Cage & Aviary Birds - November 13, 2019

In this issue

SOFTBILLS
Breeding successes in both hemispheres, and a first overview of a brilliant babbler.

BUDGIES
Sunday at the Club Show: the best day of the year?

Swords at the cutting edge

DAVE BROWN reports from a most memorable two-day event just outside Dublin

3 mins

Birdkeeping Or Bird Farming?

Looking after our birds is much like a farmer tending to their livestock, writes not so old (Mac)Donald Skinner-reid

3 mins

A babbler with potential

GARY BRALSFORD likes the look of a Turdoides species that has recently become available among softbill enthusiasts in this country, and shares some other of his month’s highlights

2 mins

Heating and lighting basics for the birdroom

If you have any aspiration to breed birds, you must provide them with the best heat and light conditions you can afford. The outlay may not be huge, but there are more choices involved than you might think! FRED WRIGHT takes a holistic view involving the entire birdroom

10+ mins

Feather By Feather

This month former British birdkeeper JARROD COTTER scrutinises the majestic white stork, which through a captive-bred release programme is being reintroduced to breed wild in Britain for the first time in centuries

2 mins

My Sunday at the Club Show

JON ASHBY completes his personal overview of the great weekend at the Dome

2 mins

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Cage & Aviary Birds Magazine Description:

Cage & Aviary Birds, established in 1902, is the world's only weekly newspaper dedicated to bird keeping. Our paper edition is published every Wednesday, while this blog is updated regularly. For over 100 years this magazine has reported and advised on the show scene and best practice for looking after pet birds.