The Practical Canary Handbook: A Guide to Breeding & Keeping Canaries

The Canary comes from the Madeira and the Canary Islands. The wild canary is a small songbird from the finch family. In the 1600s the canary was first brought by Spanish sailors to Europe. They were raised by monks who sold only the singing males. To keep the prices high the monks kept the canaries in short supply and didn't sell the females to keep others from raiseing them. However the Italians were able to get the hens and raise them. The birds continued to be extremely popular and many breeds arose. The English were also able to obtain the canaries and use selective breeding to make different varieties.

There are three main groups of canaries. Colorbred, which has many colors from brown to Satinette. Type Canaries, which are bred for their shape and conformation. And Song Canaries, which are bred for their unique song patterns.

There are canary shows every fall after the breeding season. The person who raises them can only show the birds. January is the time for Song Canary shows. The biggest show is in Europe where you can see up to 20,000 birds.

The canary was also used in mines to test for carbon monoxide. If the bird started to have odd behavior the miners were alerted to the danger.

Here you will find Canary supplies, Cages, and books on Canary care, breeding and how to teach your canary to sing.

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