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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PARROTS & PEOPLE

My experience with registration • Reader PAUL JUPE explains how registration with APHA has worked for him, and describes a random spot visit from an APHA inspector during a known local outbreak of bird flu

Cage & Aviary Birds

How to give a club talk • Vastly experienced as a speaker on the club and society circuit, KEITH LEEDHAM is perfectly placed to advise on the practical aspects of public speaking – and as he makes clear, it's very rewarding once you've got the basics right

Bring back that synching feeling • It doesn't half help when canaries breed in a co-ordinated way! Mind you, says VICKY BROWN, if the outcome is healthy youngsters, the timing's not so important

Just Fancy That! • Reflections from the lighter side of birdkeeping,

Finch-breeding, Thirties-style • In this further extract from The Foreigner magazine of 1935, SANDY HAY finds plenty of interest in the management advice for would-be breeders of parrotfinches and other species

Adam's progress with Norwich • In the April 17 issue, we met ADAM CARSON, who has added a substantial stud of Norwich canaries to his birdroom, alongside his native finches. Here we learn how these wonderful canaries have become Adam's chief interest. Report by STEVE DOMINEY

A marshland favourite • Always cherished in aviculture, the bearded reedling is one of those species that reveals more and more of interest the more you investigate. BILL NAYLOR is definitely a fan

Another shade of pied • Last week, HEIN VAN GROUW discussed the pied mutation in Barbary dove. Here he illustrates a distinct ‘pied’ type with a distinctly unsuitable name: the Californian

Canaries Month by Month: • It's ‘steady as we go’ for Brian's nesting Yorkshires, while from the club scene he reports important developments on the horizon, and back in the birdroom he experiments with making all-wire even better by adding some green and black

Deciding when it's decision time • The game of keepers and movers can be a bit too much like snakes and ladders, but if you follow DAVE BROWN'S guidelines for young bird retention, you stand a good chance of making overall progress

Century on the horizon • With nearly a hundred chicks closed-ringed on cue, TONY EDWARDS continues to be encouraged by the 2024 breeding performance of his stud, across all his chosen colours

Club News • Welcome to the club and show pages – the bit that's all about you

Dave and Rob's budgie safari to the desert

Novices are Southport knockout champs

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Club roundup • Show reports, dates, club notices