Cage & Aviary Birds

Clearly the best cock bird

‘FROM THE BIRDROOM’

THE 2022 breeding season began with a good strength of quality Fife canaries in the birdroom. There was a group of birds, all of which were related to one another, comprising 15 cock birds and 34 hens. Those are what I have worked with.

Both the number of cock birds and hens in the breeding team were a little higher than I had planned. Even so, all of the hens had a purpose and it was only the best cock birds that I would pair with more than one hen. The quantity of hens

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