59th Farmed Birds World Championship Tours 2011 RESULTS!!!

Challenge is over, score has been assigned. 

Many Italians have participated in the international championship scoring a total of 242 GOLDS!!!
A great success!

Watch the whole palmares of the 59th Farmed Birds World Championship:
http://www.mondialtours2011-uof.fr/documents/palmares.pdf

Starting from today allow to shoot photos, to everybody already join, pls send me as more photos as you can!!! Thank you!

Go Italy!!!!
Nick

59th Farmed Birds World Championship Tours 2011

The UOF and COM France, organized the annual farmed birds World Championship, this year in France, in Tours.
The championship started already.

Here follows the Agenda:

Friday, January 21, 2011
From 8AM	Possibility of arrival conveyors Foreign and French
Saturday, January 22, 2011
From 8AM	Caging of the French birds
From 3PM	Caging of the Foreign birds
Sunday, January 23, 2011
From 8AM	Caging of the birds
From 6:30PM	Arrival of the Judges O.M.J. Congress
Monday, January 24, 2011
8:30AM to 5PM	Judging of birds
From 8PM	Dinner of the judges O.M.J.
Tuesday 25 and Wednesday, 26/01/2011
8:30AM to 5PM	Judging of birds
Thursday, January 27, 2011
	Organization
Friday, January 28, 2011
9:30AM to 7:30PM	Opening to the public
11:00AM	Official opening
Saturday, January 29, 2011
9:30AM to 6:30PM	Opening to the public
From 11:00AM	C.O.M. Congress
From 7:30PM	Gala dinner of official reception and prize-giving
Sunday, January 30, 2011
9:30AM to 5:30PM	Opening to the public
5:30PM	Closing
From 6PM	Delivery of the French birds
Monday, January 31, 2011
From 8AM	Delivery of the foreign birds

For more information take a look at official website: http://www.mondialtours2011-uof.fr/indexgb.php

To everybody already join, pls send me more photos you can!!! Thank you!

Wish you good luck!
Nick

My Aviary - New Photos!!!

I just published some new photos of my aviary.
Take a look at my Flikr Album Flickr Album!

Enjoy!
Nick

Happy New Year 2011

Happy New Year MMXI Everybody!!! :)

Nick

Merry Christmas Everybody!!!!!!

I want to wish everyone a Merry Christmas, many gifts and happiness!!!

All  the Best,
Nick

European Goldfich Under Snow

Nice shot of European Goldfinch under snow:

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4112/5221104112_c54cc895bd_b.jpg

Bye,
Nick

Breeding european goldfinch under controlled environment - light management

In order to be able to breed european goldfinch in captivity, it is necessary to have an aviary room in optimal conditions (temperature, humidity, light, air).

Sometimes it is not possible, for example in case of dark local. In this case It would be better not start breeding, unless they do not resort to artificial light.

Artificial light, in my view, has at least three advantages
- Increase period of breeding up to four months
- Control almost perfectly when moult starts
- Bring forward by one month the period of reproduction

We recommend using a neon 120cm each 5 mt square, and as many incandescent light bulbs to simulate sunrise and sunset.

A good light programmer needed!
In the table below is shown how to program the light to start playing in mid-April and end in mid-July.

I hope this topic can help you to manage better your artificial light and have a lot of goldfinch babies!

Have a nice day,
Nick