Cage & Aviary Birds

Canaries Month by Month: DECEMBER

DECEMBER seems to have arrived in the blink of an eye this year. No sooner had the canary breeding season ended than the moult came and went, surplus stock disappeared and the show season got underway. Then, before we knew it, we were at the tail end, winding up the shows ready for conditioning our birds for 2022 and everything that may bring.

For a variety of reasons, my show season has been reduced to a mere two events this year: the YCC show in Saltaire, and the Northern YCC in Northallerton in December. The rumour-mongers all prattled on about bird flu cancelling our activities once again, but thankfully APHA clearly states that bird gatherings for species other than poultry, ducks, geese,

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