Gouldian finchs!!

perrysbirds · Post by **perrysbirds** » Thu Mar 12, 2009 3:01 pm

Here is an updated picture of the gouldian chicks.I seperated them from the parents today.They seemed to be eating the millet and seed on thier own so I thought that would be enough stress on the parents and decided to move them out.Cicking on the picture and it seems to look a little better.

L in Ontario · Post by **L in Ontario** » Thu Mar 12, 2009 6:45 pm

They look pretty good, Perry. How old are they now?

perrysbirds · Post by **perrysbirds** » Thu Mar 12, 2009 9:30 pm

They are approx 6 weeks!

B CAMP · Post by **B CAMP** » Thu Mar 12, 2009 9:34 pm

Seem to be coloring up fast,they look good .Like your cages too

CandoAviary · Post by **CandoAviary** » Thu Mar 12, 2009 9:36 pm

Nice cage bank, nice looking youngsters...... like the canaries too.

perrysbirds · Post by **perrysbirds** » Thu Mar 12, 2009 10:11 pm

The Gouldian babies I noticed about a week or more ago seemed to be eating seed and millet on their so I decided to give them a extra week to make sure.I know with canaries stress on the aldult birds is raising the chicks so I am guessing the same with finches.I want to keep my aldult pair for a long time as I know now they are good parents.

CandoAviary · Post by **CandoAviary** » Fri Mar 13, 2009 10:04 pm

It is a lot of work for the parents to raise a clutch up. I use to raise canaries and I have found that the canaries took a lot more eggfood, boiled egg to raise the chicks up. I have had gouldians raise without any eggfood at all. I do offer it but not all of my breeding gouldians partake in it. But you are right, it is the raising of the young that stresses the birds.