Why isn't my male canary fertilizing the eggs?

Question

I have had a pair of canaries for about two years now. The male is red while the female is yellow. The female has been laying eggs lately but none of them have hatched. I had one egg hatch last year but the baby bird later died... Is there a way to get my male bird to start fertilizing the eggs?

Answer 1

Did he mate with the female?  If not, the eggs won't be fertile.

Here is a useful link to walk you through canary breeding, and other tips on how to increase the odds that they will mate:

http://www.avianweb.com/canarybreeding.h...