Armando's Aviaries

                 Canaries are amazing little birds. One canary will be content in a 12"x12"x10" cage. This of course, is the minimum sized cage for 1 canary. The more canaries, the bigger the cage must be, keep in mind "the bigger the better!" for the bird. Canaries are happy birds, and don't like to handled much. My canaries are handled when they are young, to fit a ring, and twice yearly for nail trimming and quick physical check-ups. These birds don't need much care, as long as fresh water is given daily and fresh food with some extras are given. My canaries eat ABBA 1700 which is Canary Food. They enjoy this very much. ABBA seed products are filling to my birds and cause little or no waste. I enjoy supplying ABBA, and my birds enjoy eating it! Canaries like extra's but it takes some "getting  used to"! Let them taste the foods and then little by little they'll start eating it. I offer my canaries fruits like, small diced apples, oranges, bananas, berries, and grapes. Also vegetables like corn, spinach, dark leaf lettuce, broccoli, and carrots, basically what your child won't eat!

                      When breeding Canaries I always suggest the use of Breeding Cages. This is a hassle free cage that is very uselful. My male canaries are on the left side and my females on the right. They get so interested in each other during the winter months that by breeding season you may find your canaries feeding each other through the removable divider. The female will build her nest when she's interested and when you remove the divider nature takes place. By three days after the divider is removed you may see an egg, and 14 days after that a hatched chick! Many people use the "dummy egg" method, which is when an egg is laid in the nest pan you remove it and replace with a dummy egg, when the third egg is hatched you place the removed ones back and there is more of a chance that all canary egg's will hatch on the same day. I used this method and found it to be true, but I warn that clumsy people should let nature take its place! Conditioning the canary is important as well. I offer 3tsp of ABBA Nestling Food a week! This helps the bird come "in the mood!"

Where should I put the cage?

You should place the cage in a comfortable, calm, and clumsy-free spot. This means a place where it isn'e burning hot or freezing cold, like a living room or office, a calm place unlike the window facing the parkway!, and a clumsy-free spot, a place where it won't be in the way and you don't find yourself moving it every day or bumping into it!

How do I see if the egg is fertile or infertile?

Gently hold up the egg (DON'T BREAK IT) to a regular 60W light bulb. If it is dark inside the egg is fertile (will most likely hatch) if it is clear it is infertile (will not hatch) You can make this check 10 days after the egg was hatched!

What Nesting Material do you use?

I use Burlap but canaries will use newpaper and other shredded materials