Open Contest Caged Bird Show—2025 BYC Summer Fair

[Crow craftsman]

This is one of them on their favourite perch. Placing perches in the corners of cages for smaller birds really belps them feel safe and becomes an ideal sleeping perch, btw.

 

[Crow craftsman]

My oldest bird, named Sowhat. He is rather calm compared to the other one, looking at me as if saying 'so what?' He looks like a plump, grumpy old man in this photo!

 

[CabritaChicks]

My oldest bird, named Sowhat. He is rather calm compared to the other one, looking at me as if saying 'so what?' He looks like a plump, grumpy old man in this photo!

Know them very well! I used to breed Zebra, Java, Munia, German and silverbill finches. They were the focus of my studies for years through Uni- specializing in diet, behavior and care. I handfed and raised maybe 20%- tame as housecats, fly to you when you called, etc.

They are also known in USA as nutmeg mannikin- even tho many of them are the asian (not australian variety) when sold in pet stores. I had my finches in Asia and the middle east.

Those need a nail trim desperately otherwise it is painful to perch. It also indicates a nutritional deficiency and fatty liver disease judging from the shape and width. gentle trim with a nail clipper and adjustment in diet are going to go a long way

 

[CCsGarden]

Entry 1?

Here is smarty my 10month old collared hen.

 

[Crow craftsman]

Know them very well! I used to breed Zebra, Java, Munia, German and silverbill finches. They were the focus of my studies for years through Uni- specializing in diet, behavior and care. I handfed and raised maybe 20%- tame as housecats, fly to you when you called, etc.

They are also known in USA as nutmeg mannikin- even tho many of them are the asian (not australian variety) when sold in pet stores. I had my finches in Asia and the middle east.

Those need a nail trim desperately otherwise it is painful to perch. It also indicates a nutritional deficiency and fatty liver disease judging from the shape and width. gentle trim with a nail clipper and adjustment in diet are going to go a long way

Yes, i know! These were pictures from when i first bought them, the breeder was a mighty stingy lady and crammed them into a tiny cage in a dark corner, since then i have had their nails trimmed by a petshop owner, given them egg food and greens and reduced the amount of millet in their diet and increased husked rice and mixed grains. They live a good life here, me lugging their cage to the balcony for the day to watch the greenery, and bringing it in for the night, with training sessions in the evenings, bamboo amd mango wood perches and a calcium block that they never use. I dont know why, but they never look twice at that beak block, while I've seen budgies and stuff pecking and having fun with it. Is there another way to supplement their diet? Even egg food they are kinda shy of, but they eat sprouted millet and rice stalks, just put some in a pot of soil and grow it, then put the pot in the cage. Any suggestions for dietary things?

 

[CCsGarden]

Yes, i know! These were pictures from when i first bought them, the breeder was a mighty stingy lady and crammed them into a tiny cage in a dark corner, since then i have had their nails trimmed by a petshop owner, given them egg food and greens and reduced the amount of millet in their diet and increased husked rice and mixed grains. They live a good life here, me lugging their cage to the balcony for the day to watch the greenery, and bringing it in for the night, with training sessions in the evenings, bamboo amd mango wood perches and a calcium block that they never use. I dont know why, but they never look twice at that beak block, while I've seen budgies and stuff pecking and having fun with it. Is there another way to supplement their diet? Even egg food they are kinda shy of, but they eat sprouted millet and rice stalks, just put some in a pot of soil and grow it, then put the pot in the cage. Any suggestions for dietary things?

Yes, they might love some fruit for vitamins and maybe some pigeon/dove seed with corn will help.