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.

A fitting farewell to Fred

Out with the old…

QUOTE of the WEEK

Also in the news…

Haith’s welcomes UKBC members for special visit

First flamingo egg in five years is given a warm welcome

A fantastic day of birds, conservation and catching

PARROTS & PEOPLE

A new museum for the fancy

THAT CRYSTAL PALACE MEDAL

Editor’s Letter

Cage & Aviary Birds

INTERVIEW: Kieran Connolly • The pool of Fife talent in Ireland is deep, as DAVID SHELBOURNE can confirm, and here he profiles a former Irish fancy breeder from the Republic, who’s now a champion with his Fifes

A simple guide to feeding zebra finches • There’s no need to complicate matters when it comes to diet: your zebras can be fed perfectly well on this straightforward and long-established regimen, says LARRY MANN

How progressive greying was proven • Recent evidence has overturned many assumptions about colour-aberrant birds, as HEIN VAN GROUW explains via a striking case study. Article concludes from the June 12 issue

Moult tactics breed by breed • Moult management is now accepted as a critical aspect of stockmanship. Some of it’s generic, says DAVE BROWN, and other techniques need to be applied for particular varieties

A top exhibition coo-er • Few doves sound as soothing as the lovely little zebra dove, and BILL NAYLOR explains that its charms don’t stop there

Kruger: last part of our bird-fest • Concluding his article of May 29, DARREN SEFTON recalls the fabulous bird and wildlife sightings from his self-drive trip to Kruger NP - and reveals he’s going back for more soon

2024, the year of the hens • It’s time for those early appraisals of CYB youngsters and in DAVE BROWN’S case he’s pretty happy - though in terms of numbers it’s very much ‘girls on top’!

From the archives: South Africa’s fancy • At FRED WRIGHT’s recent funeral, his friend Rafiq Sangay, of South Africa, spoke movingly about Fred’s commitment to the budgerigar community of that country. As a tribute to Fred’s insight, we reproduce this article he wrote in the February 22, 2012 issue - as usual, speaking his mind with freedom

READERS’ GALLERY

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

LEA stalwart Mick Widdowson welcomed at Ipswich

50 years of Seven Counties

Club roundup • Show reports, dates, club notices

OPEN SHOW CALENDAR JULY-AUGUST 2024

What’s on this Week • Club meetings nationwide