Cage & Aviary Birds

The time of peak numbers

‘FROM THE BIRDROOM’

AT THE time of writing, several of my adult birds have entered the moult, while a small handful continue their breeding activities. Many of the young birds are working their way through the moult, providing the almost hourly pile of feathers all over the birdroom floor.

It has been that difficult stage of the season for caging the birds, but as hens have finished breeding they have freed up more cage space for the young birds. With good numbers of young Fifes again this year, I have installed the temporary all-wire

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