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 gray with gray streaks on the upper chest, in adult males the breast may be pink. The background color is light gray sides regularly streaked with gray, from the top of the chest and down the flanks. The belly is dirty white. In the wings, big plans are of a dark gray, edged with gray at the tips of feathers. The two wing bars are a light gray. Rump is pale gray streaked with dark gray. At the tail, the tail feathers are dark gray, edged with gray at the tips of them. The legs are of a greyish color with black nails. The female, meanwhile, carries the same livery as the male, but it never rose on the chest, but only on the crown.

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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 light beige with light brown streaks on the upper chest, in adult males the breast may be pink (pink is the least best). The background color is light beige sides regularly streaked brown, from the top of the chest and down the flanks. The belly is dirty white. In the wings, the plans are primary light beige and light brown are secondary systems. The two wing bars are a light beige. Rump is pale beige striped brown. At the tail, the tail feathers are light beige with a little more clear border visible. The legs are like a flesh-colored nails. The female, meanwhile, carries the same livery as the male, but it never rose on the chest, but only on the crown.

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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 bad tendency to bite or destroy the nest egg. If this is the case, we must separate the male from the female (place it in a cage-competition within the aviary where the female, or if the couple is housed in a battery, to a separation fence so that the female is the 2 / 3 of the battery if possible). The female will take care of raising young only if it is separated from her mate. In the case of a farm without problems, after hatching, the female feed the young one, while the male feeds the female to the nest. To the 6th-7th day, the young can be ringed. To the 10th-11th days after birth, the female does more warm her young, and the male begins to feed them directly. The young leave the nest to the 12th-15th days and will be fed by parents until about the 30th day.

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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 with no problem with canaries, small exotic finches and bullfinches. I have never seen aggression between them.

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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 to more natural habitat. Care should be taken to provide a diet high in animal protein and vitamins to encourage reproduction. During breeding, provide for an insectivore mash mixed with an egg mash, and ensure an intake of animal protein, ant eggs, pinkies, mealworms and buffalo.

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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 gray, while its belly is a cream color. The wings, the back is the tail of a gray-brown, the wings always with the characteristic white diamonds. The legs are pink and gray bill.

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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, to avoid tiring the couple, especially the female. This corresponds to each hatch one or two eggs of a cream color. The incubation period lasts from 12 to 14 days, the eggs are incubated by both parents. At birth, the chicks present a fine down. They are fed by both parents of a special milk they produce from their crop. After a few days, the first feathers appear. To the 5-6th day, the chicks can be banded with a ring diameter of 3.5 mm. Fifteen days after birth, the chicks are ready to leave the nest, often remaining on the ground before going to begin to perch a few days after leaving the nest. They are still fed by parents, especially by the father until the age of 40 days.

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Exhibitions

If you are already visiting an exhibition, you probably find that some diamond doves are present. Why? First, it is more or less difficult to be familiar with the different classes of birds. In addition, the diamond dove cages can become damaged in the contest, particularly in terms of its long tail. It must also be well used to his cage contest, so do not panic at shows. Finally, most of the organizers look askance at this bird (like quail for that matter), related to damage to poultry, and fearing bird flu. Some are even from these birds, their booking a small room, which can be located near the entrance (hello drafts!) Or at the very back of the room, which is little visited and thus very little about this magnificent bird.


If you want to expose this bird, remember basketing in the cage properly. Thus, the diamond dove is to be exposed in a cage type K2 (size: 42x20x30), and not in a cage for canaries colors! In addition, the diamond dove with poor eyesight, it is advisable to basketing few weeks before the contest in his cage (at least three weeks before). To prevent it crashed the tail, some farmers the glasshouse with urgo protecting especially the end.

Cage type K2 contest used to expose the diamond doves. The dimensions are: 42x20x30:

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