ALEX'S BIRD'S

WELCOME

HI, MY NAME'S ALEX AND I LIVE 3 MILES OUTSIDE A LITTLE TOWN, KILKEEL IN CO.DOWN, NORTHERN IRELAND.

I BREED A VARIETY OF PHEASANTS, PEAFOWL, PARTRIDGES, QUAIL, CHICKENS, DUCKS, PARROTS, PARAKEETS AND SMALLER AVIARY BIRDS.

I SELL MOSTLY HATCHING EGGS BUT SELL OCCASIONAL PAIRS OF BREEDING BIRDS AS WELL.

CLICK TO FOLLOW LINK TO LIVE EGGS LISTINGS!

HERE'S A SHORT TOUR OF A FEW OF MY BIRDS AND AVIARIES.

IT ALL STARTED ABOUT 10 YEARS AGO, WHEN I FOUND A MOTHER RED-LEGGED PARTRIDGE RUNNING ALONG THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WITH HER 13 LITTLE CHICKS. I RECKONED THEY WOULDN'T HAVE LASTED TO LONG AS THERE WERE QUITE A FEW CATS ABOUT AND THE ROAD WAS QUITE BUSY WITH CARS.

SO I STARTED TO GATHER THE LITTLE CHICKS TOGETHER THAT HAD BY THEN BURIED THEMSELVES IN THE LONG GRASS AT THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THE MOTHER WAS SO PROTECTIVE OVER THEM SHE CAME RIGHT OVER AND I MANAGED TO CATCH HER AS WELL.

WHEN I GOT THEM HOME I PUT THEM IN AN OLD RABBIT HUTCH AND PLACED A BOWL OF MEAL AND WATER IN WITH THEM. I WAS FASINATED BY THEM, AND WAS AMAZED TO SEE HOW QUICKLY THEY GREW. SHE WAS A GREAT MOTHER AND SHE SUCCESSFULLY RAISED THEM ALL TO ADULTHOOD. I RELEASED THEM BACK WHERE I HAD FOUND THEM EARLIER ON THAT YEAR. SINCE THEN I HAVE BECAME ADDICTED TO BIRDS AND OVER THE YEARS I HAVE GATHERED TOGETHER QUITE A RANGE FROM PEAFOWL TO QUAIL TO CANARIES AND THE LIST SEEMS TO BE GETTING LONGER EVERY YEAR.

I DO THIS PURELY AS A HOBBY (WELL AT THE MOMENT ANYWAY) AND I HAVE CREATED THIS WEBSITE TO SHARE SMALL AMOUNTS OF HATCHING EGGS TO ANYONE THAT WANTS THEM AND THE OCASIONAL BIRD IF THEY ARE AVAILABLE, AND YOU ARE PREPARED TO TRAVEL.