How to Mate Yellow Canaries

Yellow canaries are pleasant, popular birds that are generally easy to take care of. For these reasons, many bird-lovers prefer to own and breed yellow canaries. Whether you want to mate your yellow canaries to add to your own flock or to sell them, there are a few techniques you must know and adhere to in order to successfully̵2;and safely̵2;mate your yellow canaries.

Things You'll Need

  • Breeding cage with solid and metal dividers
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Instructions

    • 1

      Feed your canaries food that provides adequate nutrition for mating and nesting canaries. Petcraft.com recommends giving the canaries access to vitamin-enriched seed at all times, and a small dish of nestling food once a day. In addition, the canaries should receive a small piece of fruit or vegetable, grit and a cuttlebone daily.

    • 2

      Place a male and a female yellow canary in a breeding cage that has a solid divider, in addition to a metal divider. Keep both dividers down and place your female on one side and male on the other, suggests the canary breeding information website petcraft.com.

    • 3

      Observe your female canary and note if she is building her nest. If she is, remove the solid divider, leaving the metal divider in place.

    • 4

      Watch your canaries to see if they are ̶0;kissing,̶1; or touching their beaks to each other. Once they are, lift the dividers and allow them to interact. When the female is ready, she will crouch down and mating will likely begin, according to petcraft.com. Observe your canaries for any lovers' quarrels; if you notice them fighting, separate them immediately.