Bird Breeders

Crop burns occur when a bird is fed food that is too hot .This often occurs in handfed babies that are fed microwaved formula with “hot spots” due to improper mixing.

Breeding Loan Agreements: What is a “breeding loan”? When one breeder has a mature male or female bird (Bird “1”) and another breeder has one of the opposite sex (Bird “2”), they can come to an agreement to loan one of the bird’s to the other breeder for the purpose of producing offspring. Typical Terms … Read more

If you don’t find Bird Breeder near you, contact the closest one to your location and ask for a referral to a trusted, reputable breeder, or locate a bird club and ask for a lead.

Related Web Resources: Incubation Procedures … Breeding Challenges Useful Information: Breeders’ Resources (covers everything from handfeeding to potential breeding / chick problems) … Incubation Information … Information on Housing Chicks, Temperature Requirements, etc. Causes … Signs of Deficiency in the Embryo Nutrient Unsuccessful hatches can be caused by infertile eggs or embryo mortality. Each of these … Read more

Humidity and Ventilation A well-designed incubator should maintain temperature within 1/4 degree F and humidity within 1 degree F wet bulb temperature. Short term variations in humidity are not important. The average humidity over the incubation period needs to be near optimum to achieve the ideal weight loss. High humidity for the day or two … Read more

*Latest Feature* Cooling Feature New”Cooling” Feature of the Octagon 20 & 40 Advance as well as the Mini Advance incubator models … Cooling is an entirely natural process as most birds will get off the nest at least once a day and leave the eggs unheated for a significant time. Recent research (please scroll down … Read more

Want to know about the Poicephalus (Parrot) Breeders in the United States, here at Beauty of Birds you can get all the related information.