Cage & Aviary Birds

Preparing for pairing

ZEBRA FINCHES

NEW year has arrived and a new breeding season approaches! The aim of many zebra finch fanciers is to have chicks in the nest ready for ringing as soon as the closed rings are issued at the start of the year. In my own birdroom, pairing up is now usually an activity for the first part of the new year. With some of the zebra shows now taking place later in

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