KJB
Moving in
Hi. Me again. It's been a while. Having set up a Colony of Celestials i have now started colony breeding Linnies. A breeder a few miles from me was selling all of his Linnies so i bought the lot. I explained to him my intentions to colony breed but he said i would get too many problems doing it that way, his way was to use breeding cages, one pair per cage. But i looked online for any tips and found a breeder in Holland who was colony breeding with success. I couldn't find anyone here in the UK. So i tried it and at first there was a few problems, mainly with where the nest boxes were situated so i adjusted it here and there and also 3 or 4 feeding stations placed as far apart as possible and after a year everything seems quite relaxed. Were just coming into spring here now in the south of the UK and already 2 pairs have started sitting. It's so much nicer to see them flying as free as possible but i know that can't be done with all species. So hopefully I shall be handrearing in a few weeks. I've never handreared a Linnie before so any advice would be greatly appreciated, although i have handreared lots of Cockatiels and Kakarikis.
