ABK Publications endeavours to encourage young people to share their bird keeping experiences. This may be on any bird keeping topic or just brief helpful information on housing, feeding, breeding, providing activities for your birds or even caring for and training pet birds.

With your submission please send high resolution photographs with captions explaining the details of the photograph.

We aim to be able to give more young people the opportunity to share useful information with each other. We hope that you can participate.

Email ABK your story to youngbirdkeeper@birdkeeper.com.au. or post a CD of your story and photos to PO Box 6288, South Tweed Heads, NSW, 2486.

Shaun's Day with his Birds

BY Shaun Vigor-Smith

Shaun is 9 years of age, a student at Torquay College who feeds the lorikeets in the school walk through aviary. ... more

Birds of a Feather—My Memorable Experiences

BY Jacob Emerson

Without any prior experience in keeping animals, it came as a great surprise to my parents when I told them I wanted a bird. ... more

Parrots and Poutlry - An Interesting Mix

BY Ethan Kruckow

Throughout my life I have kept many different types of birds. ... more

Birds—A Family Passion

BY Prue Ammenhauser

My parents bought me my first bird at the age of five—a featherless little skin-bag that turned out to be a Blue Budgerigar—and with dad’s help I handraised the first of many birds.... more

My Flock

BY Cvetanco Gligorovski

I currently have over 100 birds ranging in size from the little Orange-breasted Waxbill to the largest Sulphur-crested Cockatoo. ... more