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Breeding in colony or breeding single pairs in cages
The breeding of lovebirds can be developed in colony or in cages, depending on the space, the time and the objectives in the breeding we have.
The size of the cages must not be inferior to 80X40X40, to let them do exercise. The size of the aviary for breeding in colony must be done taking into account the number of pairs we are going to set. An aviary of 2mX1mX1m, should not have more than 6 pairs in order to avoid fights for the breeding territory. Breeding in colony has the advantage of the few time necessary for its maintenance, since independently of the number of pairs, the work done is equal to the work done for one caged pair. The lost of food is also lesser, so that these birds are experts in spoiling seeds. Breeding in cages has all the advantages but the work needed and the food lost. The main advantages are: - The possibility of a selective breeding, where we can choose what cock we want to cross with a specific hen, and avoid crossings, from which we could get some chicks we do not wanted to. - A larger number of chicks per year, since the parents do not have to pay attention to protect their chicks from other birds. This fact makes that the hen takes more time to do the nest laying. - The possibility of keeping more time the chicks with the parents, fact that let them to develop their defence instinct. - Sometimes the early removal of the chicks from the parents and their collocation with other chicks can produce fights, with the death of some of them. - Easier detection of a sick bird and its treatment, and less risk of infection. Possibility of increasing the number of breeding pairs. The appearance of new pairs in a colony is not well seen by the old pairs, due to their territorial defence instinct, what makes them to attack the new pairs, producing fights, having sometimes as a result the death of some of them
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