Heredity & Genetics
Heredity in practice
Heredity in practice. — Every new life is created by a combination of a woman's egg cell and a man's sperm cell. These are called "reproductive cells". Egg cell = …
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Inheritance and reproduction
Inheritance and reproduction. — Introduction. The beginnings of genetics are so far behind us that it can no longer be traced. However, we can imagine that in earlier centuries people …
Colour Mutations ·
That incalculable blue factor
That unpredictable blue factor. Which colored canary breeder does not know this factor? Who doesn't work with it, who isn't confronted with it, who doesn't use it? In short: this …
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Mendel's laws
Mendel's Laws. In nature these laws play a lesser role than in the breeding loft of the bird lover. Breeders must therefore carefully take the heredity of their birds into …
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Crossing over recombination of factors
Crossing over or recombination of factors. — "My bird is purebred, isn't it?" That exclamation is heard regularly, and it is all too familiar to many enthusiasts. Breeders are increasingly …
Colour Mutations ·
Performing red-factored canary birds
PERFORMANCE OF RED-FACTORY CANARY BIRDS INTRODUCTION Much has been written and discussed about the red-factored canary. There are supporters and opponents, and the same comments keep popping up: "These are …
Colour Mutations ·
The albino
The albino. The albino in the attached photo is in reasonably good shape, although the slight dip in the neck is noticeable. The feathering also leaves much to be desired: …
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Colour Mutations ·
The onyx
The Onyx — GENERAL With this mutation, the brown phaeomelanin is prevented from developing. This causes the eumelanin to become slightly matt, but a darkening occurs in the dorsal triangle …
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The Satinet yellow intensive
Satine yellow intensive. — This color range is created by the combination of the satin factor with the full intensive factor. The bird must have beautiful, fine, short and narrow …
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Salmon no rosy ???
The red roan (formerly the salmon canary) — I have been breeding red grizzles for almost 25 years — or were they salmon? I can therefore say that I have …
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Staging red-factored canary birds
PROMOTION OF RED FACTOR CANARY BIRDS Introduction. Much has been written and spoken about red-factored canary birds — with proponents and opponents. The discussions concern their naturalness and whether it …
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The Stock Breeding
This will certainly be nothing new for the experienced breeder of canary birds and/or mutations. The fact that top birds are immediately bred as soon as stock breeding is done …
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How do I usually recognize the man or doll?
Recognizing gender: male and female For many canary breeders, identifying the gender is usually quite easy. The color or inheritance often gives a good indication. Yet even experienced growers can …
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Chimneys
Showing Candling eggs is used to determine whether they are fertilized. Simple mistakes are sometimes made. The most common: the flashlight shines on the wrong part of the egg, namely …
About Wout van Gils
Wout van Gils judged colour canaries for the C.O.M. for more than 30 years and has written hundreds of articles on keeping, caring for and breeding canaries.
On this site he shares his knowledge of colour mutations, heredity, nutrition, housing and exhibitions — in both Dutch and English.