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AT THE beginning of this year, I came across a young novice with lots of enthusiasm for his Fife canaries and the impending breeding season. Unfortunately his enthusiasm had got the better of him and, armed with a little misdirected knowledge, he was now giving his birds 11 hours of artificial daylight every day, condition seed and softfood every day and more additives than Boots stock.
Over the past 20 or 30 years there have been two major changes in the approach to canary keeping (three if you include the improvement
