Shackleton's Yorkshire Canary - Its Breeding and Management - Softcover

This vintage book contains a detailed and comprehensive guide to the Yorkshire Canary, with information on breeding, feeding, housing, and general management. This thorough and accessible guide contains all the information a canary keeper needs to know, and it is highly recommended for prospective and existing owners. The chapters of this book include: “Introduction”, “The Question of Length”, “What Kind of Feather Should a Yorkshire Possess”, “Housing the Stock”, “Pairing and Breeding”, “How to Form a Strain”, “Laying the Foundation”, “The Selection of Stock”, “Colour and How to Obtain It”, etcetera. Many antiquarian books such as this are increasingly hard to come by and expensive, and it is with this in mind that we are republishing this book now in an affordable, modern, high quality edition. It comes complete with a specially commissioned new introduction on aviculture.

This comprehensive guide, complete with several illustrations, is full of information and tips for those wishing to take up the fascinating hobby of canary breeding. The author imparts the benefits of his 35 year experience to the novice breeder in the methods and procedure that he himself has used to great success. Contents Include: Introduction The Exhibition Yorkshire The Question of Length What Kind of Feather Should a Yorkshire Possess? Housing the Stock Pairing and Breeding How to Form a Strain Laying the Foundation The Selection of Stock Colour and How to Obtain it The Cinnamon-Marked Yorkshire The Green-Marked Bird and its Value in the Breeding Room General Management of the Stock During Breeding The Moulting Season Preparing for Coming Events Staging the Birds