Canaries with a personality

Well things in the bird room are going well. The hen is being a very responsible little mother even before the babies arrive .She is very diligently sitting on the four little blue speckled eggs. She comes out of the nest now and then to eat and fluff her wings.
I read that your not supposed to feed treats to them during this time because she might spend too much time away from the nest. But she past the test and so we continue to give her a little apple and broccoli. She quickly comes down to enjoy the sweetness of the apple and returns to her job.
As she works very hard keeping the eggs warm and turning them regularly the papa seems to think he has work to do too. He sits in the front corner of his side of the cage and stands watch as if he were sitting on the edge of the nest. So there he is sitting flat on his belly in the bottom of the cage.
At first we were concerned that he wasn't feeling well, and kept a close watch on him .But as soon as she would come down off the nest he is up and lively wanting to feed her between the bars.
For those of you that have never had a pet canary or two I would only like to encourage you to give it a shot. They have a sweet personality and will bring many hours of enjoyment to someone who takes the time to stop and watch them as they spend their day. Also a big plus is that they are cheap to feed and not at all messy like some other pets. The male will sing you a happy song as long as you give him plenty of water and good seed and some fruit or veggies now and then.