How many finches?

Sorria · Post by **Sorria** » Mon Jan 28, 2008 11:24 am

I currently have eight finches in my finch cage. Upon reading up on some other finch websites I saw that some sites said that my cage was way overcroweded with finches. I talked to some other people and e-mailed some owners of finch websites as well as some finch breeders, ect. I got a very mixed review of how many finches should be in my cage. Some people said I should only keep two finches and another person said I could keep as many as eight finches in the cage.

I just took measurements of the cage and it is:

Height: 2'8"
Width: 1'8"
Length: 2'10"

How many finchs do you think I should be able to keep in a cage this size?

FeatherHarp · Post by **FeatherHarp** » Mon Jan 28, 2008 3:30 pm

I think that how many you can keep in the cage depends partially on what species you want in the cage and also the size of the finches. It is a complicated guess...but others here will guide you in your choice.

hilljack13 · Post by **hilljack13** » Mon Jan 28, 2008 10:13 pm

I agree, My cage is 30x18x36 and I keep 3 males in it. I had about 5-6 at one time before I sold the babies. It was plenty of room and you shoud be OK.

EmilyHurd · Post by **EmilyHurd** » Tue Jan 29, 2008 6:13 am

Hi,

according to the "how many will fit" calculator on finchinfo.com, it says your cage can fit 2-3 birds. Finches need more room to fly horizontal then they need vertical.

although from my experience it really depends on the species. I like to give my finches plenty of flying room, but if you can't afford that then you have to deal with what you have. I wouldn't put any nests in that size cage with 8 finches. I personally would keep max 6 finches in that size cage, and would only do it with probably society finches.

Sorria · Post by **Sorria** » Tue Jan 29, 2008 8:05 am

Thanks. Maybe after some of my current finches pass I'll only keep four. I'd like six, and I like Socieites as I've had them before, but I also like a little variety so I think I'll try to just keep four two pairs of varying species.