The Vancouver Canary Club

Promoting the breeding, keeping, and
exhibition of canaries.

Welcome club members and all canary enthusiasts!

     Welcome to the Vancouver Canary Club! 


        The Vancouver Canary Club operates in the Greater Vancouver and
        Fraser Valley areas of British columbia, Canada. Our goals are to:

  • Promote the breeding and keeping in captivity and exhibition of cage birds.
  • Establish contact between breeders and fanciers and to interest the general public in the hobby.
  • Collect data and assist the progress of scientific knowledge and exchange of ideas.
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Mar

30

Standards: NEW COLOUR CANARIES

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MELANIN COLOURBRED - NEW COLOUR CANARIES

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Melanin Pigment 30 points
Grond Colour 20 points
Position 10 points
Size 10 points
Conformation 10 points
Feather 15 points
Condition 5 points
TOTAL: ————–100 points

ALL OPALS
Bronze Opal Intensive or Frost and Ivory
Green Opal Intensive or Frost and Ivory
Blue Opal Dominant or Recessive
Red Brown Opal Intensive or Frost and Ivory
Gold Brown Opal Intensive or Frost and Ivory
Silver Brown Opal Dominant or Recessive
Red Agate Opal Intensive or Frost and Ivory
Gold Agate Opal Intensive or Frost and Ivory
Silver Agate Opal Dominant or Recessive
Red Isabel Opal Intensive or Frost and Ivory
Gold Isabel Opal Intensive or Frost and Ivory
Silver Isabel Opal Dominant or Recessive

ALL INOS
Bronze Ino Intensive or Frost and Ivory
Green Ino Intensive or Frost and Ivory
Blue Ino Dominant or Recessive
Red Brown Ino Intensive or Frost and Ivory
Gold Brown Ino Intensive or Frost and Ivory
Silver Brown Ino Dominant or Recessive
Any other Ino

ALL SATINETS
Red Satinet Intensive or Frost and Ivory
Gold Satinet Intensive or Frost and Ivory
Silver Satinet Dominant or Recessive

ALL PASTELS
Bronze Pastel Intensive or Frost and Ivory
Bronze Grey Wing
Green Pastel Intensive or Frost and Ivory
Green rey Wing
Blue Pastel Dominant or Recessive
Blue Grey Wing Dominant or Recessive
Red Brown Pastel Intensive or Frost and Ivory
Gold Brown Pastel Intensive or Frost and Ivory
Silver Brown Pastel Dominant or Recessive
Rd Agate Pastel Intensive or Frost and Ivory
Gold Agate Pastel Intensive or Frost and Ivoy
Silver Agate Pastel Dominant or Recessive
Red Isabel Pastel Intensive or Frost and Ivory
Gold Isabel Pastel Intensive or Frost and Ivory
Silver Isabel Pastel Dominant or Recessive

ALL MOSAICS (DIMORPHIC)
Opals in Red and Ivory
Opals in Gold and Ivory
Inos in Red and Ivory
Inos in Gold and Ivory
Satinets in Red and Ivory
Satinets in Gold and Ivory
Pastels in Red and Ivory
Pastels in Gold and Ivory
Topazes in Red and Ivory
Topazes in Gold and Ivory
All Eumos in ed or Yellow and Ivory
All Onyx in Red or Yellow and Ivory

NEW MELANIN MUTATIONS - TOPAZ, EUMOS, ONYX AND

SISKIN CROSSES/MULES
All Topaz in Red, Yellow and White
All Eumos in Red, Yellow and White
All Onyx in Red, Yellow and White
Red Siskin Crosses

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Mar

24

Standards: FIFE CANARY

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Sideview Fife Standard 

Back Fife Standard

Head Small, round and neat when viewed from any angle. Eyes near centre, dark and bright. Beak fine. 10 points
Neck Moulded smoothly into body, showing curve at nape. 5 points
Body Back well filled and nicely rounded but not heavy, the line gradually tapering to the vent. 15 points
Wings Compact, carried close to the body, meeting at the tips just below the root of the tail. 5 points
Tail Close packed and narrow, nicely rounded and filled in at the root. 5 points
Legs and Feet Medium length showing a little thigh. Feet proportinate. 5 points
Colour Natural rich soft and pure, as level in tint as possible throughout. 10 points
Plumage Close, firm and fine, presenting a smooth glossy silky appearance and free from frills or roughness. 10 points
Position & Carriage Semi-erect standing at about 60 degree angle. Alert and jaunty, moving confidently between perches. 10 points
Condition Clean and in perfect health. Correctly staged. 5 points
Size Ideal length: 115mm / 4.5 inches or less. Tendency to the diminutive. 20 points

TOTAL:

 ————–  100 points

SHOW CAGE

The show cage for the Fife canary is the Dewar show cage. This is the same cage as used for the Border canary except that the perches are 1/2 inch diameter instead of 5/8 inch for the Border and the gap between them is one wire less i.e. position one perch at the drinker hole then count 6 wires and position the second perch.

Overall length 12 5/8 inches
Overall Width 4 3/4 inches
Overall Height 11 inches and ends 9 inches
Base 3/32 inches thick
Bottom Rail 1 3/8 inches wide x 3/16 inches thick
Corner Posts 3 1/4 inches long x 3/16 inches square
Seed Drawer  1 ½ inches long x ¾ inch wide
Drawer Handle ½ inch x No. 6 round head screw
Drinking Hole 7/8 inch long x ¾ inch wide
Crossbar 4 ½ inches from base inside
Frame 16 gauge wire
Filling 18 gauge wire
Perches 1/2 inch in diameter. The gap between them is one wire less. Position one perch at the drinker hole then count 6 wires and position the second perch.

Fife canary show cage

 Variegated Cinnamon Fife  Variegated Fife Canary  Variegated Blue Canary
Variegated Cinnamon Fife Variegated Fife Variegated Blue Fife
Colour / Color Description
Yellow An intense yellow. Not washed-out or pale. Also called Intensive Yellow. The Yellow is lipochrome - a fat-soluble dye that colours the feathers.
Buff A paler shade of yellow. Also known as Frosted. This is caused by the bird having bigger and more rounded feathers, where the edge is frosted white.
White A white canary is “white” and may have very slight tinges of yellow on its flanks.
Green This is a yellow or buff bird with a black and brown “melanin” pigment superimposed over their ground colour that gives the bird a greenish appearance. The wild and original canaries are this colour. A true green bird also has dark skin on legs and feet.
Cinnamon This is a yellow or buff bird with a brown only melanin pigment superimposed over their ground colour which gives the bird a brownish appearance. Cinnamons have pink eyes which can be observed easily when first born.
Blue Blue is a white bird with a black and brown melanin pigment superimposed over their white ground colour which gives the bird a bluish appearance.
fawn fawn is a white bird with Cinnamon - brown only melanin pigment superimposed over their ground colour which gives the bird a tan/light brown appearance.
Grizzled Any coloured bird with a patch of light grey. Show-term.
Lightly Variegated The bird has less than 50% dark feathers: Green, Cinnamon, fawn or Blue. Show-term.
Heavily Variegated The bird has more than 50%-75% dark feathers: Green, Cinnamon, fawn or Blue. Show-term.
3 Parts Dark The bird has 75% or more dark feathers: Green, Cinnamon, fawn or Blue. Show-term.
Clear Clear bird is all yellow, all buff or all white – no markings at all.
Ticked The bird has a single small patch of dark feathers. A ticked bird would have a single green, cinnamon, blue or fawn mark coverable by the size of a penny or 3 flights next to each other forming a solid mark in either a wing or tail. Show-term.
Self A self bird should have no light markings so would be all green or all cinnamon or all blue or all fawn.
Foul A Foul bird is the opposite to a ticked bird. The bird has a single light mark coverable by the size of a penny or 3 light flights next to each other forming a solid mark in either a wing or tail.
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Mar

24

Standards: NORWICH CANARY

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 Norwich Plainhead canaryNorwich Canary Plainhead

Feature Description Points

Type Short and cobby. Back broad and well filled-in, showing a slight rise transversely. Chest broad and deep, giving an expansive curved front, and sweeping under therefrom in one full curve to the tail.
Ideal length 6 to 6.25 ins. Stance or position at about an angle of 45 degrees.		 25 points
Head Proportionately bold and assertive in its carriage. A full forehead rising from a short neat beak. To be well rounded over and across the skull. Cheeks full and clear featured, eye to be well placed and discernible. 10 points
Neck Short and thick, continuing the run from the backskull onto the shoulders, and from a full throat into the breast. 10 points
Wings Short and well braced, meeting nicely at the tips, to rest lightly yet closely on the rump. 10 points
Tail Short, closely packed, and well filled-in at the root. Rigidly carried, giving an all-of-one-piece appearance with the body. 5 points
Legs and Feet Legs well set back. Feet perfect. 5 points
Condition In full bloom of perfect health. Bold, bouncing movement. 10 points
Quality of Feather Close and fine in texture, presenting the smooth, silky plumage necessary to give a clean-cut contour. 10 points
Colour Rich, bright and level throughout, with sheen or brilliancy. Yellows a deep orange. Buffs rich in ground and well mealed. 10 points
Staging Clean and correctly staged. 5 points

TOTAL:

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100 points

SHOW CAGE DIMENSIONS

Cage 12″ long x 11 1/2″ high x 4 3/4″broad on all outside sizes constructed from 3/16″ thick timber. 1 1/4″ diameter hole on center roof.
Front 18 wires 5/8″ spacing. Pins between 3rd & 4th wire from each end at bottom. 
Drinker hole 1″ sq. central between 9th & 10th wires.
Door 3 1/2″ diameter fitted on right hand side, hinging from rear.
Perches 1/2″ x 3/8″ or 1/2″x 1/2″ grooved ends to fit flush on bar and 7th wire from each side of front. Natural wood.
Drinker Standard zinc, all black exterior and rim. Plastic, all black.
Paint Exterior Exterior: High Gloss black enamel.
PAINT INTERIOR
(Does anyone have the Home Depot Behr brand composition information?)
 Lowe’s
Gallon…………………..Colorant………Amount
Base: B 1-1626…….103………………20
(Incand.)……………..105………………20
…………………………….114………………1Y31
Lowes-Valspar
Int/Oil/H-Gloss
Enterprise 12 yr
Seed Plain canary or mix on floor

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Mar

15

QUIZ: Classify this canary!

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Do you know what type of canary this is?
Please click on “Comments” below to answer!

What type of canary is this?

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Mar

2

In response to Comment regarding ill canary…

By Editor

BJ
March 8th, 2008
8:48 am

My little Alexander died this morning. I wondered if anyone could tell me how to track the breeder. I took the numbers off his band.

I would like to provide his symptoms to the breeder.

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Melanie
March 8th, 2008
10:21 am

Hi!

I’m so sorry to hear about your canary’s passing.

If you are in Canada, your leg bands would most likely be issued by the AACC Aviculture Advancement Council of Canada. The leg bands will have ACC in from of the numbers. You could contact the Ring Registrar here: http://www.aacc.ca . They can help identify the Canary Club or breeder that purchased the band. If it’s a canary club recorded for Alexander’s band, I would contact the canary club as they should have recorded the breeder who bought the band.

If you are in the US, there are several aviculture societies. The letters in front of the leg bands numbers should provide clues as to which society/club to contact.

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BJ
March 5th, 2008
5:36 am

Thank you for your information. I have isolated him in his own new cage. He is still eating really well, in fact I am surprised by the amount of food that he is eating. He remains on the bottom of the cage and I will give the best care I can to him for as long as he decides to hang on. He doesn’t appear to be in any distress.

Thank you again for responding.

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Hi, BJ!

I am sorry to hear about your canary.
I highly recommend purchasing your canaries from a breeder rather than a pet store for various reasons:

1) Pet Stores may not be feeding the correct diet or properly caring for birds, especially parrots.  Dedicated breeders are more knowledgeable and more specialized in the care of the specific species that they breed.

2) The birds sold to pet stores are usually the breeders’ culled birds… sad to say, their “leftover birds”.   The majority of these birds are totally fine for pets! If the breeder is a responsible breeder, the birds should be healthy and come from good stock. They are not kept by the breeders because they are not of showbird quality and cannot be fit into their breeding program.

3) Neurological condition can stem from in-breeding. Some breeders are not careful with the pairing of their breeding stock. This results in in-breeding which can lead to genetic disorders. Unfortunately, this may be the case with your canary.

Best of luck to you and your canary.
If we have an ill canary, we separate him/her from the other birds and keep him in a warm environment around 25 degrees Celsius.

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BJ Reyno[Edit]
March 2nd, 2008
5:37 am

I am looking for some help. I purchased a dark red factor male canary in December from Pets Unlimited. They guaranteed that he would sing. He was not as lively as my others but was friendly enough. I waited for him to sing - which never happened. After the 60 days the store offered me an exchange but by then I was attached to him and declined their offer. Since that time he has become letharic, sleeping at the bottom of his cage. He was always fluffed up but I was told that he was probably a soft feathered variety. Now he has become very shakey, he can no longer fly and lives at the bottom of his cage. I took his droppings to the vet and they examined them for parasites, but told me that that was not his problem - they offered to dispose of him for me. :-(. It appears that he has a neurological condition. He is still eating and I set up his food for him at the bottom of the cage several times a day. I expect that he will not live too much longer. I am looking to see if anyone can shead any light on this for me. He gets the top quality seed, vitamins each day and fruits and vegetables and occasionally egg. Thank you for any comments.

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