Breeding Your Budgerigars - A Guide of How to Start Up Your Own Breeding Aviary


Book Description

This vintage book contains a complete guide to starting your own breeding aviary, including tips on aviary construction, cages, birds to pick, possible setbacks, hatching, and any ailments your birds may pick up. Complete with a wealth of invaluable information and a large number of helpful illustrations, this volume constitutes a must-read for anyone looking to build their own aviary, and would make for a great addition to collections of allied literature. The chapters of this book include: “Aviculture”, “Housing the Budgerigar”, “Appliances”, “Breeding”, “The Breeding Season”, “Management in the Breeding Season”, “Colour Varieties”, and “Ailments and Their Treatment”. Many antiquarian books such as this are increasingly hard to come by and expensive, and it is with this in mind that we are republishing this book now in an affordable, high quality edition. It comes complete with a specially commissioned new introduction on aviculture.




A Guide to Popular Conures as Pet and Aviary Birds


Book Description

Chapters include general management, care, and breeding of pet and breeder birds with information gleamed from various breeders across the world. Individual chapters present on 13 of the most popular conures kept in captivity. Chapter on health and diseases is written by an avian veterinarian.




Your Dream Pet Bird: Everything You Need to Know to Start Right With Lovebirds and Cockatiels


Book Description

Complete bird care for two of the world's most popular pet birds, cockatiels and lovebirds... Contains the complete text of both guides, Your Dream Pet Lovebird and Your Dream Pet Cockatiel. Includes a guide to cockatiel body language. Learn to read your cockatiel's moods like a book. This complete twenty-first-century guide will give you everything you need to get started with lovebirds and cockatiels-- even if you're a complete beginner. *Your Dream Pet Lovebird Want a single pocket pet? This book will explain why it is mission critical to begin with a young, healthy, hand-raised lovebird. And it will teach you what all bird owners should know to choose, bond with, and care for your perfect pet lovebird. Want to keep aviary birds for their beauty? Want to explore the mysteries of breeding them for their wide variety of color mutations? This book, while not an exhaustive guide to breeding and hand-feeding lovebirds, will give you a taste of what's involved and allow you to decide if you're ready to take your hobby further. *Your Dream Pet Cockatiel This complete twenty-first-century guide will give you everything you need to get started with your pet cockatiel, one of the world's most popular pet birds. Even if you're completely new to keeping a bird as a pet, this compact but complete book will give you the tools you need to develop a long-lasting relationship with your feathered companion. Looking for a loyal shoulder bird who will play with you and maybe learn to whistle some tunes? This book will help you make good decisions to select the highest quality pet. Follow the easy steps inside to create an ongoing bond with your dream cockatiel. Thinking about starting an aviary to display or breed the striking cockatiel mutations? This book, while not an exhaustive guide to breeding and hand-feeding 'tiels, will help you decide if you're ready to go down that path. Cockatiels are right-sized, easy-to-handle birds who fit well into our modern lives and homes. This concise, experience-based guide will help you get the best from your new pet.




A Complete Practical Guide to Caged & Aviary Birds


Book Description

Step-by-step instructions on birdcare in the home or outdoor aviary, with 250 photographs of types.




A Guide to Exhibiting and Showing your Budgerigars


Book Description

This antiquarian volume comprises a complete guide to exhibiting and showing budgerigars, including tips on exhibition cages, breeding winners, preparing and washing your budgerigar, and a guide to judging and the points systems. This comprehensive and profusely illustrated handbook is highly recommended for modern budgerigar enthusiasts, and constitutes a must-read for those with an interest in entering budgerigar competitions. The chapters of this book include: “Exhibiting”, “How to Breed Winners”, “Preparing for Exhibition”, “How to Wash a Budgerigar”, “Judging”, “Points for Colour”, “Masks, Spots and Wing-Markings”, “Undesirable Features”, and “Good Husbandry Pays”. This antiquarian book is being republished now in an affordable, modern edition - complete with a specially commissioned new introduction on aviculture.




Guide to Owning a Zebra Finch


Book Description

This exciting and beautifully photographed Zebra Finch book contains valuable and authoritative information in a sensible and easy-to-read style.




A Brief Description of the Cockatiel - A Guide on Breeding, Habitat, Habits and How to Train, Tame and Care for Your Cockatiel


Book Description

This antiquarian volume contains "A Brief Description of the Cockatiel", being a detailed guide on breeding, habitat, habits; and how to train, tame, and cage your cockatiel. Complete with a wealth of invaluable anecdotal information and detailed, step-by-step instructions, this guide is highly recommended for those with an practical interest in the cockatiel, and would make for a great addition to collections of allied literature. The chapters of this book include: “The Breeding of Cockatiels”, “Habitat and Wild Life”, “Plumage”, “Sexual Distinction”, “Young”, “Breeding”, “General Notes”, “How to Breed, Tame, and Teach to Talk”, “Sexing the Birds”, “Room for Breeding”, “On Buying Birds”, “Nesting and Nest Boxes”, etcetera. Many antiquarian books such as this are increasingly hard to come by and expensive, and it is with this in mind that we are republishing this book now in an affordable, high quality edition. It comes complete with a specially commissioned new introduction on aviculture.







Grassfinches in Australia


Book Description

An up-to-date, fully illustrated monograph on all Australian species of grassfinches.







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