Cage & Aviary Bird Care Guides - Expert Tips for Healthy, Happy Birds

Dear readers of the Haith’s Cage & Aviary Times We’d like to offer a big welcome to a new contributor to the Haith’s blog - Champion Budgie Breeder, Mr Chris...

I would like to start by saying a big thank you to everyone who made Haith's feel welcome at this year's Budgerigar Society World Championship Show this past weekend. Trevor...

What is the importance of Hygiene and Garden Bird Feeding. The importance of practising hygiene when feeding garden birds was emphasised once again in a recent scientific paper in the...

A One-Day Workshop on the Health and Welfare of Invertebrates, particularly butterflies, was held at Kipepeo, situated at Gedi Historical Site, a village near the coastal town of Malindi in...

Haith's Baits accept an invitation to become a #NPHExportChamp to encourage others to consider growing their international business through exporting. The invitation from Mark Robson, Yorkshire and Humber Regional Director...

A balanced bird diet is one that provides birds with the necessary vitamins, minerals and nutrients required to maintain cells and allow a bird to go about its business correctly....

During the year in which Hull has been designated the City of Culture, BIAZA aptly focused on a theme of 'Cultured Thinking: Placing Zoos and Aquariums within the Cultural Landscape...

The Coopers (Professor John E Cooper and Mrs Margaret E Cooper) had been asked to provide veterinary and legal teaching for the hospital (clinic) staff and some invited participants. Their two-week...

Every Budgie breeder will have their unique way of navigating the breeding season and some may argue that they have the process sewn up; however, for many others – the...

Birds which are in good condition don’t stick in the moult, they get through it quickly and thus maintains their stamina. Birds fed on Condition Seed have greater resistance to...

Haith's is very excited to have been shortlisted for the prestigious HSBC International Business Award. Haith's wish to thank all their UK and International clients as it wouldn't be possible...

PRESENTATION ON BEHALF OF HAITH’S – “HEALTHY DIETS…HEALTHY BIRDS” by John E. Cooper and Andy Beer.     Haith’s (John E Haith Ltd) is based in Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire,...

Working as a wildlife vet in Kenya conjures up images of helicopters, four-wheel-drive vehicles, capture guns and an army of field workers and anti-poaching rangers. If fact, our veterinary advisor,...

Haith's PRO will be awarded either Bronze, Silver or Gold for the category of Animal Breeding, Care & Welfare at the BIAZA AGM Gala Dinner on the 10th June at...

Andy Beer (Royal Zoological Society of Scotland) and Simon King (Haith's) attended the World Pheasant Association's Conservation Breeding Advisory Group Avicultural Day (at Cotswold Wildlife Park) Saturday, 7th February, 2015...

The British Veterinary Association’s Annual Conference was held this year in collaboration with the London Vet Show. The 2014 programme theme was “One Health” – linking the health and wellbeing...

You can probably tell from the photo below that the Haith’s Cage & Aviary Show team were happy to receive third place for best trade stand from Budgerigar Society President,...

Non-human primates (monkeys and apes) face many threats, amongst them poaching, destruction of habitat and infectious disease.   Dr Steven Unwin, organiser of the PASA Veterinary Workshop in Kenya, briefs...

As another Haith’s PRO bird diet springs healthily off the production line, we will not lament the death of dust we’ve extracted from it. We’ve come up with lots of...

We have a moral duty to manufacture the cleanest bird seed mixes in the world. That’s our goal, but why? Currently in the UK, it’s possible to supply bird food...

What’s the problem with our countryside? It looks pleasant enough (doesn’t it?) Read here to find out. When travelling at the National Speed Limit! Driving fast past golden fields and...

After the physiological strain of breeding, parent birds may liable to exhaustion and also will have commenced their moult. This is certainly the most stressful time for them, particularly in...

The term ‘condition’ is a familiar one in the English Language – and there is a variety of uses. To aviculturists it has a specific meaning and relates to the...

Flexible, standardised post-mortem examinations important in preventing future flamingo die-offs pink aggregations of lesser and greater flamingos. Over the last 20 years these populations have suffered a series of unexplained...

The Fourth Annual Conference of the IVFSA (International Veterinary Forensic Science Association) was held in Orlando, Florida, USA, from Wednesday 21st to Friday 23rd May. Speakers from several countries -...

  Bird diet quality holds universal significance, transcending geographical boundaries and avian species diversity. Professor John Cooper's recent examination of poultry feed in Kenya sheds light on this crucial aspect...

UK fancier, and Haith's customer, Mike Harrington shares a year in the life of his incredible American singer programme. In addition to the monthly recommendations it is advisable to conduct...

This week, part one; we’re starting the journey with Domesticated Foreign Finches & Zebra Finches: Domesticated Foreign Finches: There are now several varieties of domesticated foreign finches and their hybrids...

Feeding canaries is very much the same as all small seed-eating birds and over generations the champion breeders and showmen, particularly of the Type Canaries, have developed their own particular...

Germinated seed - Most birds enjoy germinated seeds, which provide a rich source of Vitamins A and E. Presoaking in lukewarm water for about half a day is necessary to...

Thank you for joining us on part two of this journey, looking at how Haith’s cater for finches (Domesticated Foreign, Zebra, Bengalese, Gouldian Finches), small Parrot-like and Budgerigars too. If...

The first Southern UK vet school zoological society symposium 2014. Read here for more information. RVCZS ROYAL VET SYMPOSIUM 1ST-2ND FEB 2014   Organising team:  Rosie Beaumont and Catherine Jeanes...

Discover the history behind John E Haith Ltd by reading this blog. In 1947 John 'Ted' Haith bought a war damaged three storey chapel in Cleethorpes to expand his growing...

We are now approaching that time of the year when birdsong is said to be at its loudest. It used to be during the first week of April but changes...