Length of time for lights
- Nipper06
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Re: Length of time for lights
You have a beautiful set up there! Canaries must love it !! Are they permanently loose in there or do they return to their cages at night. Mine mostly all go back to their cages.
Ron
My Pets: 2 Java Sparrows, 1 Canary, 4 Gouldian Finches, 1 Green Singer, 2 Ringneck Doves, 1 Budgie, 2 Rosy Bourke Parakeets, and 1 Mixed-breed Terrier
My Pets: 2 Java Sparrows, 1 Canary, 4 Gouldian Finches, 1 Green Singer, 2 Ringneck Doves, 1 Budgie, 2 Rosy Bourke Parakeets, and 1 Mixed-breed Terrier
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Re: Length of time for lights
I asked.Sheather wrote: But when do they molt?
They can do it randomly at any time if the year.
Some even molt twice a year.
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Re: Length of time for lights
Thanks Ron!
During the off-breeding season, a lot of my birds like the privacy of a sleep station at night. They think they're all alone but in reality, roosting about 1/2" away or less from the next guy.
W.j,
Molting twice a year must be really stressful on the bird and a breeding season that lasts more than a few months can really limit a canaries life span.
In my case, I withhold the nest material and nests until March. They're so intent on nesting at that point that they move into their private apartments on their own. I usually end their breeding season with the last clutch in June no matter how much they want to continue raising babies...or how valuable their babies are to me.
P
During the off-breeding season, a lot of my birds like the privacy of a sleep station at night. They think they're all alone but in reality, roosting about 1/2" away or less from the next guy.
W.j,
Molting twice a year must be really stressful on the bird and a breeding season that lasts more than a few months can really limit a canaries life span.
In my case, I withhold the nest material and nests until March. They're so intent on nesting at that point that they move into their private apartments on their own. I usually end their breeding season with the last clutch in June no matter how much they want to continue raising babies...or how valuable their babies are to me.
P
Favorite hobby is continuing to improve on a landscaped, weather protected, 500 sq ft mixed aviary with 23 fascinating species. 30 years in the making; currently have
19 different Finch species, 2 types of Doves, plus 23 Button Quail and 30 pair of clear Red Factor Canaries.
19 different Finch species, 2 types of Doves, plus 23 Button Quail and 30 pair of clear Red Factor Canaries.
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Re: Length of time for lights
Yeah, I am sure that's the price canaries here pay for living in ethernal summer of 12 hours daylight and 22-32 C temperature year-round.
As long as they live, they look perfectly healthy though.
As I've never kept any myself, I can't give more details though.
Molting twice a year is the norm for many (most? all?) local species here, so maybe the canaries just "go native"!
As long as they live, they look perfectly healthy though.
As I've never kept any myself, I can't give more details though.
Molting twice a year is the norm for many (most? all?) local species here, so maybe the canaries just "go native"!