Cage & Aviary Birds

Q&A: Wellbeing, plus some extra zing

“I am new to birds and I often hear other birdkeepers referring without explanation to ‘condition’. What types of condition are there?

WHEN fanciers talk about “condition”, they are usually referring to one of three elements in the annual cycle of our birds. These can be described as general condition, breeding condition and show condition.

is to both birdkeeper and (probably) the birds the most important of the three types, because

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