January 2020 , go….
as always in hunting before you see results you have to invest time, great effort, and not least money (they are always a problem especially for those who have wives).
But the urge and desire to close another piece of the circle of our great passion made me get here…. EVERYTHING READY ….. at least to start …
After attending several courses taught by Firmo Bazzani owner of Redwing breeding and having done several researches, I decided to try it too, Bazzani’s method ( different from the traditional live-breeding) impressed me immediately because it is complete in every step and nothing is left to chance.
So after finding a viable room for such a purpose, with the help of all the valuable advice learned from the courses and scrupulously following Firmo on social media, I set up my own small breeding farm; it is a room of about 16 square meters and 4 meters in height where , in September 2019, I planted 6 females and 5 males of ancestral redwing (Turdus iliacus).
I set it up with about a dozen thuja leylandii plants, a tank with 10 cm of water, recycling timer, 6 feed stations, and of course photoperiod with neon natura.
The protocol to follow at first seems really challenging, but then slowly the current feeling is that everything takes its place, and now with the arrival of the new site and with it so many other services (e.g., veterinary consultations, online orders, etc.) many steps will surely be simplified.
After about a year of theoretical and practical preparation, the impression observing the aviary is positive and the ‘expectation is good. This feeling is also reinforced by the results obtained with my calls, which after adopting some tricks learned in the courses and the whole line of “Turdus specialist” supplements, have improved markedly.
Further confirmation of the validity of the products in question, I was able to see last spring, during the imbecco of chicks of a breeder friend , carried out with the products Artificial Insect and thesupplement “Weaning”, with which he did not have any loss unlike previous years ( perhaps a coincidence you could say) but above all we noticed a big difference in artificial imbecco in the aspect of cleaning the chicks, as the product does not stick to the area surrounding the beak but the excess part slips away leaving the fledgling clean.
Of course, I don’t hide the fact that from the day I started until today it hasn’t all been easy, and something I certainly don’t lose sight of is that there is really a long way to go and the obstacles will certainly not be long in coming; at the same time, I think that a good start and the will to believe in it all the way through will lead me to see all the negatives and defeats as lessons to grow the experience in this adventure.
Special thanks to Firmo Bazzani for valuable advice and for sharing his great experience gained over many years of breeding.
Andrea Midali
