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Breeders and Aviaries
Links to sites of breeders and aviaries, many with articles and information.

Breeding Gouldian Finches
A page that gives the basics of breeding these delicate, beautiful birds.

Breeding Lovebirds for Beginners
Basic information on breeding and hand-feeding lovebirds.

Breeding Quakers: Tips for Beginners
Basic guide to beginning breeding of quaker parrots (monk parakeets).

Dangers of Hand Feeding
This article warns newcomers to make sure they have been properly trained before attempting to handfeed a baby bird.

Diagnosing Dead in Shell
Some basic information on how to figure out what stage the chick died during and what might have caused the death.

Egg-Binding in Breeding and Pet Birds
Written by an avian veterinarian, this article will help you recognize and/or prevent this often life-threatening event.

Fostering - Gouldian Finches
Sometimes it is necessary to foster Lady Gouldian finch eggs under other species of finch. This page tells you how.

Hand Feeding Canaries
While most canary and finch breeders let the parents raise their young, sometimes you have to intervene. Good basic information.

Hand Feeding Finches
All the basics for hand-feeding finches. I once had a tame zebra finch and she was quite a delight!

Possible Hand-Feeding Problems
Good article on the issues that can arise when hand feeding baby birds.

Troubleshooting Zebra Finches-Breeding
Common issues that arise when breeding this popular finch species.  

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