Opal Agate Ivory Canaries

The male has a beige front with half of the crown of a red rose, the color can be replaced by the yellow-brown. The beak is yellow with the upper mandible flamed. The trais eyebrow, grayish beige, are close and regular, starting above the eyes and going up the neck. The eyes are black. Cheeks and ear region have a drawing of a half moon shape and are of a gray-brown tinged with pink. The Lorum are gray. Neck, back and shoulders are light gray with dark gray streaks regular. The color of the throat is pale gray with small dark gray skirt the size of a pea. The background color of the chest is...

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Red Isabel Mosaic Female Canary

The male has a beige front half of the crown of a red rose, the color can be replaced by the yellow-brown. The beak is yellow with the upper mandible flamed. The trais eyebrow, beige, are close and regular, starting above the eyes and going up the neck. The eyes are dark brown. Cheeks and ear region have a design in the shape of half moon and is a beige color washed pink. The Lorum are beige. The neck, back and shoulders are light beige with light brown streaks regular. The color of the throat is light beige with a small dark brown skirt the size of a pea. The background color of the chest is...

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SOME CAGE BIRD MANAGEMENT TIPS FOR FINCHES SUCH AS CANARIES

Usually two broods are produced annually, from May to August. In captivity, it is not advisable to leave the female to a third brood, as it is exposed to more intense fatigue, and this just before moulting, stressful ordeal for birds. The female lays four to six pale blue eggs, finely marked with pale pink and lilac, average size of 16 * 12mm, the female incubates alone from 10 to 12 days while the male feeds the nest. In captivity, some females begin hatching the first egg, the other from the third egg. From that time, special attention will be paid to the behavior of the male, some have a...

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Female Reproduction in Canaries

It is a robust bird, which bears very harsh climates. He has a good life if they live in good conditions. With a sharp eye, he spotted the insects quickly and efficiently. He has many qualities and has a melodious and pleasant, without missing a colorful plumage. This is an acrobat who does not take up one second, it is lively and has a rapid flight. It moves to the ground by small jumps, it usually travels short distances. They live in groups, except during the mating season when he needs space and shows quite territorial. In an aviary it easily coexists with other species, it lives at home...

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Captive Care and Breeding

Breeding in captivity nightingale of Japan is not easy. Must be taken by a couple aviary if we want to have any chance of reproduction, and thus avoid fights at this time. If students in a cage, the minimum dimensions of 75x45x65 cm should be. Is used mainly woven nests of canaries in cages surrounded by semi-open vegetation. Should be offered different kinds of nests in hidden, but must remain accessible to the farmer for the observation and monitoring of the nest during incubation and after. To ease the coupling, we must develop the battery or the aviary with branches or plants to be closer...

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General Categories for Canaries

With a size of from 18 to 20 cm, 10 cm tail, Diamond Dove Dove is the smallest in the world. It weighs about 40 grams. This bird is characterized by small white spots on the wings, that look like diamonds. The dove has a diamond eye ring from orange to bright red. In general, that of the male is larger and redder than that of the female, but you need to know why the age of the birds, in fact, these juveniles orange eye-ring and fine. To definitively sexing the bird, only the male is the wheel, like the peacock. In the wild, the diamond dove plumage gray. The head, neck and chest are of a bluish...

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Nesting of Canaries

The nesting season usually begins in the spring. The eye ring of the male becomes at that time redder and thicker. During the breeding season, the male will begin to coo and to wheel around the female. The latter can also answer him cooing, but his cry is much smaller than the male. The pecked is also a sign of pre-mating. The nest is a nest type used canary filled mostly coconut fiber, lint, feathers, etc ... The dove is not a diamond as the construction of the nest, it is advisable to assist in consolidating the nest. Two or even three broods can be achieved. It is not advisable to do more,...

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