| Somewhere at home, I recently moved two times, I have a list of
special bird food products which includes several colour improvers.
Not only for canaries bot other birds too.
They are from a highly specialised Dutch manufacturer though, so you may
have some trouble locating it in the U.S.
I will check today and enter the info on wednesday.
Peter
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| This is a little late, but you know the saying. The organge canaries (
I forget the technical breed name) are orange by gene color. They will
not fade to yellow if you miss giving them the color food when they are
molting. My suggestion would be to call a breeder of canaries. I
bought canaries from a breeder in Auburn. Mr. Antonian breeds, shows
an judges canaries, and has for 25 years. He really enjoys breeding
for color, especially the orange. He has some exquisite colors, and
all birds are available for sale. The color enhancer I buy from him is
a liquid which resembles watery tomato juice. It is fed every day in
the place of water when the bird first starts to molt. A few times I
have missed it and was afraide that he would turn more yellow, but this
is not true. Mr. Antonian told me that the canary would return to a
deeper orange when he molted next time, which he did. I usually feed
my canary carrots and dandalion leaves, both good sources of carrotine.
(sp?). Mr. Antonian is a great source of knowledge for any canary
fanciers. He is in Auburn, MA.
** He also occasionally breeds mules, which are sterile offspring of
canaries and european finches. These birds are hearty, although not
really pretty, but they will sing the house down. It is not
recommended to have any other male canaries in the area, as the mules
are too domineering.
stephanie
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