Giving your Glosters the perfect moult

Hi guys, in this video I talk about how I manage my birds during the moult in order to provide them with the best conditions as possible for a perfect moult so they will go through this very stressful period fuss free and perform in the breeding season to come.

[@Fishinwithme]

Nice work mate

[@susyQ564]

Hey Birdman. I hope to buy your birds soon.

[@sebastiank9175]

always been fascinated by canaries especially glosters and its my dream to breed them for hobby, your videos is a great inspiration for me.

[@DanielsGlosterFancyCanaries]

You should do it! Thank you for your kind words, it means a lot to know that I'm inspiring someone to pick up the hobby. My advice is to bite the bullet and get your hands on a couple of good quality pairs and just go for it. You won't regret it. Also November is the best time to buy canaries.

[@s.r.ramdath1358]

Wonderful information and advice, thanks for sharing

[@DanielsGlosterFancyCanaries]

Thank you for your words I'm glad you enjoyed it.

[@Alex-S.]

Foarte bun clipul ! Cu informații valoroase ! 👍

[@DanielsGlosterFancyCanaries]

Multumesc de sustinere ma bucur ca ti-a placut!

[@AerografiaJuanDArte]

Thanks for subtitles in spanish, saludos desde Colombia 🇨🇴 excelentes videos 👍

[@DanielsGlosterFancyCanaries]

De nada! Gracias amigo, yo estoy aprendiendo Espanol ahora y me ayuda a mi tambien.

[@AerografiaJuanDArte]

@@DanielsGlosterFancyCanaries excelente amigo. 👌 es el primer canal donde pude entender perfecto, sigue así y esperamos el próximo video, saludos

[@themulingman45]

Great video, do you leave them in that cage all year up untill the breeding season, do they manage to stay fit that way ?

[@DanielsGlosterFancyCanaries]

If you are talking about the adult males yes they have quite a long way to fly from perch to perch and since they are on a diet of plain canary seed there is no risk of them getting fat, with a simple canary seed diet they would stay fit even in just half of the cage with the perches set up one higher up than the other to force them to make a bit more effort when jumping. As for the young they stay there until I select the show team and the breeding stock and then sell the others.

[@glosterkenari1378]

my canary after moult doesn't want to sing again, do you have any suggestions, or is there a product to restore my canary's condition

[@sandyhostetler853]

Daniel I have a few Gloster Canaries in which they seem to gather feces on their back end it dries up and then I have to use warm water to clean that area up or they would probably end up with and infection or etc. Is there i something I need to add to their diet or is there something I should not be feeding them?

[@DanielsGlosterFancyCanaries]

HI thanks for the comment. Yes remove rape seed that is the main problem. Also after the moult you can trim their feather on their rears so there's less chance of feces getting stuck there. Also some type of grit containing Carbon might be beneficial.

[@shaleemasif4897]

Do all canaries molt at once? Means all molt at the same time?

[@DanielsGlosterFancyCanaries]

Ideally yes, but it happens rarely, young ones will start a bit early than the adults that are finishing breeding and adults finish later because they start later and take longer due the fact they also moult flight feathers. So best is to assume moult starts mid to late August until late November early December, depends on the birds, and in this time frame every should complete their moult.

[@aissaben2694]

You said that you prefer keep your older male's molt supretly, wish will give them more chance of survival ... Why keeping them with other birds will be more risky!!!

[@DanielsGlosterFancyCanaries]

Thank you for your comment! Yes their chances improve significantly if kept separate. If you keep your males in a flight cage a lot of bad things can happen: 1.they can fight to death, 2.pluck feathers and if they pluck a blood feather now in the moult he may bleed out and 3.they would be very stressed and even if they survive the moult they might not perform during the following breeding season. Hope this made it clearer for you! If you have any other question let me know!