Cage & Aviary Birds

Borders are bigger and better than I thought!

I WANTED to take a moment to make a shout-out to those gents who have helped me in my first year of keeping Border canaries. Ian from Wessex had the idea of setting up the WhatsApp group that I, Neil, Mark and Dave have joined; we are all novices and the WhatsApp group allowed us to ask each other questions – with Ian, as our experienced, champion breeder, stepping in to offer advice when necessary.

It’s not always possible to visit a breeder to ask questions, and it’s not always appropriate to phone someone to ask a question; in my experience, something might happen or I might just remember an issue at a daft time of the day or night, so all

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