Cage & Aviary Birds

FOLLOWING A THREE-YEAR absence, the East Anglian Fife Fancy Canary Club (FFCC) show is to make its return this October. Organisers of the annual event were disappointed to have to cancel the event in 2020, 2021 and 2022 owing to the covid pandemic an

“I SIT in my shed with my kids. Why have livestock if your kids cannot get involved? Many people advise you not to let kids in because they might scare the birds. But mine know not to go in there without dad.” - Rich Nightingale finds that his young

THE THREE WINNERS of our August Tropican giveaway to win a 2kg bag of Hand-Feeding Formula are: Karen Walker, loW; Lawrence Broome, Addlestone; and John Brooks, Ripley. Congratulations! Your prizes are on the way. Tropican says its Hand-Feeding Formu

AS EVER, THIS season has gone quickly with many species breeding well and others disappointing. This is always an avian issue rather than a mammalian one! Generally, if you put a male and female mammal together they will produce healthy active young.

A MID-VICTORIAN “sensation” novel - Lady Audley's Secret by Mary Elizabeth Braddon, published in 1862 - features a young barrister who owns canaries. In Chapter 5, “one canary was singing a shrill hymn to the setting sun.” And in Chapter 19, “the can

‘LET THE MARKETS decide,” intoned Mrs Thatcher throughout the 1980s. Her medicine for Britain was neoliberalism, which holds, in a definition I’ve just read, that “everything has a price and, if markets are freed to determine that price, prosperity a

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SINCE Mrs Rogerson first developed the Gloster in the 1920s, the breed has changed significantly and it is now in my opinion at its most pleasing. The Gloster will continue to develop, but the Gloster fancy needs to be aware that the breed has to be

IT HAS been my worst ever season with this species. Usually, after pairing up in April, they’re built up and are incubating eggs within a week or two. However, this season they began slowly, with a lot of clear eggs in the first round and some in the

THE show is not far away now, so here are some of the important details that are relevant for the weekend. If you have any doubts about exhibiting, remember that you can still bring your birds on the Friday evening and this year on the Saturday morni

DAVID Cheshire is a name that most of us are familiar with on the show circuit. This Oxford-based novice Fife keeper and exhibitor has been very successful and became the Fife Canary Council’s Novice Fife Fancier of the Year for 2022 on the basis of

C&AB TEAM PICKS THEIR FAVORITE ENTRY EACH MONTH SEND us your birdkeeping pictures and we’ll publish them on this page. Each month the C&AB team will pick their favourite picture(s)! Simply email your picture to: birds.general@kelsey.co.uk with “Reade

ON JULY 16 the society held a members’ bird show. Members were encouraged to bring along any species of birds that they kept. More than 30 birds were entered and were split into three sections: 1. Australian finches. 2. Any other seedeating variety.

CORK SHOW BIRD SOCIETY centenary year open show will be held on November 4-5 at North Monastery School, Cork. All enquiries to Tom O’Regan on 0872 400 276. CINDERFORD CBS open show October 29 2023 at Drybrook Social Club GL179JA. Judging at 10am. Mor

SWINDON BS Pinetrees Centre, Swindon, Wiltshire SN2 1QR. Tel: 01285 861 772 MID ESSEX BS Blackmore Village Hall, Nine Ashes Road, Ingatestone, Essex CM4 OQR Visit: https://midessexbs.co.uk FORTH VALLEY BS Bowhouse Community Centre, 130 Bowhouse Road,

ABERDEEN BS- September 14, Northern Bowling Club, Orchard Road, Aberdeen AB24 3DP, 7.30pm. Club business and inter-club comp date to discuss. New members welcome. Enquiries: 01358 721 550. BASILDON CBS-September 11, Northlands Park Community Centre,

THE society recently held a midsummer show. Results as follows: best in show, best intermediate any age (AA) and best intermediate young bird (YB), Mark Strong. Best novice YB, Brian Cannon; best champion YB, Andy Billington; best novice AA, Chris Cl

HERE are the results with photos of the South West Lanes BS second young stock show held on June 11 2023. There were 33 birds benched. Main awards: best young bird (YB) in show, best champion young bird, Brian Anderson; best intermediate YB, Mark Str