How to raise topaz birds

The topaz bird is yellow, dazzling, lively and crisp, and many people like to raise it. So, how to raise topaz birds at home?

How to raise topaz birds

1. Generally raised in a birdcage, you can choose a square or circular bamboo cage. Female and male birds are usually raised in separate cages, with only one in each cage. In August, they are reared in close cages and nest breeding. At this time, it can be replaced by a breeding cage of 46 cm × 30 cm × 35 cm.

With leather or bamboo silk woven into a bowl-like shape, the upper mouth diameter of 12 cm, 5 cm deep artificial nest, hanging in the top of the breeding cage. The cage must also be provided with food pots, water pots and perch bars; the mouth of the food pots and pitchers should be large, and the perch bars should be flat and round. The bottom of the cage should be covered with fine sand or cardboard, so that it is easy to clean up bird droppings.

2. Mainly feed millet, barnyard grass, corn flour, soybean noodles, rapeseed and so on, and choose and match them according to the actual situation. In order to keep it strong, feed cooked eggs, millet noodles, peanuts, etc., according to the proportion of 10% Mel, 20% staple food, before changing feathers, before reproduction or during stunting.

You can feed a small piece of tender cabbage, fresh sowthistle and so on every day. These vegetable leaves can provide them with vitamins and keep their feathers bright. Topaz likes to eat bitter herbs.

3. Topaz loves cleaning very much. Tableware and drinking utensils should be cleaned every day and the roofs should be washed every 3 days. These birds like to take a bath, so they should change the water every day and change the water in the water bowl in time after washing. It only takes an hour to bask in the soft sun every day. Too long time will make the feathers fade.

4. Cover the birdcage with a cage at night in summer to prevent mosquito bites.

5. Birds during estrus, mating, egg hatching and brooding should pay special attention to silence and guard against shock. Brooding cages should be placed on walls that can protect themselves from wind and rain, light, and clean, so as to facilitate the hatching and brooding of their parents.

6. Male and female birds are in estrus after 20-30 days, and the artificial nest can be hung at the top of the breeding cage. when the female is seen hovering on the nest with feathers or swirling in the nest, it means that the nest has begun. at this time, a ball of clean cotton should be hung on the cage post, and the bird will soon go to build the nest. 3-4 days after the nest is built, the female begins to lay eggs, with 2-6 eggs per nest.

The above is the topaz bird breeding method, I hope to have a certain reference value for everyone.