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A comfortable environment should be ensured for good mating.
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An overgrown aviary without any other birds around is a must for some species, while other species are quite happy to raise one nest after another with lots of other birds around, with in a limited amount of space.
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Sufficient number of nest boxes or nest baskets should be firmly fixed in several places.
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As a rule, the number of nest boxes in the aviary should always exceed the number of couples, so that the fight for favorite place to nest is kept to a minimum.
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Nest boxes should be of a suitable size and made of the right kind of material for the species we breed. Pigeons, for example, prefer open plates or platforms, while other species prefer to breed in nest boxes that are fully enclosed.
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It is better to prepare a nest box with a provision to open at the top.
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Birds can be helped to build their nest at high or hollowed tree trunks by providing them with steps, which can be minimize the egg breakage.
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Plenty of nest materials should be provided to built their nets. Suitable nest materials are dried plats, leaves, plant roots, coconut fibre, animal hair and little twigs.
Serins /domestic canary
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The serins, which include the domestic canary, construct an open nest, and for this reason, a plastic pan can be used as a base.
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On which they can built their nest. Dried moss available from florists, or horse or dog hair can be provided to them to built nest.
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Some pairs will accept thick stems of grass and hay should not be offered, it is source for fungal spores, which may affect the chicks or even adult.
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Top open nest box
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Canary nest
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Budgerigar
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For birds like budgerigar, nest boxes can be fixed outside the cage, so that the birds have maximum area available to them, and it is easy to inspect the contents of the nest box.
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A wooden or plastic concave will provide the are for the female to lay egg.
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Most members of budgerigar family do not built nest, hence damp peat moss, rotten wood can be layered in the bottom of the nest box. This prevent the dehydration of egg and stop rolling of egg to one side.
Parrots
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For parrot like birds, a more natural set up may be required.
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Many species prefer a relatively deep nest box, and this can be lined with wok clips.
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The more destructive parrots will prefer to gnew and chunks of softwood to create their own nest lining.
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For this birds, reinforce the entrance hole to a nest box with pieces of tin, carefully hammered around the edges so that the birds will not be able to gnaw the exposed pieces of wood.
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Parrots generally do not require nesting materials, but love birds and hanging parrots, which strip pieces of bark and leaves, as well as making use of other suitable material in the aviary.
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Budgerigar nest
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Parakeet nest
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Society Finch nest
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