Posts Tagged ‘pet birds’

Concise Overview Of Popular Beloved Pet Birds Species


When you decide to adopt birds as pet require many elements that you have to accommodate when you choose to become a pet owner. You must be able to place to the responsibilities and allot the right time and money to make sure that your pets will always be at the top of their game. [...]

Building An Aviary For Your Birds

[ad#blod-ad] Before you begin any building work, make sure you know exactly where the electricity cables and water and sewage pipes are, so that you do not dig through any of them. If in doubt, go over the plans of your house and garden. If the aviary is to stand on the edge of your [...]

Hand-rearing Pet Birds – Waterfowl and Pheasants

[ad#blod-ad] When they are born, waterfowl and pheasant chicks are downy, which keeps them warm, and they are able to move about and feed themselves. (Chicks born in this condition are described as ‘precocial’.) Hand-rearing these ground birds is an established and fairly easy procedure. Before starting out, it is a good idea to visit [...]

Artificial incubation of pet birds eggs

[ad#blod-ad] It is possible to artificially incubate the eggs from any bird. There are usually two reasons for doing this; the parent birds may have left their eggs because they were disturbed or you may decide to remove the eggs from the parents so that one pair can raise more chicks in a season. Whatever [...]

What

[ad#blod-ad] Trying to please pet birds is not always easy. One of the most important aspects is food. What do pet birds like eating? What could owners give to their birds and make them happier? Thank God there are a lot of various possibilities. First of all, birds love seeds. They like to pick on [...]

Yellow Collared Macaw

[ad#blod-ad] The Yellow Collared Macaw is also known as the Yellow Naped Macaw or Golden Collared Macaw and can be found in South American countries like Brazil, Paraguay, Bolivia and Argentina. The Yellow Collared Macaw is one of the smallest Macaws and breeders call it

Breeding Pet Birds – Canaries

[ad#blod-ad] Incubation A canary had a time of incubation of about 13

Keeping Your Pet Birds in Indoor aviaries

[ad#blod-ad] Rather than keeping just one bird in a cage, you may decide to set up a block of small aviaries. Each of these aviaries can measure 60x60x60cm(24x24x24in) and you could build up a group of 12 against one wall. Such banks of aviaries have proved very successful for breeding finches and they are also [...]

Breeding Pet birds -Once the chicks have hatched

[ad#blod-ad] Once the chicks have arrived, make sure they have plenty of food. Young chicks eat vast amounts; in fact, you may need to double the amount of food you normally feed to your adult birds. If food becomes scarce, it is quite common for birds to kill their young or stop feeding them. The [...]

Breeding Your Pet Birds

[ad#blod-ad] Be sure to buy your stock from a well-known source, either a reputable breeder or someone who has been recommended to you. The time spent selecting good stock and paying that little extra is well worth it, because it will save you so many problems later on.Be sure that the stock is unrelated. Do [...]