The Lady Gouldian Finch

By:  Marvin B. Walton
The Canary's Nest

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The Canary’s Nest has begun a new endeavor.  I am now breeding Lady Gouldian Finches. 

A NEW ENDEAVOR
  The Canary’s Nest has begun a new endeavor. I am now breeding Lady Gouldian Finches. I currently have several Lady Gouldians including many of the mutations like Yellows and Blues. My Yellows and Blues are limited at this time, but I plan on increasing my Yellow and Blue line during upcoming years. I cannot forget about the Normal and White-breasted Lady Gouldians of which I have had a reasonable amount of success with this season. I also have had some success with hatching and raising several Blue carriers. I close band all of my Lady Gouldians, although they are not close-banded with NFSS bands, they are close banded with my own closed bands that bear the initials of TCN and the year of hatch. Where may you ask does the TCN come from? Why the The Canary’s Nest of course. I take great pride in breeding the highest quality birds that can be produced, and close-banding and record keeping is part of breeding a quality bird. I’m not downing other breeders, but a close band is a necessity for me whether I’m breeding Canaries or Lady Gouldian Finches.

TRIAL AND ERROR
     I also experimented with using Society Finches as foster parents, and found this to be a disappointing effort.  Some Society Finches did a “fair” job at raising the Lady Gouldians, but I had the greatest success when I allowed the Lady Gouldian parents to raise their own young.  I came to the conclusion that unless all else fails, my Gouldian chicks will be parent raised.  What this means is, that unless  I’m in danger of  losing the chicks and do not take drastic measures, then the Lady Gouldian parents will raise their own young.  I believe that Lady Gouldians make excellent parents.  I realize that this is contrary to what everyone believes and has been told, but I have found that if you can reliably determine the birds age, and you wait until they are at least one to one and one-half years old, the birds will raise the chicks with no problem.   But, let me interject a caveat here, you first must have birds that are close-banded in order to determine the age of them.  Some of my initial breeding stock was not close-banded, and I had no way to determine the ages of the birds other than relying on what the seller’s told me.  Only through trial and error did I find out who the responsible parents were.  If I decide to breed a one year old bird, then I make sure that the other of the pair is at least one and one-half to two years old.  This help to ensure that the chicks will be provided for by the parents.
      I believe that you will be utterly amazed at the quality of the Lady Gouldian Finches that are produced at The Canary’s Nest and that you will enjoy them for what they are, NATURES PAINTED JEWELS.  I take great pride in producing a quality bird that anyone will be proud to own and if you are a breeder proud to breed with.

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Last updated:   January 20, 2008        © 2003-2008 - - The Canary's Nest