Dissecting canaries.
1. If you plan to breed canaries, it is essential to first consult, read and study the standard — you need to know it. Buy from a selective breeder (strain) and ask to start with 1 male and 2 dolls. Build your own aviary based on the guidelines, which should be feasible for everyone.
2. Structure of a bird: (green canary) — further developed through mutation.
- PIGMENT: eumelanin (black rods), pheomelanin (brown grains), with a maximum of 4 color-influencing factors (possibly supplemented with the ivory factor).
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