Outlaw Pete 2,224 Posted April 5, 2013 Report Share Posted April 5, 2013 Can anyone tell me about them, please? Or even point me to a site, because I can't seem to find anything on them. Do just about any form of canaries come in blue? Or is it particular? Can't help thinking how I'd like to get one. I like the look of them. And, reading here, I'm reminded of the ear splitting songs of canaries I've heard in my younger days. Bothers me though where I'd keep one. I have a multi fuel stove in here. Bird wouldn't last five minutes as I fired that up! Other rooms would be freezing cold, during winter, and damned lonely for a bird too. I'd never see it. Dunno. Please do feel free to just pile in with what ever, random, bit of opinion you might have. This is a very open ended question. I'm just thinking out loud and honestly haven't a clue. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
KittleRox 2,147 Posted April 5, 2013 Report Share Posted April 5, 2013 What was the question tube heater in the room if you think its too cold, cost peanuts to run get a pair of birds blue - haven,t a clue bud good luck Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gnipper 6,504 Posted April 5, 2013 Report Share Posted April 5, 2013 Their something to do with white canaries that's all I know. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
the_stig 6,614 Posted April 5, 2013 Report Share Posted April 5, 2013 move pete or get a yellow one ...... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Outlaw Pete 2,224 Posted April 5, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 5, 2013 :icon_eek: Well ....! I'm absolutely astounded that I genuinely appear to have 'f**ked' you guys with my innocent question! Seriously! True, the day I glanced up at some cages, in a pet shop, and saw this f**king incredible looking bird amongst a line up of (yellow) canaries? I all but grabbed the shop owner by the throat in my desperation to know what I was about to buy. He was dead casual though. " Oh. That's a Blue Canary. " And, incredibly, it was the same price as any of the other canaries on that shelf! Granted. That was pushing forty years ago. But, I'd have thought that would have made them even more well known by now. This looks like it could be interesting reading ~ for those who can take such stuff in Blue Canary, just like the one I had, there anyway. Seems to be explaining it all too. Getting two birds sounds like a good idea though. Company for each other, if nothing else. Tube Heater? Clean warmth, I s'pose Maybe I could rig a cage up with a 'warm end', where the birds could go to roost for the night? Anyway, Thanks Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gnipper 6,504 Posted April 5, 2013 Report Share Posted April 5, 2013 The cold won't bother them provided their drinker doesn't freeze. What's the fascination with blue birds anyway? Blue mules are quite common too bred from white type canaries. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
fireman 10,932 Posted April 5, 2013 Report Share Posted April 5, 2013 That pic on the link shows a grey canary but if that's known as blue they aren't that rare and had a pair of irish last year that were the same colour,they bred yellow,white and green but no blue/grey ones. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
the_stig 6,614 Posted April 5, 2013 Report Share Posted April 5, 2013 interesting read pete -- but i reckon the one you saw was a feckin budgie i would`nt worry about the cold there pretty hardy to much heat fecks with the moult cover the cage at night with a towel --false light fecks with the moult aswell so i chuck my covers on before the lights go on at night .. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Outlaw Pete 2,224 Posted April 6, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 6, 2013 The cold won't bother them provided their drinker doesn't freeze. What's the fascination with blue birds anyway? Blue mules are quite common too bred from white type canaries. Oh. Maybe I'm worrying too much then? I mean, it gets fukking cold in here. Water wouldn't freeze though. Not even in the unheated rooms. Fascination with blue's? I'd spent a life knowing canaries as yellow birds. Look at how so many people, even here, respond to things like cinnamon greenies. I just found this bird fascinating. It also put me in mind of a Dunnock. I like those too. Pretty little things That pic on the link shows a grey canary but if that's known as blue they aren't that rare and had a pair of irish last year that were the same colour,they bred yellow,white and green but no blue/grey ones. Grey? That's fine too The 'Uninformed' would call a " Blue " dog grey. Probably because they'd simply say what they were seeing! I don't expect they Can be that rare either. Like I said; Mine was the same price as the yellow ones. Should point out though that he wasn't singing like some of those were. I take it grey / blue ones do sing? Green? That'd be a close second. 'Natural Canary' colour? That'd be fascinating too. " Irish " Canaries? Losing me here I'm hung up on " Borders ". Though, I wouldn't be able to explain them from another type if you thrust one into my ear hole. You had a pair of Irish, last year? What happened to them? Not buried under the paddy oh?! interesting read pete -- but i reckon the one you saw was a feckin budgie No. Budgies just piss me off, for some reason. What ever their colour. And I've probably seen at least half of them. Anyway, yeah, the thing about covering the cage with a towel? Obviously. I was born and raised to know about that Thing is, I was born and raised a fukking long time ago. Much water under the bridge. Along the way, I became quite switched on in the modern, flashy ways of maintaining 'lesser' creatures. I know about Habitrail Rheostats, Blue (funnily enough!) and Natural Lights. I can't help thinking then; If I got some birds in, at my time of life? In my conditions? They'd either end up living in an environment more stage managed than a Jean Michel Jarre concert. Or else typing endless. alcohol induced bollocks on an internet forum Quote Link to post Share on other sites
KittleRox 2,147 Posted April 6, 2013 Report Share Posted April 6, 2013 The cold won't bother them provided their drinker doesn't freeze. What's the fascination with blue birds anyway? Blue mules are quite common too bred from white type canaries. Oh. Maybe I'm worrying too much then? I mean, it gets fukking cold in here. Water wouldn't freeze though. Not even in the unheated rooms. Fascination with blue's? I'd spent a life knowing canaries as yellow birds. Look at how so many people, even here, respond to things like cinnamon greenies. I just found this bird fascinating. It also put me in mind of a Dunnock. I like those too. Pretty little things >That pic on the link shows a grey canary but if that's known as blue they aren't that rare and had a pair of irish last year that were the same colour,they bred yellow,white and green but no blue/grey ones. Grey? That's fine too The 'Uninformed' would call a " Blue " dog grey. Probably because they'd simply say what they were seeing! I don't expect they Can be that rare either. Like I said; Mine was the same price as the yellow ones. Should point out though that he wasn't singing like some of those were. I take it grey / blue ones do sing? Green? That'd be a close second. 'Natural Canary' colour? That'd be fascinating too. " Irish " Canaries? Losing me here I'm hung up on " Borders ". Though, I wouldn't be able to explain them from another type if you thrust one into my ear hole. You had a pair of Irish, last year? What happened to them? Not buried under the paddy oh?! interesting read pete -- but i reckon the one you saw was a feckin budgie No. Budgies just piss me off, for some reason. What ever their colour. And I've probably seen at least half of them. Anyway, yeah, the thing about covering the cage with a towel? Obviously. I was born and raised to know about that Thing is, I was born and raised a fukking long time ago. Much water under the bridge. Along the way, I became quite switched on in the modern, flashy ways of maintaining 'lesser' creatures. I know about Habitrail Rheostats, Blue (funnily enough!) and Natural Lights. I can't help thinking then; If I got some birds in, at my time of life? In my conditions? They'd either end up living in an environment more stage managed than a Jean Michel Jarre concert. Or else typing endless. alcohol induced bollocks on an internet forum If you remember the old days you may remember they used to dip dull coloured birds in food dye of different colours to make them more interesting, maybe your fabled blue canary was " dipped " lol Quote Link to post Share on other sites
wild rover 548 Posted April 6, 2013 Report Share Posted April 6, 2013 I have fifes and I used a variegated blue and white cock with a self green hen, this produced some blue and some green chicks, the blues are classed as a variation of white, and purists wont use a blue to a blue or a blue to a white. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gnipper 6,504 Posted April 6, 2013 Report Share Posted April 6, 2013 I've used a white cock on a yellow hen this year, could that produce blues? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Outlaw Pete 2,224 Posted April 6, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 6, 2013 Gnipper; It's all explained in the link I gave on my second post. I've just tried to read it, to find out for you. But, my head exploded Quote Link to post Share on other sites
the_stig 6,614 Posted April 6, 2013 Report Share Posted April 6, 2013 I've used a white cock on a yellow hen this year, could that produce blues? I've used a white cock on a yellow hen this year, could that produce blues? whites i think .... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Phil Lloyd 10,738 Posted April 6, 2013 Report Share Posted April 6, 2013 (edited) Gnipper; It's all explained in the link I gave on my second post. I've just tried to read it, to find out for you. But, my head exploded Edited April 6, 2013 by CHALKWARREN Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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