Cage & Aviary Birds Magazine

25 January 2023

Hand-rearing is a serious skill, often a last resort, not to be undertaken lightly. This week we hear from intrepid keeper Issy Wright, whose mission is to hand-rear a whole flock of young flamingos at Cotswold Wildlife Park! The shrimp-heavy rearing food sounds too niffy for words, but the pics of the babies are soooo cute… Nearer the mainstream of the fancy, we get the lowdown on breeding rare variety canaries from top breeder Bo Pawlyszyn and on a new mutation that apparently isn’t one, from Norbert Schramm. In this issue, too, there’s the first part of a problem-zapping series for budgie breeders, an interview with a top rare-breed canary showman, advice on how to improve your parrot husbandry and prepare-to-pair your zebra finches… plus all the regulars.