Clip Or Fly?

Clip Or Fly?

Healthy Parrot

Clip and No Clip I have two gorgeous Macaws- We got them both as babies, one was clipped one wasn’t. Kailani, our Catalina Macaw, was about six months and was heavily clipped when we brought her home. She never tried to fly- This year we got Kami to be...

What is A Stress Bar On A Parrot Feather?

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A Parrot’s Feather Can Tell A Tale- When we first adopted Kami, our Harlequin Macaw baby, I noticed that she had stress bars. These are ‘incomplete’ parts of the feather than run across the feather, perpendicular to the feather’s quill. These...