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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Editor's Letter

Cage & Aviary Birds

gail Harland's WATERBIRDS

Managing the move • Longstanding birdman LAURENCE EDGAR has done much to promote the fancy in Northern Ireland through his club involvement. DAVE BROWN recently spoke to him about his birds, a house move and the construction of a new birdroom

Early birdroom memories • Far-off recollections of the set-up maintained by ANDY EARLY‘s great-grandfather give a view on another era of the fancy – yet Andy has successfully adapted some of the old man's methods

Breeding season 2024: a summary • Focusing on a small stud of high-quality Scots and Belgians, DONALD SKINNER-REID has enjoyed a less-than-classic year for breeding, albeit with some good surprises mixed in

‘Miniature’ zebs with a wild beauty • Responding to a reader query, DAVE BROWN introduces the lovely little Timor zebra finch, a foreign hardbill that deserves more attention and interest from UK fanciers

Before the BS: cutting-edge breeding • Last month, in advance of next year's Budgerigar Society centenary, we began to explore what the budgie hobby was like before the BS was founded. We saw how the newly appeared blue factor birds had begun to capture breeders’ interests and this letter from Cage Birds, August 16, 1924 shows how seriously one breeder took his blues. Mr Jackson's letter also proves that many of today's familiar breeding setbacks were already setting fanciers back a century ago

Made for the high life • Cage and aviary birds, like all avian species, are as they are because of progressive adjustments their ancestors made to cope with various environments. In the first of three articles on adaptation to circumstances, PAUL DONOVAN considers the canopy-dwellers

Sexing young Fifes • Even veteran Fife breeders regularly get their young birds’ gender wrong! Forget the myths about sexing, says TERRY KELLY, there are solid clues that separate the hes from the shes

If conditions are right, let them breed • No control-freak when it comes to curtailing the nesting season, David has been experiencing that ‘will-they-won't-they’ brand of excitement well into the summer

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

Club roundup • Show reports, dates, club notices

What's on this Week • Club meetings nationwide