Found this while searching 'canaries'...

KNG5 · Post by **KNG5** » Thu Jun 07, 2007 10:34 am

My neighbor has some yellow canaries. She had them out the other day and they were singing. They have such pretty songs! I would go over and talk to her but she is evil in my eyes. She hates dogs (though has statues of them all over her yard) and threatened to call the ASPCA or whatever because one of my dogs (the nicest ever!) got out and wandered into her yard. I am so tempted to just give her a cute puppy so she'll get over her fear. I hate when dog-haters move into a neighborhood full of dog lovers and then demand that the dogs dont bark and stuff. Whatever, I've gotten off-topic..heh whoops.

kenny · Post by **kenny** » Thu Jun 07, 2007 3:01 pm

hi rue
the canary in your avatar is a buff feathered bird as to a yellow feathered...i know it is yellow but the slight frosting on the feathers is known as buffing and the deep yellow feathers are of course known as yellows so you should only pair a yellow feathered bird to a buff feathered bird otherwise....2 buffs = feather dusters,2yellows=really tight feathered birds so thats why 1 buff and 1 yellow have to be paired together

ken

tammieb · Post by **tammieb** » Fri Jun 08, 2007 6:45 am

Sorry Kenny, but that was as clear as mud.

What does a buff canary look like?

Rue · Post by **Rue** » Fri Jun 08, 2007 10:56 am

LOL...I need all the info. I can get...

...so my new boy isn't a yellow...he's a buff-feathered? I won't be breeding - esp. if he's prone to foot issues...don't need to pass that on...but I still like to know what's what

Is buff-feathered just the colour name or is that the variety name?

Is it a desirable colour or not?

Rue · Post by **Rue** » Fri Jun 08, 2007 11:22 am

...okay...did some more googling...think I have it figured out...

Thanks Kenny!

Rue · Post by **Rue** » Fri Jun 08, 2007 11:40 am

...ha! He's an American Singer!

They just had him listed as a Yellow Canary.

So...now I know he's a buff-coloured American Singer!

He's doing a lot of what I think is 'trilling' today...a good sign that he's comfortable enough...I hope

kenny · Post by **kenny** » Sat Jun 09, 2007 7:48 am

hi tammie
i didnt think i would be able to explain it in one go,here are some pictures of glosters..the buff nad yellow applies to all birds really but these will show you the difference of buff and yellow in canaries

ken

http://www.fifecanary.org/

tammieb · Post by **tammieb** » Sat Jun 09, 2007 7:50 am

Thanks Kenny, I once had that site bookmarked but lost it when old computer crashed.