Experience in feeding and management of cultured thrush

Thrushes can raise chicks or adults, but adult birds are more difficult to domesticate and train, so most enthusiasts prefer to raise chicks. According to their age, thrushes are divided into "nest chicks", "soft hair", "Qi Mao" and "old hair". The "nestling" is the nestling that has not left the nest soon after hatching; when the feathers of the nestling grow up, it is called "soft hair"; the soft-haired bird is called "Qi Mao" after moulting the following year, and the adult bird after the age of two is called "Lao Mao". "nesting chicks", "soft hair" and "Qi Mao" all belong to young birds.

If you choose to raise adult birds, you can choose those who are aggressive, and those who are generally good at fighting are also good at singing. The posture requirements are: do not lie at the bottom of the cage, do not drill the perch bar, do not look up; whine when grasping the perch bar is powerful, the body is erect, tail hook bar, heroic hair. Feather colors can be divided into cyan, yellow and red. It is better to have feathers close to the body and a hammer-shaped tail. There is a bird formula day t "the body is like a gourd tail, the neck is like a bamboo beak, like a nail, and a pair of cow tendons and legs are added to win nine cages in one cage." The adult thrush bird is larger, so it is not possible for two males to raise the cage together. The cage must be strong and the bar should be thick. The newly caught wild thrush is very wild and needs to be put into a plate cage. And put a dark "cage coat" on the outside of the cage, so that it can settle down as soon as possible. Change into the bright cage after being tamed. If domesticated properly, apart from the feathering period, after the "open cry", it can sing frequently throughout the year, and the cry is exciting and beautiful.

Generally speaking, the young birds are gentle and easy to raise, but the singing time is short and the song is not melodious enough. It is best to choose three-month-old chicks to raise.

Thrushes like water baths, it is best to have a special water bath cage, a bath every day in summer, and reduce the number of times appropriately according to climatic conditions in winter. Thrush stool is soft, the bottom of the cage should be bright, and there is a dung plate under it.

The feed of thrushes is mainly egg rice (egg millet or egg rice), and the proportion of eggs should be slightly larger than that of the sparrow family (4 eggs per 500 grams). Often feed some flour worms, skin worms, locusts, grasshoppers or fresh beef and mutton foams, fruits and so on. Insect feed should be fed by hand as bait, 10 pieces a day.

Regular feed, made from chicken mixture (3 eggs per 500g mixture), or corn flour, peanut rice flour and cooked eggs in a ratio of 6.2 to 2. It is appropriate to mix some clean sand grains in the standing materials to help digestion, otherwise the dung support plate should be removed and the cage should be put on the grass to peck freely.

The "shouting" period of the thrush is from April to July, and then it gradually "falls in love" and begins to molt. After 40 days, the new feather grows up and begins to whine again, but at this time the song is not as loud as the "shouting" period, so it is called "Xiaoyao". A good thrush can go from "shouting" to "shouting" the following year.

The "shouting" period is extremely aggressive, so the two males cannot whine to each other, otherwise the losing bidder may be ashamed to open his mouth or be exhausted to death.

[training] Thrush is naturally eloquent and is very good at imitating, so that it can learn to listen to the sounds and recordings that it wants to imitate. But the thrush is also "forgetful", and it will be forgotten over a long time, especially after the feathering period, it is often forgotten to learn the pronunciation and need to be relearned. The order of "shouting" of thrushes is not as stable as lark, and it is often "improvised".

Usually, the main method of training is to walk the birds, and the method is to take the thrush to the open fields and gardens every morning or evening, so that they can come into contact with the natural scenery and fresh air. This process is commonly known as "Chong". When walking the bird, the dung board should be removed, the person's step should be uniform, the effort should be even, and the tilt of the cage should be moderate. After walking, hang the birdcage in a quiet place and listen to the songs of other birds or let them sing.