The Yorkshire Canary Club Canary Care Apr-June
For the majority of canary fanciers in the UK, April signals the start of the canary breeding season
Canary hens will happily rear two or even three nests of chicks each year, if properly cared for, without causing themselves any discomfort. The key to successful breeding is a good standard of hygiene and attention to detail. Given the right conditions, the Yorkshire canary will rear its own young unaided. With a reasonable amount of luck, anyone can successfully breed these delightful birds, and look forward to many years enjoyment from their hobby.
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| Diet | Staple food | Fresh Water | Daily |
| Mixed Canary Seed | |||
| Added extras | Softfood | give daily until eggs laid. | |
| Minerals | Mineral Grit Oystershell Grit Charcoal Cuttlefish | Always available Refresh weekly | |
| Supplements | Feed as recommended by manufacturer | ||
| General Management | Housing | Cocks | Introduce cocks to hens breeding cages |
| Hens | Place hens into individual breeding cages | ||
| Cleaning | Cages | Weekly / as required | |
| Perches | Daily / Weekly / as required | ||
| Utensils | Daily / Weekly / as required | ||
| Bathing | Twice a week | ||
| Specialist Tasks | Heating | Maintain constant temperature of 55-60 degrees farenheit | |
| Lighting | Maintain 14 hours daylight | ||
| Nests | Provide adequate nesting material to allow nest building to commence in earnest. | ||
| Observation | Monitor birds to ensure fighting does not take place. Remove cock birds if necessary. | ||
| Breeding Tasks | Egg Laying | check nests daily for new eggs. | |
| Egg removal | Remove eggs daily. Return when 4th egg laid. | ||
| Incubation | Canary eggs take 14 days to hatch, from date eggs returned. | ||
| Cock birds | Remove cock birds to separate cages whilst hen incubates eggs. | Use your browser BACK button |
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| Diet | Staple food | Fresh Water | Daily |
| Mixed Canary Seed | |||
| Added extras | Softfood | give daily until eggs laid. | |
| Minerals | Mineral Grit Oystershell Grit Charcoal Cuttlefish | Always available Refresh weekly | |
| Supplements | Feed as recommended by manufacturer | ||
| General Management | Housing | Cocks | Introduce cocks to hens breeding cages |
| Hens | Place hens into individual breeding cages | ||
| Cleaning | Cages | Weekly / as required | |
| Perches | Daily / Weekly / as required | ||
| Utensils | Daily / Weekly / as required | ||
| Bathing | Twice a week | ||
| Specialist Tasks | Heating | Maintain constant temperature of 55-60 degrees farenheit | |
| Lighting | Maintain 14 hours daylight | ||
| Nests | Provide adequate nesting material to allow nest building to commence in earnest. | ||
| Observation | Monitor birds to ensure fighting does not take place. Remove cock birds if necessary. | ||
| Breeding Tasks | Egg Laying | check nests daily for new eggs. | |
| Egg removal | Remove eggs daily. Return when 4th egg laid. | ||
| Incubation | Canary eggs take 14 days to hatch, from date eggs returned. | ||
| Cock birds | Remove cock birds to separate cages whilst hen incubates eggs. | Use your browser BACK button |
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| Diet | Staple food | Fresh Water | Daily |
| Mixed Canary Seed | |||
| Added extras | Softfood | give daily until eggs laid. | |
| Minerals | Mineral Grit Oystershell Grit Charcoal Cuttlefish | Always available Refresh weekly | |
| Supplements | Feed as recommended by manufacturer | ||
| General Management | Housing | Cocks | Introduce cocks to hens breeding cages |
| Hens | Place hens into individual breeding cages | ||
| Cleaning | Cages | Weekly / as required | |
| Perches | Daily / Weekly / as required | ||
| Utensils | Daily / Weekly / as required | ||
| Bathing | Twice a week | ||
| Specialist Tasks | Heating | Maintain constant temperature of 55-60 degrees farenheit | |
| Lighting | Maintain 14 hours daylight | ||
| Nests | Provide adequate nesting material to allow nest building to commence in earnest. | ||
| Observation | Monitor birds to ensure fighting does not take place. Remove cock birds if necessary. | ||
| Breeding Tasks | Egg Laying | check nests daily for new eggs. | |
| Egg removal | Remove eggs daily. Return when 4th egg laid. | ||
| Incubation | Canary eggs take 14 days to hatch, from date eggs returned. | ||
| Cock birds | Remove cock birds to separate cages whilst hen incubates eggs. | ||
| Hatching | Watch for signs of hatching 14 days after incubation commences. | ||
| Rearing Chicks | Cock birds | Return cock bird to help feed chicks from 3rd day | |
| Cage Floors | Check regularly for chicks fallen from nest | ||
| Softfood | Provide fresh softfood two or more times each day, for newly hatched chicks. | ||
| Soaked seeds | Feed daily from 3rd day after hatching | ||
| Greenfood | Feed daily from 3rd day after hatching | ||
| Cage Floors | Remove any uneaten/stale food daily | Use your browser BACK button |
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| Diet | Staple food | Fresh Water | Daily |
| Mixed Canary Seed | |||
| Added extras | Softfood | give daily until eggs laid. | |
| Minerals | Mineral Grit Oystershell Grit Charcoal Cuttlefish | Always available Refresh weekly | |
| Supplements | Feed as recommended by manufacturer | ||
| General Management | Housing | Cocks | Introduce cocks to hens breeding cages |
| Hens | Place hens into individual breeding cages | ||
| Cleaning | Cages | Weekly / as required | |
| Perches | Daily / Weekly / as required | ||
| Utensils | Daily / Weekly / as required | ||
| Bathing | Twice a week | ||
| Specialist Tasks | Heating | Maintain constant temperature of 55-60 degrees farenheit | |
| Lighting | Maintain 14 hours daylight | ||
| Nests | Provide adequate nesting material to allow nest building to commence in earnest. | ||
| Observation | Monitor birds to ensure fighting does not take place. Remove cock birds if necessary. | ||
| Breeding Tasks | Egg Laying | check nests daily for new eggs. | |
| Egg removal | Remove eggs daily. Return when 4th egg laid. | ||
| Incubation | Canary eggs take 14 days to hatch, from date eggs returned. | ||
| Cock birds | Remove cock birds to separate cages whilst hen incubates eggs. | ||
| Hatching | Watch for signs of hatching 14 days after incubation commences. | ||
| Rearing Chicks | Cock birds | Return cock bird to help feed chicks from 3rd day and monitor carefully | |
| Cage Floors | Check regularly for chicks fallen from nest | ||
| Softfood | Provide fresh softfood two or more times each day, for newly hatched chicks. | ||
| Soaked seeds | Feed daily from 3rd day after hatching | ||
| Greenfood | Feed daily from 3rd day after hatching | ||
| Cage Floors | Remove any uneaten/stale food daily | ||
| Ringing | Apply closed rings when birds 4-7 days old | ||
| Nest pans | Check for mite, and replace with new nest after chicks 10 days old | ||
| Round two | New Nest | Provide second nest at opposite end of cage when chicks 15 days old | |
| Nesting Material | Provide new nesting material to prevent chicks being plucked | ||
| New eggs | Monitor any egg laying activities as described earlier | Use your browser BACK button |
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| Diet | Staple food | Fresh Water | Daily |
| Mixed Canary Seed | |||
| Added extras | Softfood | give daily until eggs laid. | |
| Minerals | Mineral Grit Oystershell Grit Charcoal Cuttlefish | Always available Refresh weekly | |
| Supplements | Feed as recommended by manufacturer | ||
| General Management | Housing | Cocks | Introduce cocks to hens breeding cages |
| Hens | Place hens into individual breeding cages | ||
| Cleaning | Cages | Weekly / as required | |
| Perches | Daily / Weekly / as required | ||
| Utensils | Daily / Weekly / as required | ||
| Bathing | Twice a week | ||
| Specialist Tasks | Heating | Maintain constant temperature of 55-60 degrees farenheit | |
| Lighting | Maintain 14 hours daylight | ||
| Nests | Provide adequate nesting material to allow nest building to commence in earnest. | ||
| Observation | Monitor birds to ensure fighting does not take place. Remove cock birds if necessary. | ||
| Breeding Tasks | Egg Laying | check nests daily for new eggs. | |
| Egg removal | Remove eggs daily. Return when 4th egg laid. | ||
| Incubation | Canary eggs take 14 days to hatch, from date eggs returned. | ||
| Cock birds | Remove cock birds to separate cages whilst hen incubates eggs. | ||
| Hatching | Watch for signs of hatching 14 days after incubation commences. | ||
| Rearing Chicks | Cock birds | Return cock bird to help feed chicks from 3rd day and monitor carefully | |
| Cage Floors | Check regularly for chicks fallen from nest | ||
| Softfood | Provide fresh softfood two or more times each day, for newly hatched chicks. | ||
| Soaked seeds | Feed daily from 3rd day after hatching | ||
| Greenfood | Feed daily from 3rd day after hatching | ||
| Cage Floors | Remove any uneaten/stale food daily | ||
| Ringing | Apply closed rings when birds 4-7 days old | ||
| Nest pans | Check for mite, and replace with new nest after chicks 10 days old | ||
| Fledging | Chicks will leave their nests \t approx 21 days old. | ||
| Weaning chicks | Observe fledged chicks feeding themselves, and remove to separate cage. | ||
| Next Round | New Nest | Provide second nest at opposite end of cage when chicks 15 days old | |
| Nesting Material | Provide new nesting material to prevent chicks being plucked | ||
| New eggs | Monitor any egg laying activities as described earlier | Use your browser BACK button |
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| Diet | Staple food | Fresh Water | Daily |
| Mixed Canary Seed | |||
| Added extras | Softfood | Daily | |
| Minerals | Mineral Grit Oystershell Grit Charcoal Cuttlefish | Always available Refresh weekly | |
| Supplements | Feed as recommended by manufacturer | ||
| General Management | Housing | Adult birds | Remove from breeding cages and house in small groups in flight cages |
| Young birds | individual cage per bird if possible | ||
| Cleaning | Cages | Weekly / as required | |
| Perches | Daily / Weekly / as required | ||
| Utensils | Daily / Weekly / as required | ||
| Bathing | Twice a week | ||
| Specialist Tasks | Heating | Reduce temperature to 45-55 degrees farenheit | |
| Lighting | Switch off artificial lighting | ||
| Breeding Tasks | Allow birds to finish rearing late bred young, and remove to flights. | Use your browser BACK button |
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| Diet | Staple food | Fresh Water | Daily |
| Mixed Canary Seed | |||
| Added extras | Softfood | give daily until eggs laid. | |
| Minerals | Mineral Grit Oystershell Grit Charcoal Cuttlefish | Always available Refresh weekly | |
| Supplements | Feed as recommended by manufacturer | ||
| General Management | Housing | Cocks | Introduce cocks to hens breeding cages |
| Hens | Place hens into individual breeding cages | ||
| Cleaning | Cages | Weekly / as required | |
| Perches | Daily / Weekly / as required | ||
| Utensils | Daily / Weekly / as required | ||
| Bathing | Twice a week | ||
| Specialist Tasks | Heating | Maintain constant temperature of 55-60 degrees farenheit | |
| Lighting | Maintain 14 hours daylight | ||
| Nests | Provide adequate nesting material to allow nest building to commence in earnest. | ||
| Observation | Monitor birds to ensure fighting does not take place. Remove cock birds if necessary. | ||
| Breeding Tasks | Egg Laying | check nests daily for new eggs. | |
| Egg removal | Remove eggs daily. Return when 4th egg laid. | ||
| Incubation | Canary eggs take 14 days to hatch, from date eggs returned. | ||
| Cock birds | Remove cock birds to separate cages whilst hen incubates eggs. | ||
| Hatching | Watch for signs of hatching 14 days after incubation commences. | ||
| Rearing Chicks | Cock birds | Return cock bird to help feed chicks from 3rd day and monitor carefully | |
| Cage Floors | Check regularly for chicks fallen from nest | ||
| Softfood | Provide fresh softfood two or more times each day, for newly hatched chicks. | ||
| Soaked seeds | Feed daily from 3rd day after hatching | ||
| Greenfood | Feed daily from 3rd day after hatching | ||
| Cage Floors | Remove any uneaten/stale food daily | ||
| Ringing | Apply closed rings when birds 4-7 days old | ||
| Nest pans | Check for mite, and replace with new nest after chicks 10 days old | ||
| Fledging | Chicks will leave their nests at approx 21 days old. | ||
| Weaning chicks | When fledged chicks feeding themselves, remove to separate cage. | ||
| Paper tray weaning cage and clean daily | |||
| Feed soft food, greenfood and soaked seeds only | |||
| Provide fresh drinking water daily | |||
| Allow weaned birds to bathe daily | |||
| Apply split rings at 3-4 weeks | |||
| Commence show training when chicks five weeks old | |||
| Provide hard seed when chicks six weeks old | |||
| Remove promising birds to individual cages at six weeks old | |||
| Next Round | New Nest | Provide second nest at opposite end of cage when chicks 15 days old | |
| Nesting Material | Provide new nesting material to prevent chicks being plucked | ||
| New eggs | Monitor any egg laying activities as described earlier | Use your browser BACK button |
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