Nest-Building Soon more fibres have appeared in the nest, and the cage becomes a whirlwind of activity, the excited birds flitting busily all about. Peanut, the hen, as seen here, keeps busy pulling more and more nesting material from the wire rack near her nestpan. Nesting material is strewn everywhere, but its appearance in the nest is no accident. Peanut is a soft-feathered (non-intensive) varigated red lipochrome canary by inheritance, but she was not colourfed except with shredded carrots which she disdained to eat, and so she looks yellow. Yes, diet can change the colour of a canary's colour, quite drastically!

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