We have another bird traveling to NYC next week. All of the birds we ship (about 16 a year) have to have a health certificate in order to be insured by the airlines. Our avian vet, Dr. James Maxwell, in Mandeville is constantly amazed at the number of parrots we ship to New York. He asked Debra how we manage to sell so many birds in New York and she just told him, "we're connected".

The fact is we market directly to New York through our website, Village Parrots. There are fewer breeders in the Northeast than in the Southeast and parrots are becoming popular. With a limited supply and increasing demand, we are just filling a niche.

And what a niche. Over the last few years we have made dozens of new friends in the area. After Chateau Plumage settles down we hope to make a trip to the city and have a "get to know you in person" party with a lot of them.

- posted by J-Birds @ 8:04 PM |