A guide of how to start up your own breeding aviary, with tips on aviary construction, cages, birds to pick, possible setbacks, hatching and any ailments your birds may pick up.

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.

Table of Contents Introduction Your Budgie as a Pet Getting to Know More about Your Lovebird Breeding Season Male or female budgie? Different Colors of Budgies Choosing the Perfect Budgie Specimen Housing for Your Birdies Advantages of Making Your Own Cages Tier boxes Drinking water fount Diet for your birds Management of Your Birds Baby Chicks Marketing your birds Diseases and Treatment Conclusion Author Bio Publisher Introduction Budgerigars, also known as the Australian parakeets, budgies, or lovebirds have begun to grow more popular as the best choice for a caged bird pet for children and also a bird for breeding and profit. This book is now going to tell you all about how you can raise budgerigars, whether it is to bring cheer into your house, or just for breeding purposes. Every year, more and more people are looking for the best pet choice for a pet perhaps to keep a little child amused and happy, and also to breed this undoubtedly very sweet and fascinating little bird. Budgerigar societies are coming up all over the World, where the care, the breeding, and tips and techniques on how you can keep your little lovebirds happy and healthy are shared openly to other budgerigar breeders all over the World. So before I tell you more about how you can indulge in either what is going to be a very amusing hobby, or perhaps give you a lifetime source of profit. The only problem is that once you keep them as pets, you may just not want to sell them!

Table of Contents Introduction Your Budgie as a Pet Getting to Know More about Your Lovebird Breeding Season Male or female budgie? Different Colors of Budgies Choosing the Perfect Budgie Specimen Housing for Your Birdies Advantages of Making Your Own Cages Tier boxes Drinking water fount Diet for your birds Management of Your Birds Baby Chicks Marketing your birds Diseases and Treatment Conclusion Author Bio Publisher Introduction Budgerigars, also known as the Australian parakeets, budgies, or lovebirds have begun to grow more popular as the best choice for a caged bird pet for children and also a bird for breeding and profit. This book is now going to tell you all about how you can raise budgerigars, whether it is to bring cheer into your house, or just for breeding purposes. Every year, more and more people are looking for the best pet choice for a pet perhaps to keep a little child amused and happy, and also to breed this undoubtedly very sweet and fascinating little bird. Budgerigar societies are coming up all over the World, where the care, the breeding, and tips and techniques on how you can keep your little lovebirds happy and healthy are shared openly to other budgerigar breeders all over the World. So before I tell you more about how you can indulge in either what is going to be a very amusing hobby, or perhaps give you a lifetime source of profit. The only problem is that once you keep them as pets, you may just not want to sell them!

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.

This antiquarian book contains a complete guide to the budgerigar, with information on its natural history, breeding, general management, and more. A timeless guide containing everything an existing or prospective budgerigar keeper might need to know, this volume is a must-have for those with a practical interest in the subject, and it would make for a great addition to collections of related literature. The chapters of this book include: “Description Parrots – Psittacidae”, “Capture and Importation”, “Breeding Developments”, “Buying”, “Cages and Their Construction”, “Birdrooms and Aviaries”, “Foods and Feeding”, “Keeping the Birds Healthy”, “As a Talker and Pet”, “Breeding”, “Breeding Difficulties”, etcetera. This vintage text is being republished now in an affordable, modern, high quality edition - complete with a specially commissioned new introduction on aviculture.

This text contains a complete yet concise treatise on owning parakeets for beginner and advanced breeders, covering every aspect of their keeping from breeding to training, and everything in between. A great addition to any collection of avicultural literature, this text is not to be missed by parakeet enthusiasts. The chapters contained within this book include: History, Description, Training, Taming, Talking, Feeding, General Care, Breeding, and Color Breeding. Many antique books such as this are increasingly rare and costly, and we are proud to republish this book now complete with a new introduction on aviculture and in the hope that the information contained herein can be of use to discerning readers for years to come.