Releasing *STUNNING* Birds, Gouldian Finch Colony Breeding
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- čas přidán 17. 12. 2021
- Today it is time to put my new birds into the indoor Aviary. We will start breeding Gouldian Finches in a Colony. I really like this approach, what do you think?
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My aviary bird collection: Gouldian finches, Star finches, Owl finches, Parrot finches, Chestnut-breasted manikin, Society finches, and Button quails
Thank You for sharing. Have a fantastic day
Thanks, you have a fantastic day as well Micheal
10:45 I am so sorry... but 10 years old! WOW! She got to enjoy her final days in the best place though
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Awesome MAASHA ALLAH Good Job. M Sohail from Pakistan
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Your one good breeder
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Thank You for sharing. I started with 2 pairs of yellow backs and 1 pairs of green back this last year. Now I have 12 yellow backs and 5 green backs . The cage that I keep them in is . 2'x4'x8' . I do keep owl finches and a pair of canary's . In other cases. Most of what I have learned about keep finches comes from You and Echo's Aviary. Thank Y'all soooooooo much. It has been fun. I've done a lot of things in my 75 year but this is the best of all . Thank You and have a fantastic day!!!!!
Thank you for such a nice comment, appreciate it 😊
I always enjoy your videos.
I've been keeping/breeding Gouldians in my outdoor aviary (with indoor section kept at 10 degrees) for 5 years now (also located in the Netherlands).
Like you I allow them to pair freely in a colony setting. To decrease the chance of inbreeding I make sure to always sell off one half of the young (i.e. all daughters from one pair), to fully prevent inbreeding you should also sell the mother in that scenario. If you do spot siblings (or other closely related finches) pairing up, separate them and provide them with new partners. So far all my Gouldians breed with their partners from previous years. (I do not separate them in the off-season).
In general I tend to keep more males than females for multiple reasons.
- This keeps my aviary more populated year round (I don't want to overcrowd the aviary with juveniles and I don't want a near empty aviary).
- For the reason above it could be either male or female. But the males pop more in color.
- It allows the female to pick the best male available, apparently this is what they do in the wild. Note, once paired they often go back to the same partner. Even if a 'better' partner is available.
Like yourself I prefer to breed purple breasted Gouldians. Mutations are generally weaker, unfortunately it is hard to find pure wild types.
Another reason to not breed white to white is that the 'whiteness' diminishes.
I'd definitely recommend adding an orange/yellow headed pair, though they can be tricky to find.
Talking head coloration. You'll have more success breeding the same head colors (red to red). Mixed pairs produce less viable young and there's a gender imbalance in the offspring. You can find papers about this phenomena where they even painted the cock bird to verify that hypothesis.
Another note is that red heads are slightly more aggressive (they're still very docile when compared to other types of finches). Pairing that bit of information with the fact that the red gene is dominant over black I tend to keep more black headed pairs than red headed (or at least I strive to).
Unfortunately I lost a lot of birds this summer at the peak of the breeding cycle. All of my breeding pairs lost a partner (owl visited at night, stress probably killed them).
Currently I have 14 Gouldians remaining (of which 4 juveniles, two separate nests).
6-4 males to females
4-3-3 black, red and orange heads
6-1-3 purple, lilac and white breasts
My current breeding goal is to establish a strong orange headed purple breasted line.
Thanks for all this knowledge, appreciate it. Hopefully we will have great season next year
Hello. I love the new aviary and Lady Gouldians were one of my favorites to breed. The normal green back, purple breast is still the most beautiful to me. I had many color mutations. I successfully colony bred my Gouldians using 6 pairs even number of males and females. The main thing I learned is spacing out the nesting boxes so they have their own territory so to speak. Stagger them....some higher, some lower and put more boxes than number of pairs. I always would remove the fledglings once eating well on their own and banded them. Only keep the parents in the aviary to avoid inbreeding later. I would sell the young in pairs by band colors from different parents. Good luck and looking forward to your next video! Happy Holidays!
Thank you and happy holidays 😊
First :D, really amazing birds
Congrats
Beautiful birds ! I have 21 species of exotic birds but Gouldians are my fav! Last year i breed gouldians in one mixed aviary and everything was fine!
That's great 👍
Loving the new aviary and colourful birds
Thank you
Beautiful birds. Sorry for your loss. I had a bird who lived to be about that age. I currently own 1 female zebra finch and 1 female society finch
Thank you
So happy you posted a new video
Thanks
I also colony breed Gouldians, I have aroung 9 pairs, but I much prefer yellow birds to white breasts although I have some of each as well as normals ,I keep them with 2 pairs of red headed parrot finches. In my scond aviary I have tricoloured finches and a pair of Bourkes, When I kept the Tricolours with the parrot finches they hybridised, but the young never lived through their first yesr.
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I am expecting that these new feathered friends of yours will join the rest of the flock during the summer season in the outdoor aviary? Really happy about these new ones. Learning a lot from these and about this species. Take care of yourselves and your feathered friends.
These will stay inside so they get not disturb by the others during the breeding season.
@@MrAviary Are these gonna breed during summer and not during spring?
@@BackHome0811 I'm am hoping they will breed in both seasons.
Qiuk video
Onze Goulds willen ook graag, maar hebben niet de juiste ringmaat! Echt fantastische mooie vogels! Ik vandaag m’n 2e eitje bij m’n Emblema Picta gevonden! Succes met je kolonie kweek!
Dankjewel 😊
I subscribed you with my other account I love the birds
Thank you so much
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Thank you
Love the video :). I got gouldians too, they live 6months in aviary and 6 months in 60-45-45 cages for the mating time. I would love to let em live all year in aviary but I’m doing a sélection so impossible in aviary :/
Would love to see a video about the papers you were talking about :)
Thanks, super curious how the breeding season will go
@@MrAviary i got a lot of expectations I got some cool pairing ^^.
Hope everything will go right for us
I have gouldians too! I get a new, custom built aviary for my birds in February. Can't wait for that. I was going to ask, does it matter what kind of metal paint you use? If it's mat or glossy?
Glossy glissers in the sun, so you don't see your birds that well
Hey thanks for the video. What material is the bottom of your aviary? It looks like sun. thnks
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Thank you 😊
I have 1 male and 1 female! Just like you asked!!!
Hope you have some succes
Where do you get that feeding trough that is hanging?
It's just a piece of bamboo with some rope
Hellow mate.. just asking.. do male gouldian do multiple matting?
Yes occasionally
I try my hardest to keep 1:1 male to female ratio for all my birds.
Sometimes it can be very difficult
@@MrAviary I agree.
Hey,i have a question: how do u make your outside aviary rat proof?
I got a cement base/ or tiles so they don't dog in and traps around it
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I don't know exactly, check the link in the description.
Can They live outside
Depends on the weather. They need at least +10 degrees Celsius.
I think your aviary looks nothing like the natural habitat of Gouldian's and I've seen red and black faced together in the wild feeding on the ground.
You should live in your lovely aviary and return the birds to where they belong.
That won't happen I know but I hope one day that poachers of these birds will be hammered under the law.
So many people profess to love these birds while wild stocks are being decimated.
Edit
One of your commenters in the Netherlands no less is lamenting the difficulty in finding pure wild types.
Apparently he finds some significance in heating his aviary to 10 degrees when these birds are typically found in 30 degree plus regions.