New Birds - Gouldians

[nicolino]

WOW Got some new birds today , met a gentleman in Miami today , major operations , we are talking 500 + gouldians . He breeds 90% gouldians also parrot finches , owls, stars. He uses societies as a foster parents. For the first time , I have seen a white gouldians, lots of blues and so many different mutations I can't even remember. Awesome !! Finally found a source . I was thinking there are no Gouldians and or at least I have not seen many at the birds markets and then this . I gues one just have to find a source. Got lucky today !!!
WOW !!! Sorry folks I did not take pics as a gentleman was kind enough to invite me to his house , to see and pick up what I wanted , so I did not even ask to take pics. Maybe next time. Here are my new birds.

[Colt]

Very pretty pair.

[danaday]

Your red head white breast yellows are beautiful! Good luck with them!

[Perfex]

Lovely birds, and look to be in great condition too. Congratulations.

[delray]

If I were to get goulds, yellow ones are my top list!!!! Congrats.

[Corkysgirl]

Wow, they're absolutely beautiful! What a find!!! I too would pick out the "yellow's" as it is my favorite color. They really are so beautiful!

[dutch]

nicolino......you said he uses foster parents....are any of his gouldians parent raised or all fostered?

[MiaCarter]

Gorgeous!
I'm dying for another pair myself.
I'm not usually too keen on the yellows, but your pair is just gorgeous! I love the different shades of yellow.

Miami is a bird hub, it seems! So many wonderful finches in Miami. I may just have to make the drive one of these days.

Can I ask what did you pay for the pair?

[Smurf]

The're a stunning pair in fabulous condition.

Congrats on your new birds, red head white breasted yellows are my favourite colour, hopefully i'll get some Gouldians in a few months

[nicolino]

To answer your questions , yes they are fostered , don't know if all but I have seen societies with stars, goulds and parrot f babies. As for what I paid for them , well with all the birds he has he has a shortage of females ( hens) In fact , he said 80% of all of all clutches from last year were males. So the birds I got from him are birds from his private section ( birds he selected to keep for breeding ) I simply gave him an offer he could not refuse. Just kidding , paid $ 80.00 a bird. Not so bad. Goulds at birds markets in Miami go for $ 60.00 a bird right now but only because there are not too many birds for sale around ( I'm talking Gouldians ) Again , he said, he sells most of his birds up north where I think he can get more money for them .

[finchandlovebird]

Really nice Gouldians; good luck with them. Do you have other Gouldians also?

[delray]

I hope to get ones just like that when I get older. Good luck

[nicolino]

Did another trip to Miami today ( Sunday ) to meet with another Gouldian person , came back with another yellow girl.

[nicolino]

Yes I do have other Gouldians Green backs purple breasts red heads only .
I do not cross breed different mutations . I prefer red face birds so that is what I have. I'm not really interested in Blue backs ( but I did see some really nice looking birds yesterday , maybe they grow on me later but for now I only want red heads . I'm very particular when selecting birds often pay higher prices just to get what I want. Often people don't want to sell what I want so I usually give them an offer they can't refuse !!! I also refuse to use fosters. Birds should be able to raise their own young's. My birds live outdoors year round. They love sun . Most of the breeders I have seen keeps their goulds in Dark environment very little sunshine if any , only to breed them , I keep my birds for their beauty , and let me tell you gouldians are even more beautiful when seen outdoors in full sunlight !!!