On 12-2095, FRAN WARWICK wrote to TOM WEISS:
 TW> (Now) knowing the low rates, I don't feel so bad about my pair.
 TW> But when one reads in Bird Talk of David Blynn and his rates and
 TW> Howard Vorn and his rates, a guys gotta wonder, eh?
 FW> You might also want to ask these people how long that they keep a
 FW> bird that isn't producing. I talked to a breeder near Houston that
 FW> does mostly cockatoos. Her words to me were, she gets rid of them if
 FW> they don't produce after being at her place for two years.
Don't know why I should ask ... *everyone* (here) in PARROTS keeps birds 
forever (3 years, in my case, is forever) since it's not for the money ...
 FW> Maybe that's the difference between running a business and being a
 FW> birdkeeper.
Yep.  [bad thoughts surfacing of old thread about profit and bird breeding 
... hoping noone else brings it up ... fingers/legs crossed ... ducking and 
running ... ]
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