parrot breeding

1.I feed my parrots a mix of mealies,barley.sorghum which i cook let cool and feed this mix to the birds. Is this healthy as the birds dont have excess to this type of food in the wild.
2.in winter i remove the nest boxes from may to end july, clean them out and add new nesting material.does this effect the birds breeding cycle.
3.can i add wheatgerm oil to the you chicks soft food mix, does this effect them.
4.why do some parrots and parakeets pluck their young in the nest box.
5.prior to the breeding season when is the best timw to feed the following
sprouting seeds, high protein softfood, and adding vitamins and mineral supplements

Representation of groups of birds we keep

Finches

Gouldian Finch

Sexual behaviour of the Gouldian Finch

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Soft Bills

Royal Starling

Parrots

African Grey Parrot

Doves

Diamond Dove

Ground-birds

Chinese Painted Quail

This is an experiment to see if there are any passionate birdkeepers out there who would like to make contact with our birdclub and members, by sharing any experiences,comments,queries, prolems encountered, breeding successes,advice etc.

Our birdclub is called Rand Avicultural Society (RAS) and is based in the Johannesburg region of Gauteng, South Africa.We cover a wide spectrum of avicultue eg Its members specialise in South African, African, Australian, Asiatic and South American Finches and Doves, as well as Softbills, Parrots and Parrot-like birds.

Members and non members interactive participation are welcomed and you are invited to post your comments on this blog.

New members are also most welcome, both local and "country" members

We hold monthly birdmeetings where we have interesting talks, informative DVDs, presentations, and much more and its a time when members can get together,
swop notes and learm more about their birds.

Mike Pidduck
Chairman RAS
082 452 4261