Well, I think I will lose my single chick??.he is 11 days old today and the hen didn?t slept into the nesst last night. Or is this normal??? Do parents stay in...
Hmmm.....can it be he is not yet fully featherd at 11 days old? Although I had a very quick look into the enst this morning (dont, want to disturb anything...
It won't hurt to get the heating lamp a little closer as long as you don't cook him. I think its alright as long as the mom is still feeding. If she has...
I got great news, the gouldian chick fledged about 15 mins ago. I looked again in the cam and he wasn't in the nest. I feared he fell to the floor of the...
To Winnie or anyone else who has fostering experience: 1) Does anyone have answers for why society foster parents who after sitting on the eggs and tending to...
How many chicks in the nest? If your birds in the room and temperature is high enough, some parents leave their 5 days old chicks alone. This is my experience:...
This is a singleton chick.....and except for them being out of the nest last night, parents are doing a good job....but this is my first time breeding birds (...
Winnie is the authority of fostering, but I have a unique way. If you are using true pair which is a male and female, they could desert the other's chicks. The...
In a message dated 9/1/2004 2:44:56 PM Eastern Daylight Time, gbrislawn@... writes: Hi Greg, To Winnie or anyone else who has fostering experience: 1)...
My societies are good as gold when it comes to fostering. I don't give fake eggs or try to match their breeding cycle to the gouldians like many on the list...
Hi Margaret, We are located in Geneva, in Seminole county, on HWY 46 in central Florida. I have a dilute male gouldian and a normal female gouldian that have...
Thank you for the answer. I may want to get pairs of same sex birds just to keep it simple, will have to think about it. Greg ... desert the other's chicks. ...
Thanks a lot for the info. The specifics of my question had to do with a clutch I had under societies that all died within one day of hatching, and two of the...
Thanks for the info. -Greg ... give fake ... many on the ... chicks. I keep the ... they will be ... the same type ... go inside ... chicks are ... the chicks ...
Hi I am Frank Villa, I am looking to add some blue backs, (pastels) and split to blue to my breeding stock. Looking for large healthy birds. If you have any or...
In a message dated 9/2/2004 6:50:13 PM Eastern Daylight Time, gbrislawn@... writes: Thanks a lot for the info. The specifics of my question had to do...
Winnie thanks for the follow up. Well I think you are on to something. The hatchlings seemed very weak. But I attributed it to disease, and didn't even...
I have several male goulds that aren't courting females that are black beaked and ready to breed. 1) Two of the three males are fairly young having just...
In answer to situation #1, my males when they finish a molt, you're right, it's like a switch has been thrown, and those hormones just kick in. My two young...
Hello Dr. Abbate, ... seeds ... John,during my many travels across California in the last 45 plus years I always admired and envied the fellow fanciers living...
Hello, I live in Israel and I have a lot of European goldfinches as a hobby and I wanted to know if you know what food I could give them to make them sing...
This link is to a page at BirdLife International. Gouldian Finches reoccupy old breeding grounds http://www.birdlife.org/news/news/2004/07/gouldian.html ... ...
... cage ... Alan. I Just joined the group 5 minutes ago so you are my first message. I have used Eucalyptus and gum tree branches as well as melaleuca for my...
Hi Stringer_707, Right now my new eucalyptus is growing too slow to have enough for perches.Thanks...Maybe someone knows about oak or cedar or some other ...
We have used dowels, manzanita of all sizes, and also oak in our aviaries and they use them all. The biggest we have used is about 1 inch in diameter down to...
Hi Barb, Thanks for the help with the perches. I wonder if I could put millet seed in the wire cages and let the birds pull it out.(are the holes too small?) ...
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