EXCITING News! | Breeding British Birds S3:Ep8

[@OCAVIARY]

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[@ps3845]

Aw ollie the poor hen, good job you know what you doing bless her !!!, your a star mate great news for all the rest, well done, see you tonight xx

[@snsbritishbirddiaries]

Well done Oliver off to a flyer brother credit to you mate all the best enough love Sammy

[@paul3155]

Another great interesting video Oliver used to have a piar of bramble finchs years ago yes there beck's go black in breeding condition only keep them for 2 years there hard work there just like keeping chaff finchs all the best from Paul from Staffordshire England 🇬🇧 👍

[@redcanaryman]

Looking good, mate 👌 some lovely young on the sticks 😊

[@TheCanaryRoom]

Enjoyable as always mate

[@paulhouse284]

You're such a saint providing a nest box and scraps for the wild birds. What a hero.

[@neilstorey5150]

Another great show ollie

[@jase123111]

Stupid question.... If you fed your white canaries blue, green or purple dyed egg food would they take up that colour into their feathers? Or you could add food dye to their bath water to colour them crazy colours.

[@pleasingbirds7481]

Beautiful Birds

[@lesstevens8720]

hi can you tell me please what happen to the cock greenfinch to the crossbill hen

[@petenorris1424]

Things moving on mate got 4 greenies on sticks 2 ready to jump and the mum of 4 sitting again on 6 eggs redpolls with 5 eggs ready to any day now goldies still messing its ok though still early

[@natachawerkx4767]

Goodday ollie is john from Belgium i have breed again a new mutation greenfinch first breed ever a topaz and agate topaz again a recesive mutation

[@paulhouse284]

Bramble finches are actually called brambling but don't suppose the halfwits in the caged bird world know that. A wonderful wild finch which migrates from Scandinavia and Eastern Europe to the UK each winter, a real treat. You've have them cooped up in a cage their whole lives, how can you justify it?

[@OCAVIARY]

We call them bramble finches for the ease of distinguishing between the bird and ‘bramblings’ as in hedges with thorns etc which we may use In aviaries for certain species as nesting sites. I suggest you do some research and a little bit of logical thinking before you go questioning the intelligence of a whole community!

[@JamesBond-mr7rm]

Calm letter 22 п

[@بهاوالدینجان-ه5ط]

Dark brother 44

[@trevorjones455]

Find your videos very patronising. Love to know what happens to the failures ie bullies and crossbills. With so many pairs you really should be producing a shed full of chicks. One tip from someone with true experience....you simply cannot expect to rear natives if you keep disturbing them to take photo shoots.

[@paulhouse284]

And don't say all birds are captive bred, that's cobblers, illegal mist-netting and nest-raiding are both part of this ignorant old-fashioned trade. If you really like and want to help wild birds stop supplying.

[@OCAVIARY]

Something we agree on then! Yes that is a common problem, not so much in the UK compared to other parts of the world, and it’s something breeders can help fix! So what’s the problem with me buying captive bred birds from reputable breeders, breeding them and the surplus being sold on to other keen and law-abiding hobbyists? Or does that no suit your argument? And do you ever wonder where animals from rewilding projects come from? Because I can assure you most of them and the parent stock are captive bred. If it wasn’t for us hobbyist breeders those projects would not be possible, something which I’m also actively involved in helping to reintroduce lost or scarce species from once deprived environments.

[@paulhouse284]

You've not yet justified keeping birds in cages, how do you justify it?

[@paulhouse284]

Keeping birds in cages is so selfish, how can you justify incarcerating something so wonderfully evolved to fly and be free? Ignorant in the extreme, disgusting.