Thank Dave for movie! Always I go there, because in Manchester and area I didnt see show for parakeets. Do You have maybe movie from PARROT GATHERING in Stafford?
Great Video Dave. Not all, but looked a few to many birds rammed in cages for my liking though. I was going to go to this as I wanted some Owl finches but worked made it not possible.
Thanks John 😁 Yea, I'm not overly keen on the cage situation with a lot of them either. Never fails to bother me. I actually saw quite a lot of Owls there this time round. One table had some beautiful fawns too
A perfect hospital cage imo. Small & compact, with a hinged plastic door in front of the 'cage front', heat control & easily cleanable. The bars looked a bit wide for finches. More suitable for larger birds I think
Dave I have noticed the common practice of travelling with birds in small cages and displaying them for a short time in them. My cages at home are the minimum size flight cages up to a few bigger than the minimum.
Hey David. Small cages for travelling keeps them confined to minimal space where injury is less likely to occur & stops them from flying. They are ONLY to be used for transporting them though. When it comes to their permanent home, bigger is ALWAYS better 🙂
Loads of Gouldians which is nice to see, but the balcony looks a bit empty this year (there were birds all the way along in previous years). Hope the queue for the cafe got shorter as the day went on. Thanks for getting up early so I didn't have to this year, hope you got everything you needed. 👍
Yes remember your cages need to be big so they dont live in a crap cage and read up on your bird on how to really care for them before you buy that goes for animals too.
On most places I would not buy birds. Not enough space! I have myself 700 birds, but I don’t like this. Sorry! It is only Money there! Nothing to do with love!
Just an observation … is it me or are majority of the people here at this show senior citizens? Sadly unless it’s passed on from generation to generation it’s a slowly dying hobby.
You're right, however - there are more younger people getting into the hobby as time goes on so I think it'll be a nice mix age-range wise, in years to come. From being at the shows, being in the hobby, & even seeing my 'viewer age' analytics on here, there are certainly more youngsters coming in
@@FinchManDave Let’s hope that the interest from the younger generation will continue. I know from experience being a bird lover myself that it’s a full time hobby and unless you dedicate your full attention to these beautiful feather friends it becomes unmanageable and unfair for the birds. In my opinion it’s all about having time to care for the needs of the birds. That’s why this hobby is more popular with the older generations because they have the time. Unlike the younger generation they are not interested going on TikTok every seconds of the day or trying to monetize from being a influencers etc etc. I think you know what I’m saying. I would rather sit and spend hours watching these beautiful birds than watching social media platforms.
@@WOW-ng8sy I agree 100%, & you make a really good point about having the time versus not having it. Never really looked at it that way. I have foreign Finches & Waxbills. They take hours of my time EVERY single day to care for. Thats on top of having a full time job & a family of 4 kids & a dog. Dedication is of absolute paramount importance, & its not a hobby to take lightly or to think you can breeze through
This isn't the US. Cardinals are an extremely popular aviary bird throughout Europe, & we even have some in our wild (probably zoo escapees or ship assisted, as they're non-migratory)
Birds at shows are generally indoor bred, plus the bird community are well up on bird flu protocol & updates. Its not something that affects show sold birds
Because they're captive bred. Those birds have never been near the wild & would not survive in the wild. The Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 states that they need to be correctly & officially rung, & proof needs to be provided that they were captive bred.
