Cage & Aviary Birds

VETERINARY PROFESSOR JOHN E Cooper and Haith’s director Simon King recently visited the birdroom of champion budgie breeder and president of the Budgerigar Society (BS), Chris Snell, in Lincolnshire to record a podcast on keeping birds healthy and pr

A NEW RESOURCE has launched that brings together useful information about the UK’s wild birds. BirdFacts is a free online hub that collates the wealth of data collected by volunteers for the British Trust for Ornithology (BTO) and partner organisatio

REGULAR READERS OF this column will no doubt remember that I have had two goes at birdkeeping: the first as a junior in the late 1940s and early 1950s. Then, after a long break as I completed my education, started a family and found my first job, I c

SHORTLY BEFORE THIS issue of Cage & Aviary Birds went to press, the Government launched a new public consultation. They want to test the water on a proposal to make it compulsory to register ALL captive birds with APHA. Anyone can take part in this c

THIRTY-odd years ago, I attended French language evening classes at the French Institute in Edinburgh. While my school French was OK, I wanted to get better. One of my fellow students asked the tutor what the phrase would be to indicate that she was

THE blue-throated piping guan (Pipile cumanensis), is a large and striking bird, which to many has a prehistoric look. Its head and neck could be considered disproportionately small compared to its larger body and tail. Around the head it sports bare

THERE are so many reasons why the canary has been so popular throughout the history of aviculture. Its song, colour and lively personality recommend it, but coupled with that also is the birds’ ability to freely breed in captivity. Nevertheless, it s

I HAD started to get a bit tired of all my round eggfood drawers filling up my feeders drawer. They were getting in the way of my other feeders and drinkers, so I decided to do something about it. On Facebook I’d seen a rack that a fancier had stored

FOR the January meeting members enjoyed a very informative talk on genetics as applied to planned budgerigar breeding. The talk was given by genetic scientist Dr Aileen kenneson-Adams with comprehensive PowerPoint illustrations managed by husband Ton

ALDERSHOT CBS open show October 7 at Victoria Hall, Ash hill Road, Ash, Aldershot GU12 5DN. For enquiries, tel: 07881 405 546. BIRMINGHAM AREA BORDER CLUB open show is booked for October 22 2023 at Dudley Sports & Social Club, Hillcrest Avenue, Brier

ABERDEEN BS - March 16, Northern Bowling Club, Orchard Road, Aberdeen AB24 3DP, 7.30pm. First barhead show. No seed in cages. Enquiries: 01358 721 550. COLCHESTER CBS - March 16, Stanway Village Main Hall, Villa Road, Stanway, Colchester, Essex CO3 O