Cuban Melodious Finches AT LAST !!!

[DanteD716]

I love them! Congrats!

[kheather]

Oh WOW! I would love to have a pair, I only saw them once here in St. Louis at a fair..I think the pairs were $350..out of my price range, so I got the green singers. One day though.
I though I read they can be aggressive in mixed aviary? is that info correct?

[bugaboo5]

They look beautiful!!! Just gives lots of privacy and try giving them the egg food concoction you have been giving your other birds. LinOntario (Liz) and lovemyfinch (Janine) keep and breed these species. I think MLaRue (Misty) and dfcauley (Donna) have them in their aviaries as well. Good luck and congrats!

[dfcauley]

I do have a pair and they are very sweet and bonded. I have heard terrible things about the males being mean, but I have never had any agression out of mine. Unfortunately they have not produced any babies for me yet. They have had eggs (beautiful little speckled eggs), but they were not fertile. Hopefully someday......

Congrats! Give them as much space and privacy as you can. They especially need lots of space in my opinion.

[CandoAviary]

They are gorgeous!!!! I am sure with your special touch you will have chicks in no time

[PrettyBird]

Beautiful birds Rancel Congrats on getting the birds of your dreams

[LuxandLolita]

oh my! what beautiful birds!! i have never heard of them, they are so bright and colorful! heh if it were up to me i would call the male Bea(bee)

[dfcauley]

@Donna, I've also read that they are very mean... Are yours alone or in a flight ??? Hopefully we both get some soon and can maybe swap bloodlines later on. I'll try to give them all the room and privacy in the world.

Mine are in my aviary with all the other birds. They have never been agressive even when breeding. I suppose it all depends on the birds and perhaps the space you are able to give them.
I love their little personalities!! I have a couple of gouldians that are 10 times MEANER than these cubans.

[BigBear0007]

Nice man, nice!

Good luck with them Rancel!
I never had any luck with them, they always tossed!
Mine were in cages though!

Jerry

[BigBear0007]

Nice man, nice!

Good luck with them Rancel!
I never had any luck with them, they always tossed!
Mine were in cages though!

Jerry

Thank you Jerry I really hope I get lucky with them. I'm sorry your tossed so much. Did you do anything in specific to maybe get them into breeding condition ?? And did you notice any visible change in them that may be a sign that they are in breeding condition ??

I fed mine lots of egg food and they bred quite easily !
You know they ready to breed when the male feeds the hen and carries material, the males are great builders!
You have bigger cages, so you should do better than I did!

[jecagesandbirds]

Conooooo Congra... I got my pair last year, getting them ready for breeding this season, I used to have a lot in my hometown in Cuba (Pinar del Rio)

[L in Ontario]

Congratulations on getting a beautiful pair of Cubans! You'll enjoy them to no end.

I agree on total privacy - meaning NO nest checks for the first couple of ...years! Mine are now used to me and I can check and band any time at all. I now have 2 unrelsted pairs and each pair are in their own cage and build their own nest with cocofibres. My Cubans will not use a prefab nest but are fantastic parents.

Good luck!

[jecagesandbirds]

Agree with you, hopefully we have them breeding, good luck!

[DanteD716]

How are they Rancel??

[cindy]

Very pretty Rancel

I was going through the search and found a clip Liz made of little ones...this is what you shall expect in the future!!!

http://www.finchforum.com/viewtopic.php ... +melodious

It is a great video Liz!!!!