REGGIO EMILIA SHOW 2006

A nest containing five healthy, strong Yellow Ground Ino and Carrier young Canaries. Good food, good diet, and good management assure high productivity in youngsters. .

Photo by Michael Abbate

ABBA Soak and ABBA Green 92 blended 50% of each and is fed to the feeding parent and as a supplement once or twice a week to all non-breeding seed eating birds all year round.

Photo by G.A. Abbate

Properly prepared ABBA Soak. The mixture has been soaked in cold water at room temperature for 8 hours, then drained, and kept moist in a glass jar for an additional 18 hours, at this point the ABBA Soak is washed thoroughly under running water and stored in the refrigerator. As needed, it is blended with 50% ABBA Green 92 or ABBA Red 93 and fed to the birds in a small amount at a time fresh everyday, and especially when the parent birds are feeding their youngsters.

Photo by G.A. Abbate

Breeding Season 2006, A nest containing three yellow Timbrados Canaries and one European Greenfinch youngsters being fed by the reliable Spanish Timbrados Canary pair.

Photo by Michael Abbate

Breeding Season 2006. Three fast growing 9 day old European Goldfinches well fed by their own parents. Photo

by Michael Abbate

Breeding Season 2006, a well constructed European Goldfinch nest containing four fertile eggs. Noticeable is the proper nesting material that will contribute to the success in breeding European and other Carduelian Finches. Photo

by Michael Abbate

Breeding Season 2006 This cage set up modular is situated on the west wall section of our bird room. Each row contains 13 double breeding cages. At the end of breeding season all the partitions are pulled out and each row of cages become a very comfortable holding cage for the youngsters as well as the older birds. They are easy to manage and to clean. Note the outside nests on each cage hung vertically. A piece of cardboard must be placed on the top of each nests to prevent the poop from falling from the above cage into the nests below.

Photo by Michael Abbate

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A nest with five healthy Spanish Timbrados Canaries. Good healthy diet produces healthy, strong youngsters that vigorously grow rapidly.

Photo by Michael Abbate