Cage & Aviary Birds

THE BUDGERIGAR SOCIETY (BS) has announced the winners of its popular online bird raffle, which raised more than £4,000. In a post on the BS Facebook page, the society said: “The Society wishes to once again thank all of our members who kindly donated

AT THE YORKSHIRE Canary Club's (YCC) AGM on April 20, members approved the launch of an old and rare canary (O&R) section at the club's winter show to be held in Grenoside, Sheffield on January 11, 2025. The idea was conceived by a group of fanciers

A TEAM FROM the University of Helsinki (UoH) and Aalto University in Finland studied the history of bird feeder design and found it has changed to focus on keeping unwanted guests away rather than simply feeding birds. The first bird feeders were mad

“All fanciers need to be aware of how many birds can be housed comfortably in their birdrooms. While it is sensible to carry a few spare birds, a birdroom should not be overcrowded at any point.” – Dave Brown on the key guidelines for stock retention

IN LAST MONTH'S column I was describing the excellent Newark Show before finishing on breeding progress in my own aviaries. At that stage, my breeding hen lutino Indian ringnecked parakeet was out of the nest-box again, which was rather concerning. I

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HAVE you ever thought of becoming a speaker at club meetings? Bird societies have always struggled to fill club meeting nights with relevant bird-associated events. There are only so many quizzes, DVDs, etc, that members can tolerate. A knowledgeable

AT THE RECENT Fife Fancy Federation (FFF) AGM, Italian Fife canary breeder Daniele De Giglio presented a new pictorial ideal drawing for consideration. It was agreed that the present model is outdated when compared to the quality of bird winning at s

A GOOD deal has been said about bad nesting places, – now let us turn to good ones. Mr Seth-Smith discovered the use of old straw-hats as nesting sites, and they are certainly very good. So also are Hartz cages, and the usual nesting boxes, but if yo

THE addition of the Norwich in Adam's stud coincided with the early episodes of Keith Ferry's series on Matt Eld's The Canary Room. He thought if he aimed to replicate Keith's régime, he wouldn't go far wrong. That proved much easier said than done.

UTILISING natural daylight as I do, I know that my birdroom lends itself to slightly later breeding than other breeders who employ extra lighting, etc. For that matter, there are those who Enjoy better Weather conditions than we do here in the North

IF YOUR exhibition zebra breeding season has gone well and you have a good number of young birds in the flight cages, then you have the luxury of turning your thoughts to selection. Point one: selection should be a gradual process. Young birds can ma

THE Fife Fancy Federation (FFF) recently held a very successful and well-attended AGM in Ketley, Telford. The highlight of the meeting were the presentations made by president Paul Gillott to the 2023 Lumsden Diploma winners who were Matt Dando, Neil

ABERDEEN BS – May 9, Northern Bowling Club, Orchard Road, Aberdeen AB24 3DP, 7.30pm. Any colour and age budgie for knockout comp. Plus find out numbers of members available for aviary visits. Enquiries: 01358 721 550. AUSTRALIAN FINCH SOCIETY – May 1

THE Yorkshire British Bird & Hybrid Club is saddened to announce the passing of long-time member Mr Jack Fletcher at the age of 93. A competitive man by nature, Jack lived a full life having been an extremely successful brass bandman as both player a

CANARY COUNCIL (CC) held its 2024 AGM on April 6 at the Fieldhead Hotel, Markfield Lane, Markfield, Leicestershire LE67 9PS. Representatives from the Fife Fancy Federation, Fife Fancy Council, Colour Canary Breeders Association, Norwich and Yorkshire

BIRD clubs are always struggling for funds and one would hope that members would be generous with their time and money, but that is not always the way. We all know of members who buy £1 worth of raffle tickets and then grumble when a member who bough