Cage & Aviary Birds

Cage & Aviary Birds is written by bird experts for bird fanciers and is packed with club, show and bird related news, advice, birds for sale and comment. Established in 1902, Cage & Aviary Birds provides a wealth of practical advice and tips from the top names in the bird world, plus opinion, controversy, species and hobbyist profiles and nostalgia.

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Cage & Aviary Birds

Old keys to breeding success • Several factors favoured British softbill breeders in past decades - and some of those factors had at least six legs! TERRY KELLY explains. Continues from C&AB February 19

Our Canaries: the 1911 classic by Claude St John • At last, this famous book has come BRIAN KEENAN's way - and it's as full of insights and fascinating fancy history as he'd always hoped. Here, he shares some of the highlights

Breeding on two fronts: little and large • Like many budgie breeders, SAM WILDES enjoys the varied pleasures of working with both exhibition and colour birds. The result? Multiple interesting projects, as he now explains

Breeding the zebbies of today • The distinct ‘British’ type of show zebra may have evolved more quickly than any other exhibition breed. DAVE BROWN sums up the approach needed for success. It’s challenging but it’s also fun

Breeding problems and growing pains • How has the approach to breeding birds changed in the zoo world? BILL NAYLOR considers the different priorities then and now, and looks back fondly to the early days of tropical houses

Breeding blackcaps in 2024 • No proper spring weather? No problem! NIGEL HIGGINS tells us how his trusty pair of this lovely softbill species did the business for him last year, and recommends the blackcap to those who fancy trying out softbill breeding for the first time

Northumbrian Notes • For this special issue, Austin considers not only how breeding has changed but also the alterations in management and the birds themselves during his time in birdkeeping

Mite, light, feed, housing: improvements all round • DAVE BROWN reckons that you can still keep canary breeding dead simple, yet there’s no doubt that product innovation has driven better standards of management

Can captive breeding help to save the wild swift parrot? • ‘Not on its own’ is DAVID WAUGH’S candid assessment, as he explains how scientists are using smart computer modelling to predict how different breeding programmes would work

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