I just got a male canary yesterday, in a cgae the ad said.......yeah right ive never seen anything so small and old in my life and within 5 hours id sourced an indoor aviery and now he is like a pee in a drum, he must be lonely so i plan to get him some friends.

First can you keep more than one cock in a cage as i dont want them to fight?
second can you keep other breeds of birds with them, if so what type?

this is the cage i have how many could it comfortably hold without overcrowding?

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Tiggy, 13 yr old Collie x Alsation, Lucy 11 yr old epileptic cross breed, Kara, collie x whippet

I'm afraid i can't help with how many you can keep in that cage as i only have the one myself!
But i can tell you that canaries are happy to live with other birds so long as they have other canaries around them. My grandfather has bred and shown canaries for many years and his lived with Cockatiels in an outdoor aviary without any trouble I've also heard that zebra finches and budgies get on well with canaries.
In a cage that size you shouldn't have any trouble with keeping more than one cock but i'd definately make sure i had more hens. 3-4 cocks is said to be a more peaceful number than 2!

HTH, i'm sure your new chap is very grateful for your efforts

well he now has a canary girlfriend, id like to get more but want to upset the balance he seems so much happier now though.

I was told you cant keep them with budgies though, i quite like finches so ill lad a few of those to.

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Tiggy, 13 yr old Collie x Alsation, Lucy 11 yr old epileptic cross breed, Kara, collie x whippet

Who ever told you that is wrong, Maybe in a big aviary MAYBE, but Budgies would Attack both Canaries and finches, cockatiels get on fine with Canaries , but budgies will bully them. one of my finches got in to the Budgie cage, and was attacked, Budgie swang him around by his wing, so i wouldnt take the chance, but thats up to each owner

ive been told by the pet shop and a member on here not to put budgies in with canaries which is a shame as id of liked a budgie.

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Tiggy, 13 yr old Collie x Alsation, Lucy 11 yr old epileptic cross breed, Kara, collie x whippet

You could always treat yourself to another Cage and a Budgie

i THINK ITS BECAUSE BUDGIES ARE PARROT FAMILY AND CANARYS ARENT OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT . dO CORRECT ME IF WRONG. tHEY DO RECCOMEND 2 FEMALES PER MALE OR THE FEMALE MAY GET A BIT HEN PEAKED AROUND MATING TIME WITH RESPECT OF THE CANARYS.

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Hens can get a bit nasty around the season time, its just a case of keeping an eye on them i believe, i`ve not hear the two female to one male thing before tho .

Budgies will of course get on the members or the Parakeet family , like cockatiels, but then cockatiels will get on ok with canaries , my cockatiel and canary often sit on the carpet in the living room together and dont bother each other

WAS TOLD THIS BEFORE AS THE HEN IS MATED QUITE A LOT AND LIKE WITH CHICKENS CAN BE TO MUCH FOR THEM AND CAN SUFFER FEATHER LOSS ETC. BUT I AM QUOTING A FRIEND THAT WAS TOLD THIS IF THERE ARE 2 FEMALES IT TAKES THE PRESSURE OFF ALTHOUGH SOMETIMES ONLY 2 WILL PAIR.

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