I breed the cock canary with hen canary first round. I take the cock canary out of cage when the canary chicks are about 4 or 5 days from jumping the nest. Sometimes about a week from jumping.At this point I put the cock goldie in with the hen and chicks. Works everytime for me. I start the birds on buds,plenty of dandilions weather it be the whole plant leaves,roots flowers and seed heads depending on what stage the plant is at. I use soakseed, sweet peas,porridge oats a bit of cede, couple spoons of glucose powder in my soft food mix.Also a couple of boiled eggs mashed in with a fork. I try