The canaries feeding requires special care to avoid unwanted disturbances. While the preferred food of these birds is the canary, food varies according to the stage animal: breeding, molt, reproduction.
For canaries and raised and moved out of , it is advisable to provide a seed mixture consisting of four parts canary grass, three parts fresh or nabiza turnip, two parts of millet and hemp seeds or other seed.
It is recommended that the diet of birds, only to birdseed. It is convenient to combine seeds with green food such as leaves of lettuce, apples or carrots, as they have laxative properties that complement the absorption of vitamins.
Senillosa grains and should be of good quality and free of impurities, as well as clean drinking water. Food
chicks and breeding season.
young growing canaries and females during egg laying require foods high in protein and vitamins.
An excellent breath with the characteristics mentioned is obtained based on egg and bread. The preparation consists of picking an egg and add 200 gr of bread that was pre-wetted with water and spin, you add a few slices of carrot, chopping and mixing all the components. Added to the mix a sweet turnip seeds. Mix it well all the components a club trying spongy otherwise, a compact mix will not be eaten by the Canaries.
Another food recommended and simplest in terms of preparation, consists of shredded egg yolk, bread or ponqué, rapeseed.
can be supplemented with lettuce leaves for the proper functioning of the digestive tract.
A shell of cuttlefish provide minerals and allow the birds sharpen their beaks.
For chicks is recommended soups and milk soaked bread. Have found that as the milk has a laxative effect, it is not advisable to combine it with green food, and could even cause diarrhea. If food is not consumed should be discarded, as milk tends to ferment over time.
The mixture should be given to the chicks twice a day, while they can not from the birdseed.
molting period.
A bad diet will delay the normal moves of the canary, for example when the canary is the only food.
To facilitate the moveshould use a mixture of grains, including lettuce and carrots into small pieces. As soon as the fall of feathers occurs should provide food for egg.