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by wessel » Fri Apr 03, 2015 5:36 pm
I used to have yellow-crowned bishops, take in mind that when you give them nesting material, they will build nests against the wire. If you are planning on breeding them, always more females than males. Preferably for each males at least 2 females. Also keep in mind that weavers could be very aggressive during the breeding period, so it's reccomended to mix them with birds equal to their size or larger, however I had them with common waxbills and got no problems.
Never mix different species of whydah/weavers toghether, if they are also different genders, however you could luck out like mia but she only has one male and one female, so there is no competition, normally they are very aggressive with each other, of course there are a few acceptions like the red-billed quelea.
If you plan to breed whydas, keep in mind that some species are parasitic, that means they lay their eggs in other birds (like common waxbills or orange cheecked waxbills) nests. So if you are going to choose the whydahs, consider also buying a small group of common waxbills, (3 pairs at least) if you want succes breeding them.
proud owner of:
strawberry finches, blue-faced parrotfinches, cherry finches, society finches, st. helena waxbills, melba finches, blue capped cordon bleus, java finches, raza espagnola, european goldfinch x canary, king quails
(sorry for some mistakes, English isn't my first language)