Archive for February, 2008
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29
Feb
29
Type Canaries
Some of the more popular Type canaries are…
- Border or Border Fancy
- Lizard canary
- Varieties of Crested canaries e.g. Padovan
- Gloster Corona (crested) and Gloster Consort (non-crested)
- Norwich
- Fife
- Yorkshire
- Stafford (Newer breed. Crested and non-crested.)
- Lancashire (crested and non-crested)
- Columbus Fancy
- Belgian
- Hunchback
- Scotch Fancy
- Italian Gibber Italicus
- Parisian Frill
- Northen Dutch Frill
- Southern Dutch Frill
Feb
29
Signs that a canary is ill…
Typical symptoms of a sick canary are…
- listlessness
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sitting at the bottom of the cage
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fluffed up feathers (not due to moulting)
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partially closed eyes
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loss of appetite–or sometimes a healthy appetite accompanied with weight loss.
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Diarrhea
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Constipation
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Watery Eyes
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Excessive Sleeping
Feb
16
QUIZ: Classify this canary!
Do you know what type of canary this is?
Please click on “Comments” below to answer!

Feb
11
Another question from our forum…
How do you distinguish the hard feathered canary from the sft feathered canary?
jackie Smith
