Canary pair

[zoey]

Here is the Canary pair and youngster which is fully feathered now.The mum is on 6 eggs again.

Mum



Dad



Youngster
a week ago

[bickitrainer]

Awww wow! They are adorable!

[Jane]

They're cute little birdies Greg

[meandem]

I've never owned a canary - BUT NOW I WANT ONE, or maybe two or three or four or five or six, wel you know me.

They are just the cutest little creatures

Do they have to have their own section? Or are they compatible with finches?

[robert]

meandem,some people won't like me stating this,but really canaries are a type of finch.You can even breed some finches to canaries . While the end result are mules,it used to be popular,because of a greater singing ability of the young. Though there is one exception,here. The red in the red canary actually came initially from the red siskin. The finches that can breed with Canary are called singing finches . You might be intertested in this chart. www.finchinfo.com/housing/compatible_species.php also www.finchinfo.com/birds/finches/species/green_singing_finch.php www.finchinfo.com/birds/finches/species/european_goldfinch.php www.finchinfo.com/birds/finches/species/index.php If you are to mix canaries with finches,might be best not to mix them with finches,they can breed with. Also some different species of finches can interbreed,but that is another issue. Also if it wasn't because of nightflight,you could also include Cockatiels.Some people include bourkes with their finches. Don't know about other grass parrots . Hope of help from Robert and Precious PS. note mixing here www.arkmarymuses.co.uk/aviary1.htm more info on compatibality here www.singing-wings-aviary.com/Canaries.htm

[robert]

Genetics interesting here too,bickitrainer.You breed Canaries to a number of Finches and you get mules.But with breeding of Canaries to the Red Siskin,the red colour gets passed on and eventually we get the red Canary. from Robert and Precious

[Jane]

Oct 24, 2008 17:35:59 GMT 10 robert said:

Some people include bourkes with their finches.

Actually Bourkes are not recommended for mixing with finches because they are most active at dusk and disturb the finches who roost earlier

[robert]

Thanks for those comments,Jane. Some people do mix,but they must ignore the fact,that the Bourkes are quite active,when the finches are trying to get to sleep. Pity. From Robert and Precious

[vankarhi]

nice looking canaries Greg. Mine managed to raise one youngster to fledging but have since not manged to do it again. The eggs are either fertile ( or not sometimes), or have DIS or the young hatch but die.

[robert]

Looking forward to more pictures etc of canaries and finches,by Greg. Jane, I have heard of people keeping Cockatiels with Finches.It shouln't happen,beacuse of nightflight.. It is not that the Cockatiels deliberatley hurt the Finches. They might even hurt themselves. It would be horrible in dashing about because of night flight they fly into finch and thereby killing it. Best Robert and Precious

[zoey]

Agree Robert with your comments on finches,people don't like it but do breed mules and are accepted as a mutation for there song they produce being louder and strong,l will take a pic now of the four new hatchlings l have in the nest..back in 5

Here they are
Firstly the youngster who fledged early, is grown up now doing well



And the four amigo's ;D

[robert]

Thanks Greg. This is not just a Parrot Forum.We all can't cover everything. Great that you have put pictures,etc of Canaries and Finches. Good to see pictures of Poultry,Quail,Doves,Piqeons,etc. also .Thanks again.

[zoey]

No problem Robert l will do my best to vary the species of birds

[vankarhi]

No it is not just a parrot forum. I thought it was a "bird" forum. Just that a large majority of people own parrots of varying sizes. ;D and it is good to see other canaries (I am sure you were sick of seeing Singa when he was growing up ...... you guys know what I am like with a camera lol

Good to see another canary owner too and boy are they nice looking canaries too ;D

[zoey]

Thanks,I will work out my top 10 Australian native spieces pics uncommon to people and show them in a thread here in the coming days
Stay tuned..lol.

[robert]

Lovely to see the pictures of the Canaries,you just put here, Greg. from Robert and Precious

[Jane]

Cool Greg I am stuning tuned and waiting ;D We have this great country with the most amazing birdlife and yet for some strange reason they aren't the most popular birds to own

[meandem]

I am now looking for a pair (my poor wish list) - I have seen so many different types of canaries, I don't know which one I like the best - they are all so pretty.