VCC Event - BIRD MART

Date:  Sunday, September 21, 2008

Time:  To be announced
Place:  Lockdale Community Center
             490 Sperling Avenue
             Burnaby, BC

The Vancouver Canary Club will be hosting a BIRD MART on Sunday, September 21, 2008.
The Bird Mart is a fundraiser for our upcoming VCC Fall Show.
We are looking for Buyers and Sellers!

• For Buyers:  We will have many avian products, bird feed, cage accessories as well as birds - canaries, finches, and perhaps other types of birds.
• For Sellers:  You can have a table spot to sell your goods for $25.00.

If you are interested in renting a table or would like more information, please contact us by clicking here:
http://www.vancouvercanaryclub.com/contact-us/

Please come out and support the VCC Fall Show!!!

A visitor, Sabrina, emailed this question: 

“HOW DO YOU TELL IF THE CANARY IS FEMALE OR MALE? I BOUGHT A YELLOW CANARY AND IT’S HARD TO TELL IF IT’S A BOY OR GIRL. SHE DOESN’T SING LIKE A MALE DOES.”

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Hi, Sabrina!

Usually, the males sing and not the females.  However, we’ve had females that sound like they were singing.  They would trill and tweet kind of like a male canary.  It’s really difficult to tell a male from a female until breeding season.

To check, and if you’re feeling brave enough to hold your canary, gently blow on its vent to move the feathers so you can see it’s underbelly.  The male will have a penis like a very small swelling next to the vent.  If the vent is smooth and round, torpedo-shaped, then it is female.

More experienced breeders can tell just by looking at their birds if they have other canaries of same type and colour to compare it to.  It may be more difficult to sex younger canaries. Hope this helps!

LIZARD CANARIES (Type Canary)

Classifications:
Silver cap
Gold cap
Silver cap, broken
Gold cap, broken
All non-capped
Any Blue or Brown
Any other colour

Lizard Silver Clear Cap	Lizard Gold Clear Cap
Lizard Silver Non-Cap	Lizard Broken Cap

LIPOCHROME COLOURBRED CANARIES
- All clear birds, no melanin.

*** We’re looking for photos of canaries from each classification! Please, email us! ***

Classifications:
RED GROUND INTENSIVE
Red Intensive
Rubino Intensive

RED GROUND FROST
Red Frost
Rubino Frost

YELLOW GROUND INTENSIVE & FROST
Yellow Intensive
Yellow Frost
Lutino Intensive or Frost

WHITE GROUND DOMINANT & RECESSIVE
White Dominant
White Recessive
Albino Dominant or Recessive

IVORIES
Rose Ivory Intensive
Rose Ivory Frost
Rubino Ivory Intensive or Frost
Yellow Ivory Intensive or Frost
Lutino Ivory Intensive or Frost

MOSAIC (DIMORPHIC) MALES AND FEMALES
Red Mosaic
Red Ivory Mosaic
Rubino Mosaic
Yellow Mosaic
Yellow Ivory Mosaic
Lutino Mosaic

***  Rubinos, Lutinos, Albinos are red eyed Lipochrome once from either Inos or Satinets.  Being Lopochrome White Ground, it is impossible to distinguish either mutation;  so we call them Rubinos Red Ground, Lutinos Yellow Ground or Albinos White Ground.

MELANIN COLOURBRED - NEW COLOUR CANARIES

*** We’re looking for photos of canaries from each classification! Please, email us! ***

CLASSIC
Bronze Intensive
Bronze Ivory Intensive

BRONZE FROST INCLUDING IVORY
Bronze Frost
Bronze Ivory Frost

RED BROWNS & ISABEL INCLUDING IVORY
Red Brown Intensive
Red Brown Frost
Rose Brown Intensive or Frost

RED AGATE & ISABEL INCLUDING IVORY
Red Agate Intensive
Red Agate Frost
Rose Agate Intensive or Frost
Red Isabel Intensive
Red Isable Frost
Rose Isabel Intensive or Frost

YELLOW & WHITE (GOLD & SILVER)
Green Intensive
Green Frost
Green Ivory Intensive or Frost
Blue Intensive
Blue Frost
Blue Ivory Intensive or Frost
Gold Brown Intensive or Frost
Gold Brown Ivory Intensive or Frost
Silver Brown Dominant or Recessive
Gold Agate Intensive or Frost
Gold Agate Ivory Intensive or Frost
Silver Agate Dominate or Recessive
Gold Isabel Intensive or Frost
Gold Isabel Ivory Intensive or Frost
Siler Isabel Dominant or Recessive

CLASSIC MELANIN MOSAICS
Bronze Ivory
Green & Ivory
Red Brown & Ivory
Gold Brown & Ivory
Red Agate & Ivory
Gold Agate & Ivory
Red Isabel & Ivory
Gold Isabel & Ivory