Photo: © Shutterstock.com/Paul Reeves Photography. The longevity record for wild Baltimore orioles is 11 years, in captivity they have been kept for more than 14 years Bright, tuneful and with an elegant mating display, the Baltimore oriole has lots going for…
Photo: Geoff Gradwell. Priceless memories: Geoff aged 11 with awards he had won as a junior. This was about the time that he joined the Foreign Bird League (FBL) After more than half a century of keeping, breeding and…
Photo: Dave Brown. So far this year, Dave has more than 60 chicks in the birdroom with a good few normals scattered about Things are going well in the birdroom for Dave Brown and he is making progress with his…
Photo: Tony Edwards. Tony had a major step forward with pink-eyed whites (albinos) in 2011 and usually gets good results from this colour. Early days, but the 2018 breeding season has proved fruitful for TONY EDWARDS, with certain colours doing…
Above: Lee Clarke with the partnership’s winning zebra finches at the Australian Finch Society’s members’ show in 2016 When LEE CLARKE decided to come back to birdkeeping after a break of nearly 20 years, he picked up straight where he left…
Photo: Dave Brown. Breeding is underway with the normals as Dave tries to enhance his line Heavy feather around the vent, late pairings, weight gain and human error were just some of the factors that made an appearance during Dave Brown’s…
Above: Chairman Dave Harris mans the AFS stand at the 2017 National Exhibition where it launched an English version of the Dutch book Australian finches and their mutations THE AUSTRALIAN FINCH Society (AFS) is appealing to members old and new to…
Photo: Tony Edwards. As part of his new venture into other colours, Tony plans to pair this young crested dilute chocolate & white cock, which is split for albino, with an albino hen Starting out with a new colour or…
Photo: Tony Edwards. Tony uses clear, plastic or ceramic dishes to offer eggfood and soaked seed to his Bengalese finches. These ones are part of a mixed group currently being assessed. While Bengalese can survive on a basic diet, TONY EDWARDS…
Photo: Dave Brown. Savvy novice: it was a successful first outing to the Northern Ireland Gloster Club show for Adrian – he won best novice cinnamon as well as best novice buff. Dave Brown meets ADRIAN SHIELS, an exceptionally versatile and…