Bird keeping

~>Dg<~ said:
back in 70s 80s early 90s even it was a big thing avaries but its kinda died out. we had canaries and finches. pretty easy to make.
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Yeah, it definitely seems less popular than it used to, the pet shops near me have few bird products. There does seem to be a breeder and bird shop not too far away from here luckily. I’ve bought most of the stuff I need I think. Aiming to get a pair of love birds august/September.

Bubo said:
There's something about Zebra Finches which makes me yearn to keep a few. It's the buzz-cheep noise they make. I make do with binging on youtube.
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I’d like a few of these next in a second aviary, but will see how I get on with love birds first.
 
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CaptainRAVE said:
Yeah, it definitely seems less popular than it used to, the pet shops near me have few bird products. There does seem to be a breeder and bird shop not too far away from here luckily. I’ve bought most of the stuff I need I think. Aiming to get a pair of love birds august/September.



I’d like a few of these next in a second aviary, but will see how I get on with love birds first.
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we had a love bird early 2000s was nice. i preferred song birds though. canaries crossed with goldfinches for eg. they sing all day and look really nice. they can be expensive though. zebra finches are no hassle to keep and pretty cheap.
 
Climbing buddy of mine has a couple of macaws and another parrot of some kind. Free flies them outside around the Peak District....quite amusing when you drag yourself to the top of a climb and there's a macaw sat there watching curiously :D
 
mid_gen said:
Climbing buddy of mine has a couple of macaws and another parrot of some kind. Free flies them outside around the Peak District....quite amusing when you drag yourself to the top of a climb and there's a macaw sat there watching curiously :D
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ive had a magpie and a jackdaw..trained em. they would do that too. crow family especially are very clever. thing with parrots most people dont think about how long they live. they can live to be like 100 years old.
 
~>Dg<~ said:
we had a love bird early 2000s was nice. i preferred song birds though. canaries crossed with goldfinches for eg. they sing all day and look really nice. they can be expensive though. zebra finches are no hassle to keep and pretty cheap.
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From what I remember of the Zebra finches my mum had they definitely went cheep, rather a lot :p
 
Junglist said:
So my partner just found a baby Jay which has fallen out of the nest but the parents are nearby.

What should we do?
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As others have said, leave it. It’ll fly in no time. There was a local social media post where of course they took it in, literally the worst thing you can do. Any involvement from a human in any way will reduce its survival odds. The problem is that every one is an expert and won’t listen to those of us with actual knowledge.

In other news, my aviary has finally arrived. Just need to put it together and have a few hundred quid more of stuff on my list :)
 
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Chris Wilson said:
Don't handle it, leave it and go away from it, it has two chances, if you **** about with it the mother will probably abandon it. Jays are very timid and suspicious birds.
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Aha! I was actually going to tag you Chris as I thought you'd know - but I thought it would've been weird to randomly ask

My partner is an ecologist and asked some of her colleagues. Fortunately, with the pictures she sent it was a fledgling so they said it is more than capable of surviving. She shooed it into a bush. Hope the little bugger survives


Have to be honest there's a small part of me that wish we could take it home. Always been fascinated with Corvids. It'll have a better life wild though
 
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Not a problem contacting me by PM, anytime, if you think I can help. The mother will be keeping an eye on it I would expect, even if you can't see her.

But Jays are notoriously timid, so she'll keep away when humans are about. I am afraid it has far more chance left alone than "fiddled" with, but fingers crossed it'll be OK.

I have taught all but one of ten dogs to leave fledglings alone, cats though.... Good luck to the little bird, but if it gets off the ground unaided tonight it should be fine. But DON'T keep going to check or you will do more harm than good, tempting as it may be ;)
 
Chris Wilson said:
That's a rather swish cage if you don't mind me saying so? :)
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Thanks.

I’ve grown rather fond of them. Not sure how much they’ll disturb me when I start working in there again though.

After the morning tidy up:

After attention, I think:

A rare moment of peace:

Onto the terrapin tank and leopard gecko enclosure next.
 
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Birds should not be kept locked up in cages so that people can have them around. They should be left in their natural habitats......
 
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