OK... I do not mean to step on any toes here... and those of you who have asked me to stop posting pictures of canaries, because they are having trouble controlling themselves... Close your eyes and don't read this post!

I just wanted to post some pictures of different types of canaries...

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Stafford head

Stafford crested
Waterslager
Norwich
Lizzard
Tembrado
German Roller
GibberItalics Frill
Perisian Frill
Belgian Frill
Dutch Frill
Fife
Corona Gloster
Consort Gloster
Yorkshire
Border
Border
American Singer
Red Factor

Any questions? LOL just kidding... There are so many more...this is just a sampling.... Then they all go into color mutations... cresteds... etc...etc...

So...Sorry Nate... I could not help myself...

I had no idea there were so many types! The Dutch Frill is so cute!

Me either!! I was partial to the Stafford Crested. I would love to see that bird in person. Can you see their eyes?

Yes, you can they are like the Glosters... the eyes are there under the tufts of feathers....

We did a lot of bird studying this time before deciding what canaries we were going to breed this time... Lots lof time spent at bird shows.. that is why I have such a collection of canary photos...

Denise -thanks for posting these! We have some lizard canaries at the store - they are so cool! We also have some frills - I'm not overly fond of them though. My favorite is the Stafford crested! That one is so adorable! Reminds me of myself in the morning!

How infinitely amazing! I am relatively safe, since I am only taking in rescues, but might drive a long way for some of these lovelies. Thanks so much!!

Just one more thing to add, I thought this might intrest you also.

In the canary show ring, they are judged in categories.

Type: (body style judged)

Yorkshire, Norwich, Border, Fife, Gloster,
Hartz, Columbus Fancy, Stafford.
(There are different divisions in these birds, ex. Glosters: Consort - Corona etc.)

Old World Varieties:

Belgian Fancy, Scot Fancy, Gibber Italicus, Northern Dutch Frill, Southern Dutch Frill, Parisian Frill, Padavon Frill, Florin Frill, Swiss Frill, French Frill, Giboso Espanol, Lancashire, Lizard.

ColorBred Canaries:

Red Ground intensive, Red Ground frost, Yellow Ground intensive & frost, White ground Dominate, & Recessive, Ivories, Mosaic, Bronze intensive, Bronze frosts, Brown Red, Agate Red & Isabel, Yellow & White (Silver & Gold), Classic Malanin all Mosaics, Opals, Phaeo's (ino), Satinets, Pastels, Topazes, Eumo's, Onyx, Non-Classic Mosaics.

Hybrids:
European Finches cross-bred with Canary's

Song:

American Singer, Spanish Tembrado, German Rollers, Waterslager, Malinoise, Russian Singer

I think that just about covers them.. (if I forgot any please feel free to add them)

Which has the best song? I guess it is up to the individual who is purchasing one.. The song birds are known for thier song... but they all have a distintive song...

We breed Colorbred birds (Red Factors) Glosters, & Dutch Frills(1 pair) Years ago we collected all different kinds... but all the songs were not pure... they all need to have a room of their own to keep the song pure..
So this time around we decided on type canaries...