CANARY AND CAGE BIRD NOTES.
A male canary mated to a bird much older is quite alright. (Many breeders prefer to use young, vigorous males. They claim that the progeny are much healthier. Of course, everything depends upon the birds being suited to each other in other respects. Do not mate birds trom tlie same parents. This is known as inbreeding of the worst possible kind. Split the relationship always. “I have never had a budgerigar suffering from French moult. My birds have, previous to the breeding season, a full month’s course of cod-liver oil soaked seed.” Like many other breeders, though, the fancier who says this is not sure that soaking the seed is the best method with which to give his birds the oil.
Thin nest bottoms for budgerigars are, it is thought, frequent causes ol dead in shell. The nest bottom should bo made of wood at least one inch thick. On no account should a sitting bird lx; disturbed. Eggs from a canary are removed until the first clutch is secured. Not so with the budgerigar, which resents any such interference.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 208, 1 August 1940, Page 12
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185CANARY AND CAGE BIRD NOTES. Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 208, 1 August 1940, Page 12
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