How To Identify Healthy Breeding Pair?...

zahari · Post by **zahari** » Wed Jun 06, 2007 12:34 am

Hi Guys....

I'm Zahari, Currently i have breed cockatiels. I have decide to breed lady gouldian finches soon, so any advise on how to selecting good and healthy breeding pair...

Regards.

Post by **Hilary** » Wed Jun 06, 2007 1:33 am

Here are my two cents. Make sure they're not related (buy from a good breeder who can actually identify the parents - many colony breed), pick robust looking birds in good feather, and buy them young and condition them yourself so you know they're healthy and ready when you want to set them up to breed. Of course, the drawback of young unproven birds is that you may lose a couple of clutches until they figure out what they're doing.

Good luck!