For those who keep multiple canaries in an aviary or flight cage, it’s no wonder they’re often curious as to when and if their canaries ever fall in love. Nothing is more joyful than seeing a pair of canaries find happiness in each other’s company and in their decision to have a baby. However, like people, there has to be a romantic moment or romantic space where the magic happens. For Canarians, it may not be a big ballroom or a night on the town, but they have requirements too. If you can provide the environment, it will happen.
For example, canaries are very photosensitive. They can sense the temperature zones of the earth as well as the seasons. They have some requirements that will make them feel that it is time to fall in love. A temperate environment is one of the requirements. In other words, you can’t just force the canaries together. A warm atmosphere, however; it affects the way canaries will look at each other.
In fact, if you want to give them a better chance of falling in love, make sure you can gradually increase their light exposure three months before you want them to be able to breed, or in other words, fall in love. If they get nine hours of daylight for a month, increase the day of sunlight in fifteen-minute increments each week. For them, nine hours a day is the amount of light they get in winter. They don’t like winter, unlike people, who sometimes like to curl up and drink hot chocolate. Rather, they are more like the summer type of love birds.
Actually do not forget that before breeding, canaries need to do a lot of exercise. This means more flight time than usual and they need an environment where they can fly from one place to another. Flight cages or breeding cages are great for this. If they don’t get enough exercise, it could hurt the female once the eggs hatch.
About a month later, daylight hours are up to ten, now they’re starting to think it’s time to breed. It is not a good idea to rush this process. They will now begin to fall in love and begin to reproduce. The female will be in constant motion while the male will sing enthusiastically.
Now, at eleven o’clock, the female bird will start collecting nesting material everywhere. This is a good time to provide them with materials to start nesting. The babies are coming soon and they have to do a lot of preparation for it. Although this activity doesn’t sound all that romantic, the birds are happily working to prepare their babies. This is quite an exciting process to see when it will happen.
After the daylight hours reach twelve, the clock strikes the right time for the babies to arrive. While some canaries require a bit more time, this is the general timeline in which they will be born and raise the babies. Clever! They did it. Of course they didn’t do it without your help. If you’re ever interested in getting your canaries together, hopefully this guide will help you create the perfect environment for love to happen.
