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| Cockatiels: Breeding Smart! |
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COCKATIELS: BREEDING SMART!
Now Available as a Downloadable Digital
Book to read instantly. Provides an overview
on breeding cockatiels through optimum
husbandry management. The second half is
directed toward learning to understand the
principles of linebreeding, and provides a
unique discussion on how to recognize and
establish new color and pattern mutations.
Now Available as a Downloadable Digital
Book to read instantly. Provides an overview
on breeding cockatiels through optimum
husbandry management. The second half is
directed toward learning to understand the
principles of linebreeding, and provides a
unique discussion on how to recognize and
establish new color and pattern mutations.
| Part One: Husbandry Chapter 1: Cages & Aviaries Pet Cages, Cage Materials, Appropriate Caging, Aviaries, Perches, Disinfecting, Chapter 2: The Breeding Colony Indoor vs. Outdoor Breeding, Controlled vs. Colony Breeding, Nutritional Requirements, Breeding Stats at a Glance Chapter 3: The Breeding Season Breeding Condition, Environmental Conditions, Pair Bonding, Breeding Pens and Nest Boxes, Breeding Cycle, Nurseries & Quarantine, Feather Plucking and Agression, Schedules |
| Part Two: Genetics Chapter 4: Creating a Stud Selecting Stock, Line-breeding, Selective Breeding, Setting a Trait, Establishing a Line, Forming a Stud Chapter 5: Establishing Mutations Inherited Mutations, Nutritional or Stress Factors, Validating New Mutations Chapter 6: Mutation or Sport Color Pigmentation, Depth of Color and Dark Factors, Consistency of Markings, Miscellaneous Faults, Sports, Determining Mutations Chapter 7: Wisdom Behind Selecting Cockatiels for Exhibition Epilogue: Ethics and Aviculture Footnotes Recommended Reading |
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Cockatiel Genetics Made Easy Cockatiels: Breeding Smart Ultimate Parrot Guide Multiple Bird Households Cockatiel Color Mutations
* NEWLY UPDATED SECOND EDITION
* REVISED CHAPTERS on nutrition,
sports and new mutations
* Text Length equivalent to each of the
author's hard cover books (Multiple Bird
Households and Ultimate Parrot Guide
* Packed with insightful information
for the novice and most seasoned
aviculturist desiring to delve deeper ...
Read FREE chapter excerpts linked here
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* REVISED CHAPTERS on nutrition,
sports and new mutations
* Text Length equivalent to each of the
author's hard cover books (Multiple Bird
Households and Ultimate Parrot Guide
* Packed with insightful information
for the novice and most seasoned
aviculturist desiring to delve deeper ...
Read FREE chapter excerpts linked here
Buy Now
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