Canarios Care: Food

Food in the canaries require special attention to avoid unwanted disturbances. While the preferred food of these birds is the canary, food varies according to the animal stage la250: breeding, molt, reproduction.

For already bred canaries and out of the move, it is advisable to provide a seed mixture composed of four parts of birdseed, three parts or nabiza sweet turnip, two parts of millet and hemp seeds or other seed.

It is recommended that the diet of birds, only the birdseed. It is convenient to combine seeds with green food as lettuce, apple or carrot, as they have laxative properties that complement the absorption of vitamins.

Grains and señillas must be of good quality and free of impurities and clean drinking water.

Feeding chicks and breeding season.

The young growing canaries and females during egg laying require high protein foods and vitamins.

An excellent breath with the aforementioned characteristics is obtained based on egg and bread. The preparation involves chopping a boiled egg and add 200 grams of bread that was previously soaked in water and squeezed, add a few slices of carrot, chopping and mixing all the components. Is added to the mix a sweet turnip seeds. It should mix all components spongy seeking a club, otherwise, a compact mixture shall not be eaten by the canaries.

Other recommended food and more simple in preparation, is composed of shredded egg yolk, bread or ponque, rapeseed.

It can be complemented with lettuce leaves for the proper functioning of the digestive system.

A shell of cuttlefish and minerals provide the birds will sharpen its beak.

For the chicks is recommended soups and milk soaked bread. Have found that, as the milk laxative effect is not recommended to combine it with green food since even may cause diarrhea. If food is not consumed should be discarded, as the 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.

An improper diet delayed normal molting canary, for example when the canary is the only food.

To facilitate the move is to resort to a mixture of grains, including lettuce and carrots into small pieces. As soon occur feathers fall should provide food for egg.