Ha ha! Well you must be taking very good care of them if they are breeding like that!
Gouldian Finches
- Thread starter Nancy McClelland
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A friend once told me when he and if he gets re-incarnated, he wants to be one of my rabbits. Our main operating principle is "the Golden Rule"--do unto others as you would have them do unto you, and we believe it should apply to all living things--just a shame ribeyes taste so darn good!
So, the new clutch is 6 eggs so far--the most yet. Gonna move the other 5 to the new, larger cage tomorrow. When the new brood comes out, I'm going to remove the nest immediately and burn it! I only wanted 2 birds and in the past we have only had male Zebra Finches as we know what a male and female are capable of based on past experience. So glad the books all say that gouldian's are hard to get to breed! They sure are cute though. Might try to get a pair of Owl Finches once all the Gouldians are relocated.
They are sitting on a clutch of six right now--should be about 12 more days. Going to transfer all the children to a new cage today--much bigger. When the newest batch come out, we are either going to throw the nest out or put fake eggs in it till we get them all transferred to the big cage. Never planned on having a flock!
Need to change the name of the breed--based on our two they should be called "Humping Finches". In about ten more days we'll have a flock of at least 10 or more!
Susannah
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Hi Nancy, would love to see photos of your little flock...we have had a young female Gouldian, 'Bonny', (after the pirate), for a couple of months now - she is a Sweatheart...she has only one leg - she caught it her cage and the breeder didn't want her, due to her disability...we have her in a small cage, as her flying ability isn't great, but she is next to our Zebra finches and doesn't seem to be bothered too much about her situation...she is beginning to get her adult plumage.
Nancy has pics on her facebook page--we've added peeps from here.
