Cage & Aviary Birds

CONTINUING THE TRADITION that Cage & Aviary Birds established by organising an autumn event for fanciers in the South-East, the Maidstone Autumn Sale will be held on September 10. Plans are going well for the sale, with plenty of private sales tables

ON SATURDAY MAY 27, the Swedish Budgerigar Hobby (SBH) held its Derby & Youngstock Show 2023 in Hässelby just outside Stockholm. The show has classes for both exhibition budgerigars and colour budgies and this year's judge was Christian Back from Ger

I WOULD like to remind readers that persicaria is an excellent food for finches, canaries, budgies and parrots of all sizes and most species. As I write in August it is flowering, but when it sets seed it is equally beneficial. It grows profusely as

AS A keen breeder, showman and judge of exhibition zebra finches, I read with interest the requirement made by the Zebra Finch Society (ZFS) to adapt the current show cage. As has been stated in the news pages (see Cage & Aviary Birds, July 12), the

TO MAKE real progress with budgies is certainly not easy. It's not especially difficult to get started. You buy a few birds, build a birdroom, breed good numbers, make a start at showing and are reasonably successful at the shows. The challenge is to

IN THE birdroom, there are numerous routine tasks that must be carried out on a daily basis. Examples include replenishing the I drinkers with fresh water, feeding softfood during key periods of the year and topping up the seed hoppers. If the birdro

THE 2022 International Gloster Breeders Association (IGBA) club show was tire 37th edition of the most prestige of all Gloster events. It was once again held in North Warwickshire & South Leicestershire College, Nuneaton on October 15-16, with 878 Gl

ON JULY 8, members of Somerset Budgerigar Society visited two champion breeders. They started with Paul Stannard where they enjoyed seeing all his quality birds. Next, dtey visited Steve Lambert and his newly built birdhouse. The weather was not as k