
I fed a different diet than usual. Not by choice!
Was it wrong? We will see!
One of the most important things to success with breeding canaries is the canary seed mix, in my opinion. I prefer a plain mix of canary seed and rape.
In fact, this seed mix is the Number One thing that I feel is responsible for success or failure in breeding canaries. There are several other factors to do in canary breeding, but what you feed them is number one.
Most canary/finch mixes, especially the ones available in 2 pound bags at pet shops, contain too many other types of seeds, such as millet. The bits of pellet or egg food and dehydrated fruits such as coconut are not necessary and I think of them as 'candy'. I have nothing against pellets, but I feel the ones in a seed mix are of inferior quality. These mixes also contain broken oat hulls which lower the overall protein of the canary's diet.
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They LOVE to take a bath in the Ioford/DufoPlus water! |
Oh, and I learned several new things about genetics.... and I bought 15 new birds!