How to keep pet birds.
[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 [...]
[ad#blod-ad] As with many aspects of successful birdkeeping, taming your bird requires a great deal of patience; do not expect results within a few days. Try starting off by offering the bird little titbits of its favourite food through the cage, but do not be alarmed if it initially backs away from your hand, because [...]
[ad#blod-ad] In a softbill aviary, where birds may be flying high up or perched on the ground, it is a good idea to have two sets of dishes. Change the position of the dishes on the ground as often as possible, so that no single area of the aviary becomes irreparably damaged. There are two [...]
[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 [...]