Canary Breeding and Management for Amateurs with Twelve Illustrations

Canary Breeding and Management for Amateurs with Twelve Illustrations
Author: Jerome
Publisher: Read Books Ltd
Total Pages: 83
Release: 2017-09-29
Genre: Pets
ISBN: 1473344255

"Canary Breeding and Management for Amateurs" is a novice-friendly and profusely-illustrated handbook on keeping canaries, with chapters on everything you might need to know from the construction of cages and perches, to common ailments and their treatment. This timeless guide contains a wealth of useful and practical information, making it ideal for existing and prospective canary owners alike. Contents include: "Birds", "Cages", "Perches and Platforms", "Whitewashing Cages", "Small Cages as a Cause of Disease", "Water", "Food", "Sand", "Preparing for Breeding", "The Egg", "Egg-bound", "Taking Eggs Away", "Young Birds Thrown out of Nest", "Putting the Young Under Another Hen", "Plucking the Young Birds", etc. Many vintage books such as this are becoming increasingly scarce and expensive. We are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern, high-quality addition complete with the original text and artwork.

Canary Breeding and Management for Amateurs with Twelve Illustrations

Canary Breeding and Management for Amateurs with Twelve Illustrations
Author: Jerome
Publisher:
Total Pages: 100
Release: 2017-04-20
Genre: Pets
ISBN: 9781473337596

"Canary Breeding and Management for Amateurs" is a novice-friendly and profusely-illustrated handbook on keeping canaries, with chapters on everything you might need to know from the construction of cages and perches, to common ailments and their treatment. This timeless guide contains a wealth of useful and practical information, making it ideal for existing and prospective canary owners alike. Contents include: "Birds," "Cages," "Perches and Platforms," "Whitewashing Cages," "Small Cages as a Cause of Disease," "Water," "Food," "Sand," "Preparing for Breeding," "The Egg," "Egg-bound," "Taking Eggs Away," "Young Birds Thrown out of Nest," "Putting the Young Under Another Hen," "Plucking the Young Birds," etc. Many vintage books such as this are becoming increasingly scarce and expensive. We are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern, high-quality addition complete with the original text and artwork.

The Canary Book: Containing Full Directions for the Breeding, Rearing and Management of Canaries and Canary Mules

The Canary Book: Containing Full Directions for the Breeding, Rearing and Management of Canaries and Canary Mules
Author: R. L. Wallace
Publisher: Read Books Ltd
Total Pages: 317
Release: 2011-03-23
Genre: Pets
ISBN: 1446547558

This vintage book contains a comprehensive handbook on keeping canaries. It includes full directions for the breeding, rearing, and management of canaries and canary mules; information on cage making; formation of canary societies; exhibition canaries, their points, and how to breed and exhibit them; and all other matters connected with this fancy. This book constitutes an invaluable resource for the modern canary breeder, and it would make for an great addition to collections of related literature. The chapters include: “Cages and Cage-Making”, “Breeding and Management”, “Mule Breeding”, “Diseases”, “Moulting”, “Miscellaneous”, “The Original Canary”, “The Belgian”, etcetera. This antiquarian volume is being republished now in an affordable, modern edition - complete with a specially commissioned new introduction on aviculture.