One of the most popular cage and aviary bird anywhere in the world is the canary. These delightful little birds are now available in a huge array of colour and shape variations and are ideal as both pets and for serious breeders and exhibitors.

The wild ancestors of canaries are prolific breeders whenever the rains fall in their dry, mediteranean climate. However the modern domesticated canary can be far harder to breed than you might expect. Selection for specific colours and show traits has been achieved through rigorous line breeding and this has depressed the fertility of much of the stock. As a rule the bigger the bird the harder it will be to breed.

Breeding from unrelated birds will produce better fertility in their offspring but may make it harder to "fix" the particular show characteristics you are looking for. This is a constant dilemma for exhibition breeders.

Generally canaries respond well to good nutrition. Pet birds will live longer, happier more vital lives if their seed is supplemented with Feast eggfood, Daily Essentials3 and Calcivet (CalciBoost). Breeder birds will be more fertile and productive if the eggfood is further enhanced with ProBoost SuperMax. For more information take this link to our products section.

To see what our products can do for your birds have alook at this comment from leading Yorkshire canary breeder (and regular contributor to the newspaper Cage & Aviary Birds) Brian Keenan.

There are a number of diseases to which canaries are particularly prone. Probably the most common is "going light". Ther is an article on this disease. Just look at the navigation bar to the left of this page. Many breeders also treat regularly for both worms (Biozine) and Trichomoniasis (Harkanker Soluble). You will find details of these two products in the sick bird area of the products section.

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