Canaries

[gnasher16 31,602]

Sorry for such a basic question but if you dont know you gotta ask.

If you put 2 Canaries that you know for definate are male and female together on their own with nestpans etc will they breed ?......or do they need to select their own partner with no intervention from you ?

[gnipper 6,874]

In my experience they will breed, their might not be a proper bond but they will breed.

[gnasher16 31,602]

Right ok......i,ll persevere..........ta mate

[gnipper 6,874]

Are they in sight or earshot of the bird they want to breed with? That could make a difference but they would still build and lay eventually.

[goldfinch2007 2,337]

ask mule 1943 he knows his birds

[talt 878]

I remember my dad used to keep his Norwich canaries in block cages for breeding.To start with, he used to keep a cock and a hen side by side with a solid partition between them.Then, as they both came into condition,i.e when the cocks were whistling their heads off and the hens were carting bits of nesting material about he would put a wire partition between them and when he saw the cocks feeding the hens through the wire he would let them in together, usually putting the hen in the cage with the cock if i remember correctly.Sometimes they would squabble, so back went the wire for a bit, until they eventually got it on, so to speak.I am not saying its the only way to do it, but it used to work for him.

[KittleRox 2,147]

If your birds have been kept in a communal aviary during the winter and have already paired when you split them into breeding cages and you,ve not paired them as they were in the flight if the split pairs can hear each other calling you might be banging your head off a brick wall gnasher, some will eventualy breed but some may not

[ferret_uk 4]

If they birds are in a double breeder separate them and give plenty of conditioning. condition seed, Egg food , greens and dandelions once this has been done for few weeks split them with a wire divider and then if they show signs to each other put them together and introduce nest pan 1 week - 2 week later and they should be fine

[gnasher16 31,602]

If your birds have been kept in a communal aviary during the winter and have already paired when you split them into breeding cages and you,ve not paired them as they were in the flight if the split pairs can hear each other calling you might be banging your head off a brick wall gnasher, some will eventualy breed but some may not

oh right ok.....yes they have been in a communal aviary and ive kind of chosen 2 i want to pair up......and yes they are within earshot and sight of the others..........i havent put them in one of them purpose built plywood breeding cage things ive just lobbed them in a normal bird cage with a nestpan...............as you can see this is all hit and miss for me at the moment.......anyway advice taken onboard and thanks for your thoughts chaps

Edited March 19, 2013 by gnasher16

[KittleRox 2,147]

 

If your birds have been kept in a communal aviary during the winter and have already paired when you split them into breeding cages and you,ve not paired them as they were in the flight if the split pairs can hear each other calling you might be banging your head off a brick wall gnasher, some will eventualy breed but some may not

oh right ok.....yes they have been in a communal aviary and ive kind of chosen 2 i want to pair up......and yes they are within earshot and sight of the others..........i havent put them in one of them purpose built plywood breeding cage things ive just lobbed them in a normal bird cage with a nestpan...............as you can see this is all hit and miss for me at the moment.......anyway advice taken onboard and thanks for your thoughts chaps

I,m not sure how many birds you have gnash but if you have a few and you,re not that fussed about which birds are paired with what, when they,re in the communal aviary try and sit for ten minutes a couple of times a day and you,ll suss which birds fancy each other then pair them up in the breeding cages

[mule1943 291]

Sorry for such a basic question but if you dont know you gotta ask.

If you put 2 Canaries that you know for definate are male and female together on their own with nestpans etc will they breed ?......or do they need to select their own partner with no intervention from you ?

if u put a hen & cock together they will mate ,cos if another cock sings & she calls tread he will jump on & mate

[Hammo 42]

There canaries when all said and done , they breed like mice ! Pair bonds are only really important in British birds like bullfinches ect , provided there in condition they will breed no sweat,mate .

[tong po 129]

he's right you know.