Help on new canary home...

[Maria Faith]

Hello,

We (my fiancé and I) have a walk in bird coup with four zebra finches and their babies, two canaries (one red factor and one atlantic canary), and one ring neck dove. The zebras seem to be too aggressive for the canaries so we set up a new home for them beside our society finches. This sadly, will be a major reduction in flying space, but I was hoping the trade off for more calm and seclusion would be a welcomed pay off. The zebras and dove are far more active then the canaries. The new home is 2' 1" long, 1' 1" wide, and 1' 2" tall (from the bottom to the lowest arch in the picture). Will this be adequate flying space for the canaries? I know exurcise is important, I just want my canareys to live happy, healthy, and long. Does the set up look good? Any tips or ideas would be greatly appreciated. Thank you for your time.

Maria

[30 Seconds to Bob]

That size is adequate for one or two canaries. As long as they get to actually fly a bit. Is is about the smallest that you should go, however. When I used to breed canaries, that is about the size I would house my single males in. Bob

[Maria Faith]

30 Seconds to Bob

Thanks Bob,

The internet is not consistent on what is acceptable for canaries. It varies from webpage to webpage. Its great to hear from someone who had experience breading them. We do plan to give them daily flight time after a week so they can establish the new enclosure as home. Would definitely still like to get them something a lot bigger down the line though.

Thank you again.

Maria