All About Your Canary

by George Jackson French

PLATE 34 APRICOT CANARY AND SISKIN 3RD CROSS

PLATE 35 FROSTED PINK CHOPPER CANARY

PLATE 36 DILUTE HEN CHOPPER CANARY

Breeding Information

SELECTING THE BIRDS

The chances are you already own one of the birds you plan to use for breeding. For best prospects the male should be healthy and sleek, a good singer, and between twelve months and four years old. The hen should also be healthy and sleek, from one to five years old, and should differ from the cock bird in coloring. For example, with the cock a yellow, the hen could be a lighter colored buff, or vice versa. Pair yellow and buff, green and white, cinnamon and white, yellow and green, and so on. Your hens should be vigorous and if not overbred (used for more than two nests the previous season) it is a good thing to use those with proved capacity on your first attempt.