a stab at her tail feathers or maybe chase her off my shoulder to keep Tinky remembering who's large and in charge. Tinky on the other hand gives GreycieMae a wide berth but will fight to the death any of the other birds that try to get my attention. She even goes after Rio, the bird with the worst bite in the house. It's coming up on 1 year (~Sep 15th) since I've had the lil sweety.