Keeping canaries
By: Brian Keenan
Publisher: Crowood Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Ramsbury
Language: eng
Number of pages: 143
ISBN-13: 9781847972996
Subjects: Canaries
Description: Canaries have been domesticated since the fifteenth century, when the Spanish first imported them from their Canary Isles home, attracted by their melodic song. Since then their popularity as a caged bird has spread throughout the world. This book introduces several of the different types of canary that are popular.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: The history of the canary; title: The responsibilities of ownership; title: Housing; title: Nutrition; title: Breeding canaries; title: The annual moult; title: Training canaries for exhibition; title: Showing canaries; title: Breed standards; title: Healthcare.