FEATURE
cocoa fibre to the inner section my birds refused to enter it. With my first Lineolated this was the trigger that started them. Always remember that your birds may not have read the same books and articles that you have! Kept in a flock in an outside aviary, Mountains are far too curious to stay in their boxes,. A small flock of my birds went to Paradise Park at Hayle in Cornwall some time ago. David Woolcock, the Curator, finds them delightful little birds and a hit with the visitors because of their active and friendly nature. Mountains kept outdoors seem to generally nest later in the season – July/August onwards. Indoors it can probably be any time they are fit to breed. I give my birds (which are in artificial light) their boxes towards the end of the year and they usually
The eldest at 33 days. Six adults also shared this box at night!
Mountains kept outdoors seem to generally nest later in the season – July/August onwards. Indoors it can probably be any time they are fit to breed. I give my birds (which are in artificial light) their boxes towards the end of the year and they usually go down (if they are going to) by February –
go down (if they are going to) by February – thus staying true to their southern hemisphere origins. Because my birds did not seem particularly impressed with their “special” boxes I tried them with standard budgie and grass parakeet boxes. They showed no interest in the horizontal budgie boxes but took to the grass parakeet boxes with no problem – I now give them nothing else.
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