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fighting between the pair, this makes for harmony within the aviary and generally good breeding results. I only keep one pair in each flight, these are 15’ long and 3’ wide, the height varies as I have a sloping roof on their aviaries which are double wired to ensure that the cocks do not fight and damage toes of neighbours. As their breeding season does not occur until the warmer weather there seem less problems with infertile eggs than often feature with the earlier breeding birds. Australian Kings are not fussy eaters and as a staple diet a good quality parakeet mixture seems to serve them well. I attempt to give them ‘extras’ right through the year. Through the winter on a 4 day rota I give egg food on day 1, day 2 they receive fruit (apples grapes and orange) and vegetables (peas carrots and beetroot)
day 3 no supplementation and on day 4 germinated seed (safflower, wheat and sunflower) unless the weather is freezing. As I purchase the safflower, wheat and sunflower in individual bags they are called ‘straight seeds’ as they are not in a mixture and therefore I am not charged VAT which reduces my seed bill by 20% a considerable saving. The germinated seeds are soaked in individual bowls for 12 hours, the water is drained off and the seeds washed through. They are then placed in a heater at 28 to 32 centigrade, they are washed through every 12 hours and as soon as they start to chit (the shoot starts to show) they are then ready to feed, do not allow the shoot to grow longer than ¼” because the increased vitamin content quickly reduces as the shoot grows. This rotation allows them to
The germinated seeds are soaked in individual bowls for 12 hours, the water is drained off and the seeds washed through. They are then placed in a heater at 28 to 32 centigrade, they are washed through every 12 hours and as soon as they start to chit (the shoot starts to show) they are then ready to feed…
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