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slwatson I have 2 canaries, they feed each other all day. Both chirp 1 tries really hard to sing. I cant confirm that either of them are male or female but my guess is there prolly female. I'm just aggravated that neither of them are attempting to build a nest.

I am thinking of separating them for the summer molt and pairing them up with a different canary next year. I would take them to the Vet and get them checked/tested but that can be pricey.

Jamm972

I think you can send off for dna testing too, but I've never done that before, and I'm not sure how much it costs.

Using the needle test, this one does appear to be a female. Her eye is clearly above the beak line.

Paul

slwatson I haven't hurd of sending out a DNA test. I think I might google more information about that. will check into it and see what I find out

Jamm972

check out http://www.avianbiotech.com/SexingCenter.htm

I think I finally caught my canary singing...so it's a boy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Psn4jdPz-hI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tc9e3H_uFIg

Please excuse the quality of the video...I had to shoot it from far away because he would stop singing when I got close

slwatson
that sure sounds like a singer to me. He will be nice and loud when his song get to be full bloom have you tried any training YouTube videos ?

slwatson

Hahaha! Look at you sneaking! So Cute! At least now you know he is just a youngster and that's very good news

Jamm972@Babs

When I play videos of canaries singing from youtube, he starts chirping but doesn't sing. I probably just need to give it more time.

Babs

I felt like an FBI agent or something....I had to pretend like I was watching tv and hold the phone barely up over the couch so he couldn't see me

slwatson

I remember doing that when I caught CackleJax doing his aweful song. At the end he of the video completely busts me!

Would be even funnier to take a video of us sneaking around our birds like little creepers.

Babs

Yes it would!!!

slwatson

I'm glad your little one turned out to be a boy.
Once he gets more confident, he'll sing up a storm for you. Find out what his favorite foods are, as that generally gets them to sing like crazy.

At some point t in the future, when he's singing non stop (and driving you nuts), you'll look back to this time and smile (between the SHUT UP ALREADY!!! comments).

lovezebs

LOL! I noticed last night he was signing more. He just needs to get comfortable and then he'll be driving me nuts soon!

I'm going to have this experience in a few weeks trying to figure out if I have males or females with the young chicks that were just born. this is a fun hobby

OK....so I discovered last night that HE is in fact a SHE There was an egg cracked at the bottom of the cage when I got home, and she hasn't been housed with anyone else. So I apparently have a red factor soft feather female who sings! Glenn is now officially Maggie!