Catching Up On My Reading - Irish Fancy

Since today was a cold day with a high temperature of 28 degrees F and a light snow was falling here in Wichita, Kansas,  rather than play ball outside with my dog Lucca, I decided to sit by the fireplace and catch up on reading some bird magazines. The magazine I chose was a special one from Germany.

When I was at the Northwest German Roller Canary Club show, Almin had a stack of these German bird magazines that anyone could take with them. Seeing the Irish Fancy on the cover, I knew this one was meant specially for me! To my delight, some of these Irish Fancy articles were in English!

Report from Cage & Aviary Birds England with picture of a cinnamon yellow marked yellow Irish Fancy the leading unflighted novice exhibited by G. Bird.

Lovely Clear Yellow cock, best champion unflighted and best Irish Fancy National Exhibition (England) exhibited by Brian Bennett.

The Irish Fancy Canary originated in Ireland in 1974. The bird is shown in its natural state and no colour feeding is permitted or necessary. The Irish Fancy Canary is available in all colours including white and blue which are all found in other "type" canaries and is bred in the traditional way of yellow to buff feathering. The bird is free standing and devoid of problems such as lumps that have bedeviled many other breeds.

The Irish Fancy Canary Club of America was founded in 2009 by Brian Byrne and Paul Cruise. They imported 12 pairs of Irish Fancy from Maurice O'Conner of Birmingham, England. ( M. O'Conner won best champion adult, second best champion, second best adult, best champion adult.)  In the US, the impressive offspring from birds that Brian and Paul imported have been shown at several local shows usually placing in the type division winners and also placing well at the National Cage Bird Show the past two years.