How To Choose A Good Female Canary To Cross With The Goldfinch

In the previous topic, we learned about the goldfinch or hazelnut hybrid , and about the capabilities that distinguish it in terms of the strength of the voice and the length of the breath in tweeting. In this topic, we will learn about the first step in producing a goldfinch hybrid, which is choosing a good female canary to cross with a male goldfinch.

How do you choose a good female canary to cross with the goldfinch?

There are several factors that must be available to the female canary that we want to cross with the male goldfinch. Not every female canary is able to mate with a male different from its kind, such as the type of goldfinch. The female that we want to cross must complete the first year of her life, and the younger the female is in age. It is better, unlike large females that are more than two years old, and this female must not have been produced before and has never mated with a male canary. It is very important, if it is available, of course, as it greatly facilitates the process of crossbreeding or mating this female canary with the goldfinch, as the female must be in good health and not emaciated, and you can know this by holding her gently and examining her chest, is it emaciated and weak

And to check her eyes well if one of them is swollen or anything abnormal.

And there is another matter that some breeders do not attach importance to when they choose a female to cross her with the goldfinch, although it is necessary, which is her type and the color of her feathers . The colors refer mainly to the type and color of the female’s feathers. If the male goldfinch does not have a mutation, that is, natural, then the color factor in choosing the female must be present when the breeder wants to buy her and choose her for crossbreeding. It is important for the male who will mate with her so that he accepts her and gets along with her easily. The best colors for a female canary that gives a beautiful hybrid or nut are orange, yellow, biscuit and karghali, that is, which have a mixture of colors such as green and yellow or yellow and orange, and it is preferable to avoid white or a mixture of white and silver.

Preparing the female canary for the mating season

After settling your choice on a specific female to cross with the goldfinch, you must work on preparing her for the mating season

Mostly the processing process is based on a variety of foods that help in this, and we mention them, the most important of which is boiled eggs. The female must have half a boiled egg daily and change it on a daily basis because the eggs are quickly spoiled and it is possible to rely on lettuce leaves and apple fruits in addition to a mixture of cake and oatmeal seeds

These types, if you depend on them for the female’s food, are very sufficient to get a female ready for the mating season

I also have to point out the importance of bathing for the canary, as he loves it more than the goldfinch . I have to seize the sunny days and make a shower for the female and leave her in the sun a little to dry, but she must be monitored because the strong sun is dangerous for the canary and it does not have the strength and immunity of the goldfinch towards it as it should You care about the cleanliness of the cage. These factors, if you respect them, as mentioned, are very sufficient to get a well-ready female for the mating season

Otherwise, here ends the second part of our topic on the production of goldfinch hybrids .