I really enjoy when you do the shows. Is there a way you could put up what each bird is like when you do the canaries? I am from the US and do not know all the British birds yet, but am trying to learn. The hybrid ones are difficult to learn. Thank you.
As much as I like the London Fancy @6:28 as much I dislike the out of shape Lizard @6:39. Would appreciate when someone could explain what the AOV section is. Posture canaries it seems.
Please give your birds some natural perches, sunlight and the ability to perform natural behaviours like building and preening textures. These mass industrial set ups are seriously disturbing! Give these captive animals a good quality of life as a basic standard. You are responsible for their well being. Please offer them a life other than clinical standards for breeding. It's not ok. Its really disappointing.
These are standardized show cages, NOT the permanent enclosures in which the birds are kept and bred. Even domestic Canaries, Society Finches, and Budgerigars won't breed in show cages. All of these birds are trained to adapt to temporary confinement in show cages for months or years before a show. Otherwise they won't present themselves for judging acceptably. This is accomplished by attaching a show cage with the side door open to the birds' regular quarters, then gradually coaxing them inside with treats. After they are comfortable with this, they are accustomed to being confined inside for gradually increasing periods of time, then to being inside a show cage away from their home. The same procedure is used to train Zebra Doves and estrildid finches for bird shows in Southeast Asia, but tourists think the birds are kept and bred in these small show cages. Meanwhile, most of the Chickens raised for eggs and meat in their own countries are kept on tiny battery cages with wire floors, where they can't even scratch for food. Millions of cockerel chicks are destroyed each week in the UK and EU because they can't lay eggs, fight, and don't put on meat enough for Western consumers. I do not like seeing some of the birds at shows in captivity, especially insectivorous and nectivorous birds, and also dislike seeing Finch Mules (Canary X Finch), except Canary X Red Siskin crosses. But you ought to research beforehand what is involved in keeping, breeding, and raising these birds.
@@motherlandbot6837 there´s not much one can add to your explanation. Except that 4 people have no clue what breeding and exhibition these birds means. And that your statement " Millions of cockerel chicks are destroyed each week in the UK and EU because they can't lay eggs" is incorrect. Several countries in the EU have a prohibition to kill cockerel chicks, eg. Germany and Austria. Since January 1, 2022, day-old chicks in Germany have no longer been allowed to be killed because of their gender.
@wzukr I saw a documentary on DW News (often a questionable source, but this documentary was very good) regarding the culling cockerel chicks in Germany about 2 weeks ago. The question now is what German farmers will do with these, since the Mediterranean Class breeds generally raised for intensive egg production produce little meat even if cockerels are caponized. Here in the US (where bird shows and exhibition Canary and Finch breeding have largely vanished), male chicks are left in their brooder after the fans are turned off, or "foamed". In years past, those hatched in the spring were sold as Easter Chicks, but pressure from 'humane' societies with no familiarity with the poultry industry stopped this. I spent parts of my life living in East and SE Asia, and the domestic Coturnix qualis there are often kept in mixed gender groups for dual meat and egg production. Extra males are butchered when large enough (they are smaller than bantam Chickens) because they persistently harass the hens. Most of the aggression between males has been bred out, and the hens lay on a 24 rather than 28 hour cycle. They have never caught on here in NA because their delicious eggs are hard to peel, and are covered with camouflage pigment that many mistake for soilage. For myself, I would not exhibit my birds at a show for reasons of biosecurity. Too many new pathogens have spilled over from the poultry industry and/or wild birds, and a bird show facilitates their spread. I do attend shows to admire others' birds.
@@motherlandbot6837 regarding "The question now is what German farmers will do with these, since the Mediterranean Class breeds generally raised for intensive egg production " People/farmers here don´t use pure chicken breeds but F1 hybrids usually. Back in the old days Leghorn from the USA. Nowadays examples you can find here. I also don´t know which breeds you mean with "Mediterranean Class breeds" as we do have a different system over here.
@wzukr Mediterranean Class breeds = Italians, Leghorns, Minorcas, Spanish, Anconas, and Andalusians. Minorcas are my personal favorites but hens lay eggs too large for most NA consumers. Most commercial egg producers in NA raise F1 hybrid Chickens derived from Leghorn stocks. The other breeds are kept mainly as "heirloom breeds", but single comb white Leghorns are still popular among backyard and homestead poultry keepers.
Absolutely fantastic
The naturalized display show cages are great. They really show the birds off at their best. 👍
Agreed!
Cos pieknego super pozdrawiam z poski 🐦👍
Good luck 🤞
BRAWO GRATULACJE :)
I really enjoy when you do the shows. Is there a way you could put up what each bird is like when you do the canaries? I am from the US and do not know all the British birds yet, but am trying to learn. The hybrid ones are difficult to learn. Thank you.
Used to go to the national every 1st of Jan at ingliston ..🐦
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Best of luck I would love a nice pair of London fancy I think they look beautiful
Is the breeding of emb. Cirlus and other buntings developed in Europe?
Fab birds
Agreed!
As much as I like the London Fancy @6:28 as much I dislike the out of shape Lizard @6:39.
Would appreciate when someone could explain what the AOV section is. Posture canaries it seems.
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Please give your birds some natural perches, sunlight and the ability to perform natural behaviours like building and preening textures. These mass industrial set ups are seriously disturbing! Give these captive animals a good quality of life as a basic standard. You are responsible for their well being. Please offer them a life other than clinical standards for breeding. It's not ok. Its really disappointing.
These are standardized show cages, NOT the permanent enclosures in which the birds are kept and bred. Even domestic Canaries, Society Finches, and Budgerigars won't breed in show cages.
All of these birds are trained to adapt to temporary confinement in show cages for months or years before a show. Otherwise they won't present themselves for judging acceptably. This is accomplished by attaching a show cage with the side door open to the birds' regular quarters, then gradually coaxing them inside with treats. After they are comfortable with this, they are accustomed to being confined inside for gradually increasing periods of time, then to being inside a show cage away from their home. The same procedure is used to train Zebra Doves and estrildid finches for bird shows in Southeast Asia, but tourists think the birds are kept and bred in these small show cages. Meanwhile, most of the Chickens raised for eggs and meat in their own countries are kept on tiny battery cages with wire floors, where they can't even scratch for food. Millions of cockerel chicks are destroyed each week in the UK and EU because they can't lay eggs, fight, and don't put on meat enough for Western consumers.
I do not like seeing some of the birds at shows in captivity, especially insectivorous and nectivorous birds, and also dislike seeing Finch Mules (Canary X Finch), except Canary X Red Siskin crosses. But you ought to research beforehand what is involved in keeping, breeding, and raising these birds.
@@motherlandbot6837 there´s not much one can add to your explanation. Except that 4 people have no clue what breeding and exhibition these birds means.
And that your statement " Millions of cockerel chicks are destroyed each week in the UK and EU because they can't lay eggs" is incorrect. Several countries in the EU have a prohibition to kill cockerel chicks, eg. Germany and Austria. Since January 1, 2022, day-old chicks in Germany have no longer been allowed to be killed because of their gender.
@wzukr I saw a documentary on DW News (often a questionable source, but this documentary was very good) regarding the culling cockerel chicks in Germany about 2 weeks ago. The question now is what German farmers will do with these, since the Mediterranean Class breeds generally raised for intensive egg production produce little meat even if cockerels are caponized.
Here in the US (where bird shows and exhibition Canary and Finch breeding have largely vanished), male chicks are left in their brooder after the fans are turned off, or "foamed". In years past, those hatched in the spring were sold as Easter Chicks, but pressure from 'humane' societies with no familiarity with the poultry industry stopped this.
I spent parts of my life living in East and SE Asia, and the domestic Coturnix qualis there are often kept in mixed gender groups for dual meat and egg production. Extra males are butchered when large enough (they are smaller than bantam Chickens) because they persistently harass the hens. Most of the aggression between males has been bred out, and the hens lay on a 24 rather than 28 hour cycle. They have never caught on here in NA because their delicious eggs are hard to peel, and are covered with camouflage pigment that many mistake for soilage.
For myself, I would not exhibit my birds at a show for reasons of biosecurity. Too many new pathogens have spilled over from the poultry industry and/or wild birds, and a bird show facilitates their spread. I do attend shows to admire others' birds.
@@motherlandbot6837 regarding
"The question now is what German farmers will do with these, since the Mediterranean Class breeds generally raised for intensive egg production "
People/farmers here don´t use pure chicken breeds but F1 hybrids usually. Back in the old days Leghorn from the USA. Nowadays examples you can find here.
I also don´t know which breeds you mean with "Mediterranean Class breeds" as we do have a different system over here.
@wzukr Mediterranean Class breeds = Italians, Leghorns, Minorcas, Spanish, Anconas, and Andalusians. Minorcas are my personal favorites but hens lay eggs too large for most NA consumers.
Most commercial egg producers in NA raise F1 hybrid Chickens derived from Leghorn stocks. The other breeds are kept mainly as "heirloom breeds", but single comb white Leghorns are still popular among backyard and homestead poultry keepers.