www.hwbbs.co.uk Bird Care
Many of our club members have very successfully bred birds for many years. Successful bird breeding is about providing the right environment and nutrition, especially show birds which are the equivalent of pedigree dogs with all the attention required. Come along to our monthly members meetings and you’ll find decades of hands on bird care information willingly and freely available. Some of the basics are:
SPACE. Many domestcated birds have been in captivity for hundreds, in some cases thousands of year, they are very used to confined spaces, however virtually every breeder will tell you an unexercised bird and hence unfit will be a poor breeder, indicating that excercise is good for a bird’s
wellbeing.
DIET. Not indifferent to ourselves variety is
important, the scope of that
variety depends on the bird being kept, again not unlike ourselves if that diet is very restricted then vitamin and mineral suppliments are frequently included yo ake up for deficits.
GRIT etc. Birds do not have teeth and many birds are seed eaters, seeds are not very digestable and with no teeth to break the seed up they swallow grit, they then use the grit in their gut to grind up the seeds. Out in the wild birds have to work much harder to gain there food, during this activity they are continuously wearing down their claws and bills, in capitiity with a mcuh easier lifestyle you have to ensure yo provide facilities for a bird to wear the bill down and you may find you need to trim toenails.
MIXING. Again ask advice, some birds are happy in colony, in many cases two cocks in the space will do their best to kill each other. Some varieties happily mix others will never be happy with one another.
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