CANARIES
FEATHERS, feathers everywhere,” we mutter to ourselves during the annual moult. For most breeders, it is the time of year when we watch our crop of current-year youngsters grow and develop, and when we wait in anticipation to see which of them will make the show team.
Lizard and London fancy (LF) canaries are unique among the canary varieties in that they are birds of pattern, as opposed to birds of type. The London fancy is a self canary which, during its first moult, changes from dark to light. The degree of change can vary: it can be anything from 100 per cent to just a few feathers, although birds that change completely are December 7, 2022), but wanted to try and explain the process in greater detail.
