My own Finches
Cordon Blue Breeding Finches
The Finches I have had
Cordon Bleu Finch - A great addition to any aviary. These are a pleasure to keep and breed. They need live food to encourage breeding and enjoy a planted aviary, although not necessary.
Breeding -The male will hop up and down on the perch to attract its mate sometimes with piece of nesting material in its beak. They have a melodious voice and lay between 4-6 eggs. The male has the red flash on the cheeks
Gouldian Finches male on left is the prettiest female on right
Beautiful Gouldian Finches
Gouldian - These are very beautiful birds, but need a draught free environment to breed successfully. The most common of these have the red or black heads. There is also a white fronted mutation now. They lay up to five eggs although mine have never hatched more than two at a time.
Bengalese or Society Finches
African Fire Finch- male brighter colour than female
Bengalese or Society Finch
Bengalese - These are often called a society finch, because they are brilliant foster parents. If a bird dies you may take the eggs and place them under these and they will hatch and rear them as their own. They are also good for the beginner breeder. The only downside is the Male and female are very hard to sex in these.
Parrot - Blue or Red faced. These are very active birds and also great escape artists. If there is a tiny hole in the wire of your aviary they will find it.
Beware the parrot family will crossbreed with one another given the right circumstances. So it's a good idea to keep the red in one aviary and blue in another to avoid this.
Male Painted Finch
The Red painted finch is a brilliant friendly and inquisitive little bird. They will carry small chips of wood up to three inches long in their beaks. We had a pair that actually carted all my mulch chips and stacked them twelve inches high behind one of the doors.
We couldn't believe they could be such hard workers, carrying so much twigs and chips.
These birds also come in (yellow although some call it orange) Picture on right is the back of a young yellow baby three weeks out of the nest.
Some Finches are very hardy whereas others cannot stand the cold it is quite common to lose many female finches in one night from the cold weather
Caring for your birds
Take that your birds have fresh food and water every day. If you have automatic bird feeders make sure they do not become blocked.
Comments
I like the color of the Male Gouldian Finch in the image, it looks gorgeous...Do you sell these kinds of finches? This is my topic now in
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so curious, Your name is just like the way finches behave.
We are selling up and have to get rid of our birds I will miss them. Thanks for stopping by.
I love finches! There is a new family developing on a ledge near our front door. Three babies all want food from Mom. They are red finches and so adorable. Thanks for the article.
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You love to knock us old ozzies as being down under, but I got news for you. We no different to anyone else and we have a sense of humour too. How about that. Gosh at least I was not that cruel either. I used my brains and looked after all my pets. That is why I still love my pets and breed them without any problems.
As for Kids I did not actually think that children would read our hubs. Maybe I am wrong. So why don't you now take the initiative as it is your idea and write some for them. Thanks for stopping by. cheers....
Very nice! Couldn't you write something for kids? There are not enough things for children on the HubPages. I don't know a thing about keeping birds and cats, but that ought to be explained for kids, because they often receive pets as a Christmas present and don't even know when they mishandle them, as I did, when was little: I gave four kittens a bath and then packed them up in a shoebox and closed the showbox tight to prevent them from getting a cold. And they died suffocated. It is a good thing my grandma did not explain this too graphically to me, for it would have shocked me out of my wits. -- I keep thinking how funny it is that you live on the other side of the world, upside down, so to say.
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Sorry I haven't bred the blue capped finches only the cordon blue and the male is the one with the red fleck on his cheek like picture on top of this page.
How do you tell the diffewrence between blue capped cordon bleu females and red cheecked cordon bleu females?
thanks
Rob
cool!
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