Lady Gouldian Finch / 5 Tips for Breeding Success

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[jase]

Tip abot the egg food.... They all love to eat the egg shell... so i smash up the egg shell and mix it with the hard boiled egg so egg gets stuck to the bits of shell. Soon they are eating the shells and trying the egg food by mistake and they realise they like it. That has worked every time for me.

[anotherthez]

Hello there. Well, in my experience, the best results for breeding these and other finches (same applies for the canary, many parakeets...) are when the birds are 2 yo - especially females; and I also keep several pairs - let's say 5 - in a small aviary and then let them choose their partners. Separate them for a few weeks or so and then try them back in a breeding cage. If you're working with particular mutations/size, etc. make sure they're not related from the beginning.
I wouldn't shut up (lol). Just some simple tips that work for me. Needless to say I really enjoy your channel, and please keep 'em coming. All the best! Cheers :)

[gouldianuk]

A long awaited new Gouldian video! 😁😁 loving the knowledge you have on these birds Chris and I have learnt so much from you as you know. On the bonding info it reminded me of my video you kindly shared of the pair singing to each other, such sweet birds. 20 chicks and counting so far this season and can't thank you enough 👍🇬🇧

[robcuthbert]

Hi Chris, rob here from the UK, jeepers bud I couldn't believe it when I saw you posted another video and it's all about gouldians, I'm picking up my first two pairs in a couple of weeks so this has come at the perfect time. You must have known 😂this was just what I needed to see.cheers mate, keep up the good work 🖒👌🐦

[aidagarza]

I love Lady Gouldian finches...the red headed ones and from my pair I was blessed with one clutch and 13 babies.. beautiful and I sold them all to a local bird store!

[rebeccasegura]

Thanks Chris for all the great tips keep the video’s coming 👍🏼my birds are doing great here in California ❤️💜💛🧡🖤

[pauloquintal]

Bird nerd also tomorrow I’m getting my second lovebird pair and a love bird baby so exited

[fawadbaig]

Hi Chris, another great video ! Thanks for all the useful tips you mentioned. I am from Pakistan 🇵🇰and love your videos alot. My gouldian s are ready for the season. Waiting for temperature to come down a little more so i can start pairing them. Wish me luck and good luck to you.

[MichelleMiller-csum]

Hi there, I love watching your videos. They have been really helpful for me and my finches. I have a question. You mentioned one of your finches may have an eye infection. I feel like I'm having the same problem with one of my female zebra finches. Could you give me a some possible tips to help her out, please?

[fatimagibsonhenley]

Hey I would like to thank you for all of your information on the Zebra Finches, I bought a pair about 4 weeks ago and I had my first Egg 🥚 a week ago and my second one 2 days ago. This is my second set of Finches my first set were Society and that was over 20 years ago. I'm wanting to purchase a pair of Gouldian Finches and would like to hopefully purchase from you if possible so any information on purchasing would be greatly appreciated.

[mohammadumair]

Hi chris Very well explained good information keep it up mate.

[beecodex]

A source of inspiration for me to breeding gloudian finch.. Tq

[ashokdaniel]

Brilliant! What kind of light are you using?

[lisalodding]

Hi I'm new to gouldians, and found your video very helpful. Just wondering how u catch the right birds to but in breeding cages?

[kashifnawaz]

Hi, very nice informative video, plz make video about diet, cage size, multivitamins, seeds, soft food and all about gouldian finch and later make video about other birds one by one

[bernardnicolas]

Hi Chris, great videos . May i know what kind of lightning do you use for your bird? Is it just regular LED light?thanks

[elaineluikart]

You might try turning out the lights behind the birds and get heat lamp reflector and a regular non heat light bulb from the camera side of the cages or behind the camera for your videos. You have such pretty birds, the colors should show up better. Otherwise I love your videos. Thanks

[bmolitor]

1:35 I'm misunderstanding something about the phenotypes/genotypes - I'm perceiving that a cross between a blue back and a yellow back would result in progeny that are... heterozygous at the two loci... and all wild pheno's? which ARE super pretty, of course... :)

[skyhawk]

Hi there, I like your informative video and I start to learn a bit more on gouldians. am a first time bird keeper and recently got 3 pairs of gouldians (2 pairs gave me eggs very quickly). I am wondering what kind of food should I provide when the babies hatched. I was very sad my first 4 hatchling died because the parents toss them out. They were healthy strong hatchlings. I handfed them crushed mealworm into powder form mix with water. But still hatchlings died. What is your advice to feed hatchlings with?

[anamedina]

Beautiful, where you at? You have for sale.? I need one for my husband.