Germinated Seeds, Minerals, Quantity of food and feeding groups
09/03/2010
Most birds enjoy germinated seeds, which provide a rich source of Vitamins A and E. Presoaking in lukewarm water for about half a day is necessary to convert starch into dextrin, a form of sugar. Thoroughly rinse the seed in clean water...
Domesticated, Coloured and Pet Canaries
09/03/2010
Feeding canaries is very much the same as all small seed-eating birds and over generations the champion breeders and showmen, particularly of the Type Canaries, have developed their own particular seed formulas...
A Balanced Diet is Essential
09/03/2010
During the digestive process, carbohydrates are broken down into glucose, the primary fuel in the body’s metabolic cycle. Surplus carbohydrates are converted into fat, which provides an essential store of energy but can...
Bird Clinic
09/03/2010
Parasitic skin diseases caused by the burrowing mange mite cnemidocoptes pilae, which lives its whole life feeding on keratin in the skin around the face and legs. Birds affected occasionally...
Budgie Breeding Calendar
09/03/2010
Budgerigars enjoy and benefit from fresh and clean greenfoods and chickweed suits them admirably. However, dandelion leaves, groundsel and many green-leaved vegetables like parsley, spinach, lettuce and cabbage are...
Canary Care Calendar
10/03/2010
After a few hundred years of domestication in our European climate our canaries will now survive conditions much the same as our native resident finches and their annual life cycle and natural behaviour will be very similar. Any differences may...
The Breeding Season
10/03/2010
The breeding season is with us already in our birdrooms and many are observing the offspring very closely in the hope that they will be show winners. Some will be delighted that their birds are just showing interest in going to nest while others are just living...
It’s time to bring our birds into breeding condition.
15/03/2012
We are now approaching that time of the year when birdsong is said to be at its loudest. It used to be during the first week of April but changes in weather patterns seem to have stirred our native species to start...
Different birds, different tastes - Part 1 Domesticated Foreign Finches and Zebra Finches
24/04/2012
A three part series lokking at how to cater for finches, small Parrot-like and Budgerigars by Tony Tilford starting with Part 1 - Domesticated Foreign Finches and Zebra Finches
Different birds, different tastes - Part 2 Bengalese Finches and Gouldian Finches
26/04/2012
Thank you for joining us on part two of this journey, looking at how Haith’s cater for finches (Domesticated Foreign, Zebra, Bengalese, Gouldian Finches), small Parrot-like and Budgerigars too. This week, we’re looking at Bengalese Finches and Gouldian Finches:
Different birds, different tastes - Part 3 Domesticated Small Parrot-like and Budgerigars
30/04/2012
Thank you for joining us on the final part of this journey, looking at how Haith’s cater for finches (Domesticated Foreign, Zebra, Bengalese, Gouldian Finches), small Parrot-like and Budgerigars too. This week, we’re looking at Domesticated Small Parrot-like and Budgerigars
Big Brother technology helps take “Stock”.
03/05/2012
A month ago most of southern England was declared to be in drought and spring seemed to be at least a couple of weeks early but then April arrived and on and off it has rained ever since. The implications this has for birds is mainly concerned with those species encouraged into early breeding activity by the warm dry spell and then suffering from getting cold and wet as they hatch and are fledging; without...