DO NOT fall into this trap. This cannot be done properly by a person who's had no experience with handfeeding. Weaning is a stressful period for the baby as well as the handfeeder. When a baby is under the stresses of weaning at the same time as they are having to adjust to a completely new environment and schedules it leaves their systems open to too many opportunistic bacteria and some viruses. If you purchase a baby who has not been completely weaned by the breeder, you are taking a chance with the babies life being at stake.
Nobody wants to lose the baby they have fallen so deeply in love with.
The loss of your new baby would be hard enough to handle without the feelings of guilt you would feel from not knowing if you were in some way partially responsible for it's death. In my opinion, if a breeder sells a baby who is not weaned to an inexperienced person, the breeder is very irresponsible and doesn't care about the baby, the buyer or their reputation. The bonding you'll have with a well socialized baby will be the same as if you had been the handfeeder the last few days. The rewards of waiting greatly outweigh the risks of not waiting. Amy Patria has owned birds for 9 years and began breeding 5 years ago.