Featured Member – Pete Bull
After some 33 years of breeding foreign birds, starting with Zebra’s and Bengalese, then Australian (Gouldians, Diamonds, Stars, Hecks and Parsons) with some really good
DEAD IN SHELL YOUNGSTERS
By Dr Colin Walker BSc, BVSc, MRCVS, MACVSc (Avian health) With breeding now in full swing I receive regular calls from fanciers that fertile eggs are failing
100 years of the Gloster in Pictures [1920-2020].
It does us all good to reflect on things past. Doing so enables us to make changes to “modernise” “bring things up to date” “correct
Perfecting True Lines
Most serious canary fanciers accept that the quickest way to establish a winning stud, which can in turn produce high quality young, is by line
How to use a crop tube / needle.
When birds fall ill, or young nestlings need additional feeding they need as much supportive care as we can provide which includes supplemental crop feeding
Show birds – preparing for travel and stress
Experience tells us that the most vulnerable times in the lives of most cage birds occurs when they are being shown or sold. By understanding
Selecting your Glosters
This is the time of the year to think about the selection of the birds you will keep for next year’s breeding. These are the
2022 Year book – Call to Action
A new team is in place to produce and deliver you a Quality Full Colour Year Book. Craig Biddle [Print & Distribution], Alan Hayward Jnr
The use of Yellows in a Gloster Breeding Program – Part III
We need variety. In concluding this series I recap some of the points and make an opinion that using yellow can achieve yours goals as
The use of Yellows in a Gloster Breeding Program – Part II
Second in a Three Part Series Part Two. Developing the selection criteria for a yellow feathered Gloster. In this the second part of the series