BY RAY HOLLAND


SOFTBILLS PAST – PRESENT & FUTURE?


Breeding Softbills. However, there are almost certainly many who are more clued up on this subject than me but here goes. I did a very limited survey of local


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breeders covering the last two years- 2018 and 2019 and from the 5 breeders 12 birds were bred in total, of these 5


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y good friend Les Rance (Secretary of the Parrot Society) asked me for information on


were White Cheeked Touracos. Two of the breeders had no results over this period including myself. My own non breeding record in fact goes back 4 years. Very disappointing as at the start of each new season there are usually some reasons for optimism. There are various reasons for the lack of success and this is my own take on the situation. For a start breeding softbills has never been easy. Having a


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