New Hobby - Breeding - Few Questions
Posted: Wed Feb 10, 2016 2:55 pm
Hello all and thanks for letting me join. I have owned canaries for about 5 years now. This year I have decided to pair up and attempt to breed them. I have a crested canary, beautiful looking, but for some reason he seems to be a loner. Anytime he is with other birds he shows no interest and does not sing. The minute I put him in his own cage and he cant see the other birds he sings galore with a beautiful, full strong song. I put him in a breeder cage with a divider, and the female is showing interest, but he is not. The female is trying so hard to get his attention but he doesn't seem to want to budge on showing interest. They get along fine though. The female is a dominant yellow, and no its not crested.
I guess my question is should I try to [pair him up with another female or wait and see if eventually the female he is with he will accept.
Second question:
I purchased a 2014 dominant white female, and a crested male from a bird store. As soon as I put them in the breeder cage with the divider, the female immediately started to make a nest and the male would serenade her. I removed the divider to let them be together. I believe this is because they already paired up and were exposed to 12 plus hours of light if not more a day. The males genitals are clearly showing, but the female has not yet dropped her feathers in that area but is allowing the male to mount her. Should I allow this to happen. I don't want to cause any more stress than what is needed. I'm sure their first clutch might be unsuccessful due to the lighting change and stress from being moved t a new environment, but they seem happy.
Third question:
I have 4 red factor canaries for almost a year, 2 from a breeder, and 2 from a store. I noticed when they were all together in a flight cage they were kissing and feeding each other. I was amazed that all 4 red factors paired up with opposite purchases (1 from breeder, 1 from store). I transported them into a breeder cage they continued to feed each other through the bars and sleep next to each other on the perches. I was told by a breeder here in Arizona the Valley of the Sun to remove the divider and let them do what they do that they have accepted each other and are getting ready to condition themselves. I am only positive 1 is male cause of his beautiful song, but am uncertain of the other 3. but so far none of them are showing interest in building a nest. The one I know that is for sure male is chasing the female around (90% not violent, only on rare occasion 10% it gets intense). I'm debating on separating them again until the female shows interest in breeding.
The other 2 just stand there eat bathe that's about it. I think they both may be female, but the one that has a brown spot does try to sing but its not in full form its cut up and blotchy.
Sorry for the long Topic Question's figure this is better than opening up a multiple amount of topic questions. Any information and answers would be appreciated. Just a heads up I live and raise these birds in Arizona. The lighting and weather is totally different than in most other areas. I think we are at about 11 hours of natural day light, and about 2 hours of lamp light.
I guess my question is should I try to [pair him up with another female or wait and see if eventually the female he is with he will accept.
Second question:
I purchased a 2014 dominant white female, and a crested male from a bird store. As soon as I put them in the breeder cage with the divider, the female immediately started to make a nest and the male would serenade her. I removed the divider to let them be together. I believe this is because they already paired up and were exposed to 12 plus hours of light if not more a day. The males genitals are clearly showing, but the female has not yet dropped her feathers in that area but is allowing the male to mount her. Should I allow this to happen. I don't want to cause any more stress than what is needed. I'm sure their first clutch might be unsuccessful due to the lighting change and stress from being moved t a new environment, but they seem happy.
Third question:
I have 4 red factor canaries for almost a year, 2 from a breeder, and 2 from a store. I noticed when they were all together in a flight cage they were kissing and feeding each other. I was amazed that all 4 red factors paired up with opposite purchases (1 from breeder, 1 from store). I transported them into a breeder cage they continued to feed each other through the bars and sleep next to each other on the perches. I was told by a breeder here in Arizona the Valley of the Sun to remove the divider and let them do what they do that they have accepted each other and are getting ready to condition themselves. I am only positive 1 is male cause of his beautiful song, but am uncertain of the other 3. but so far none of them are showing interest in building a nest. The one I know that is for sure male is chasing the female around (90% not violent, only on rare occasion 10% it gets intense). I'm debating on separating them again until the female shows interest in breeding.
The other 2 just stand there eat bathe that's about it. I think they both may be female, but the one that has a brown spot does try to sing but its not in full form its cut up and blotchy.
Sorry for the long Topic Question's figure this is better than opening up a multiple amount of topic questions. Any information and answers would be appreciated. Just a heads up I live and raise these birds in Arizona. The lighting and weather is totally different than in most other areas. I think we are at about 11 hours of natural day light, and about 2 hours of lamp light.
