SH> BH> Things are always hopping aroung here. Just pulled the Amazon babies
SH> BH> today. Will pull more quakers soon. I have a Lory pipping and will
SH> BH> probably have to feed it from day one. I'm about full up on babies
SH> BH> now! Now I just need sales!
SH>         How do you sell them? Do you advertise yourself, or put
SH>      them in pet shops on consignment? (Wonder if you can shove
SH>      a couple thru my modem?) 
I don't think that would work Sue!!!!
I do pass out business cards and word of mouth gets around. I sell to a
few brokers that do high volume shipping and store supply. I also began
collecting names and numbers of stores that might be interested around
the country last year and began calling. This month I've already made a
sales trip to S. Fla selling babies that were pre-ordered, and I am
delivering a bunch to a very nice shop in S. Fla that seemed to know and
understand birds very well when I dropped in and checked them out. I
don't tell them I am a breeder at first, I just look around and talk to
their sales people. I also saw some very nice all bird shops.
I am going to have to either get a fax machine or get my fax up and
running on my computer. I am having trouble understanding the program
and also importing documents into it to fax out. I am working on this
now and as I have a laptop, I just bought an external 14.4 faxmodem to
replace the built in 2400. Just gotta get some cables and get everything
set up right.
SH>         Do you have any lories as pets? I've been thinking about
SH>      someday getting a red lory... have seen a few in pet stores
SH>      and like their playfulness and acrobatics. After a staid old
SH>      African Grey, it would seem like living with a hyper kid!
SH>          Sue
No, but I have  a pair of Rainbows as breeders outside. They are fed
Pretty Bird Lory pellets and get along great. They have a habit of
burying their baby when hatching occurs. Right now I have one of their
in the incubator that is only a couple days old. A Teeny thing.
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