Blessed With Gouldians

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Blessed With Gouldians

Post by BigBear0007 » Mon Dec 22, 2014 10:12 am

Right now I have two young birds at three months of age, four more of their siblings ready to jump the nest at 25 days of age! Plus two pairs with five eggs each, should hatch in a little over a week.
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Re: Blessed With Gouldians

Post by kristofer » Mon Dec 22, 2014 10:30 am

Parent raised birds? I have heard a lot of people saying that they don't rear well. But then again most people i know that keep them always parent rear
Bird species bred up till now : Zebras, Bengalese, Javas, Diamond doves, Canaries.
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Re: Blessed With Gouldians

Post by BigBear0007 » Mon Dec 22, 2014 11:11 am

Yes parent raised with a twist!
The male is usually the tosser of babies?
So I use a divider and keep him apart for a week until they are too big to toss out of the nest box. He then will start to feed them.
I have had no luck with societies, I put a couple eggs under a pair DNS the hen tossed the Gouldian eggs out and they were viable.
So for good or ill I only try to have parent raised babies.
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Post by Toddmin » Mon Dec 22, 2014 1:40 pm

I've had to separate a father from the hen for a few days too, if he tossed the chicks. After several days of her feeding them, I placed him back in, and he ended up feeding/taking care of the chicks with no additional issues.
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Post by finchandlovebird » Mon Dec 22, 2014 4:41 pm

Congrats on your new families :D
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Re: Blessed With Gouldians

Post by Sam007 » Mon Dec 22, 2014 7:23 pm

Nice :) Congrats!
❤ ❤ ❤ ★ ★ ★ I love Gouldian Finches.★ ★ ★ ❤ ❤ ❤
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Post by BigBear0007 » Mon Dec 22, 2014 9:40 pm

I hope they jump soon!
So I can move the whole family to the flight cage.
I'm going to give mum and dad a break till spring.
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Post by monotwine » Mon Dec 22, 2014 11:08 pm

Super! Like that you found a way around the tosser and you still get parent reared young.
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Post by Jen » Mon Dec 22, 2014 11:30 pm

Great job! Thanks for sharing your story about the male tossing...I'll remember this when faced with this issue again! Congrats! The babies are beautiful!


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Gouldians, Red Cheek Cordon Blue family, Gold Breasted Waxbills, Fire Finches, Owl finches, Yellow Face & Red Face Star Finches, Lavender Finches, Society Finches, Canary,Rosey Bourke, Scarlet Chested Grasskeets, Cockatiels, too many Guineas, Izzy my 16 year old cute doggie dog, two spoiled kitties!
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Post by Rox » Tue Dec 23, 2014 2:34 am

Congrats on your beautiful babies!! =D>
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Re: Blessed With Gouldians

Post by BigBear0007 » Wed Dec 24, 2014 5:04 pm

Early Christmas present!
Four jumped the nest today!
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Re: Blessed With Gouldians

Post by MiaCarter » Thu Dec 25, 2014 8:31 am

How exciting! Congrats on your little ones!

They are a blessing, aren't they?
Each and every one.
Humum to....
13 Zebra Finches....and 2 squeeps!
3 Society Finches
6 Gouldians
1 Weaver
1 Pintail Whydah
2 Cockatiels
2 Parakeets

....along with 1 MinPin, 1 Pug, 1 JRT, 1 Yorkie, 2 Chihuahuas and 15 cats.

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Re: Blessed With Gouldians

Post by BigBear0007 » Thu Dec 25, 2014 10:35 am

Does everyone see the pictures upside down?
Can someone please correct them?

Thanks.

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Re: Blessed With Gouldians

Post by lovezebs » Thu Dec 25, 2014 5:01 pm

BigBear0007
I see them upside down but didn't want to admit it, just in case it was only me.... tee-hee- hee

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Re: Blessed With Gouldians

Post by KarenB » Thu Dec 25, 2014 6:28 pm

Congrats!

I have four that fledged two days ago, and one is about ready to jump :D
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