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• What do you need

Breeding canaries requires prior planning, specialized equipment, special food, and a fair bit of luck. Canaries in ordinary life are not socialized birds, so simply placing a male and a female in the same cage is more likely to lead to unhappiness than to the appearance of eggs. Knowing how to properly breed canaries is important for keeping your birds comfortable. Let's talk about how to breed canaries.

Steps

1. 1 Keep canaries separate until breeding season begins.
   • Until then, the canaries must be kept separately in their own cages. The males will fight and may even kill the female if she is not ready to breed. However, bird cages can be kept in the same room.
2. 2 Watch for signs of readiness.
   • Males usually come to readiness faster than females. Signs that they are ready to breed are lowering of their wings while singing, their singing becomes sharper and louder, they can dance on a perch, and if there are other males nearby, they can defend their territory.
   • Females, coming to readiness, most often begin to tear the paper, as if preparing to build a nest. A more reliable sign of their readiness is redness and swelling of the anus. They can also lift their tails and squat at the sight of a male.
3. 3 Introduce the male and female.
   • There are canary breeding cages that allow the male and female to get used to each other without allowing the male to harm the female. These cells have two partitions. One is made of metal mesh, and the other is solid. Do not remove any of the partitions until the female has built her nest.
4. 4 Add a nest.
   • Special nests can be purchased at pet stores. They can be lined with specially designed nest fillers if your canary cannot do this properly on her own. As soon as the canary begins to equip the nest, you can remove the solid partition.
5. 5 Feed your birds a special diet.
   • Nesting canaries should be fed a special meal made from fortified grains. They should also have access to a small amount of fruit daily. It is also recommended to feed shells or coarse sandstone as an additional source of calcium for healthy eggs.
6. 6 Track when the birds start kissing.
   • It may start right away or after a few days, but if both birds are ready, they will start kissing through the wire rack. As soon as this happens, remove the partition, but make sure that no fights break out. If birds start fighting, immediately put the divider back in and watch again for signs that the birds are ready.
7. 7 Watch out for the nest.
   • A female canary can lay up to 8 eggs, but most often there are 5. Usually eggs hatch on the 14th day without any assistance.
8. 8 Separate the chicks.
   • When the chicks start feeding on their own and are fully fledged, transplant them into a separate cage. This usually occurs at three weeks of age.

What do you need

• Male and female canaries.
• Canary breeding cage.
• Plastic or wire canary nest.
• Fortified feed and fresh fruit.