The greatest satisfaction comes from having parent birds rear their young, just as in nature. Circumstances may however at times compel a bird lover to hand rear the chicks or to tame them through hand rearing. Whatever the reason for hand rearing, it must… Read more

Life is not possible without water. Water is a primary necessity of life. The water ingestion of birds varies widely. Canaries and wild birds need proportionally more liquid by nature than small tropical birds and Australian parakeets, for instance. Read more

Birds in nature are ready to brood when the circumstances (time, light, temperature and food) develop favourably in their biotope. Usually after the (cold) wet period, the gradual increase in light, rise in temperature and wider variation of food sources b… Read more