Lady Gouldian Finch / 5 Tips for Breeding Success

[@jase123111]

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.

[@anotherthez7598]

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 :)

[@anotherthez7598]

I indeed (lol)... just to add I'm a sucker for Javas!

[@gouldianuk9875]

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 👍🇬🇧

[@birdnerd]

That’s awesome good work. Keep the success going man.

[@aidagarza3246]

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!

[@birdnerd]

Wow great to hear that!

[@robcuthbert4743]

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 🖒👌🐦

[@birdnerd]

Thank you best of luck with your new pair of Gould’s.

[@rebeccasegura6910]

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

[@birdnerd]

Glad to hear

[@harekoopman8870]

thanks brother 4 sharing

[@bethreaves403]

Great tips, Chris!

[@pauloquintal3674]

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

[@birdnerd]

Congrats. Love birds are great

[@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.

[@elaineluikart5459]

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

[@beecodex9447]

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

[@birdnerd]

Good to hear

[@stevemunn367]

Another great video Chris 👍🏻🇬🇧

[@kashifnawaz9305]

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

[@markmacdougall3136]

They also love lint from the dryer for nesting

[@birdnerd]

I’ve never tried that. Does it get tangled up in their toes?

[@markmacdougall3136]

@@birdnerd No. Just do not use scented dryer sheets. i use the lint from when I dry towels

[@mohammadumair9497]

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

[@tahir1khan137]

Beauty ! AWSOME! Trying to find some of these beautiful finches also Waxbills strawberry finches but no luck as yet HERE AT WEST LOS ANGELES! HELP ME

[@lindeniz5420]

really helpful and intuitive! what is egg food?

[@fatimagibsonhenley2281]

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.

[@TropicalAviaryBirds]

Nice - good job😊👍

[@skyhawk142]

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?

[@thomasborg6341]

Gouldians dont need mealworms. In fact, they hate it in my experience. They will basically only eat sprouted seed. Wont eat eggfood unless another bird that likes everything (such as a canary) teaches them to eat it.

[@Chrishf]

great video

[@GeorgeSimitsiotis]

Thanks

[@birdnerd]

No problem

[@robc5520]

Thank you. Brilliant

[@andrewhopton3542]

Hi Chris, Great videos, I been watching for a while now an just wondered if you had some white panels for the back of your cages, they may help us to see the birds better. Regards Andy from Leeds uk

[@nasarkhan3324]

Hi I am from bradford, wanted to know if you have any gouldians for sale? Thanks

[@andrewhopton3542]

@@nasarkhan3324 hi, sorry not a the minute, maybe in a few months time,

[@nasarkhan3324]

Ok thanks no worries 👍

[@deepakevgoogle]

Great video

[@anamedina7640]

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

[@donnapeitz8737]

I bought 10 end of may I lost 3 I'm changing food add eucalyptus on a rag hanging on outside of cage before I had died used sac mite medicine

[@lisalodding3695]

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?

[@lordhoratio]

Skip the preamble and just get into the information.

[@bernardnicolas2282]

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

[@bmolitor615]

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... :)

[@easyshop5510]

Inexperience pair of society finches are good for fostering gouldian finches eggs or experience.?

[@birdnerd]

I have usually let my societies raise a clutch of society chicks first and then let them foster after that. Many breeders do it differently though.

[@chakrika9499]

awsum

[@haidar6267]

Thanks, that was very helpful advice . Good luck 👍👌

[@Abdulaziz_Barznji]

Thank you ❤

[@birdnerd]

No problem

[@DaAdventureTv]

My gouldian also has a eye infection how to fix that infection

[@firehorse9996]

My Princess parrot had an eye infection because they like to dig around and forage for food on the ground. Vet gave me a special antibacterial eye cream and then I got human eye drops from pharmacy. 2 times/day. Also held a warm salt water washcloth to his eye every day and it cleared up. Basically, keep the eyes clean and infection flushes out. Common sense - like you would treat a human.

[@Breedingbirds]

Nice set up Good information thank you.

[@anne-marigavin1740]

Very informative many thanks for your helpfulness. 🦜💞

[@mohammadrostami2989]

Hello Chris, I don't understand the exact temperature and moisture measurements. Please tell me again.many thanks to you I'm Rostami from Iran 🇮🇷

[@pauloquintal3674]

Bird nerd are you ever going to get any lovebirds ?

[@birdnerd]

I have raised love birds before and love them. I just don’t really have a place fore them right now. But maybe in the future.

[@wendycartledge4689]

So I just got 6 gouldians ! Am I understanding correctly that males have white beaks and females have black beaks ? Also I have all 6 in one cage and I now have 6 eggs ! Will 2 or more females lay eggs in the same nest or no ? And will a green back mate with a yellow and white? May seem like silly questions but like I said I m new to these guys and sucking in all the info I can get ! And last qu. Why do breeders keep so many birds ? Do you keep a lot of the babies and get rid of the older birds etc... or do you just love them so much you never want to give them up ?

[@strangersgarden]

My Gouldians just never ever use the nest box, room is heated, lights off 9pm fed on high quality seed buy still no activity

[@ashokdaniel4106]

Brilliant! What kind of light are you using?

[@user-tu4gx3bb3s]

Hi Chris, I’ve not long brought a pair at a pet shop. The female looks like she wants he’s attention and follow him everywhere he goes, she even tries to get close but what the male seems to be doing back is beaking her away or tries to move away from her. She makes a sound and kinda bowls down to try to get close to him, without him hitting her with he’s beak... what is going on lol? They have all the things they need to breed. 🤔😬😩😅

[@sinojambujakshan7948]

Big fan of your videos 😊. I have indoor cage breeding setup for 1 pair. The male is old enough and raised couple of clutches successfully last year. He is a gud father and he spend night inside the cage with hen. First clutch for hen, Both are tight sitters. Yesterday first bay hatched and i found him dead inside the cage. Today the second egg hatched someone tossed him out of the cage and dead. I believe hen is the culprit. I got her 9 months back from Pet store. Must be 1 yr old. Is it a common behaviour. Should i allow them for second clutch?

[@birdnerd]

Let try for a second clutch. Make sure you are giving them fresh egg food everyday when the chicks are close to hatching and give them plenty of privacy.

[@MilaHesse]

Question…I lost one of my lady goldian to an eye infection even after I tried 2 different vets. What medication did you use to cure your bird’s eye infection?

[@Metropuppet8494]

Hi Chris , where are you located? Do you ship Gouldiands?

[@cbapl6429]

That's what I want to know also 🙂

[@zakesanimallover1721]

Hey Chris..always great videos👍 tell me are you going to get yellow rump gouldian,to get that lacing in your birds?

[@birdnerd]

Thanks. Probably not, at least for right now I’m not.

[@bubskrz7647]

can you hand feed/tame a gouldian finch chick? or any other finches? at what time can you take the chick, when feathers are showing?

[@jase123111]

Do you ever have problems with your birds having air sack mites? My Gouldian finches seem really healthy but when they breed they only have 1 or 2 babies each time. I lost a couple of adult birds to air sac mites. I treat all the birds but every year some get the mites.

[@Fastnfuri0us69]

Where did you get the Gouldian cages?

[@wendycartledge4689]

Hey Chris I have a fawn colored society finch and I also have some pure white! Are these rare or no ?

[@birdnerd]

Those colors are fairly common with societies.

[@sinojambujakshan7948]

Hi Chris, One the chicks fledged , how much time we should wait to give them new nest box for second clutch ?

[@gouldianuk9875]

Personally if the chicks are not returning to the nest at night to roost then I pull the nest to clean and disinfect, then put the nest back once the clutch has weaned and can be given their own cage. I know some put the nest back whilst chicks are still weaning but I found once mom started laying again the chicks just got in the way, breaking eggs, upsetting dad etc.

[@fredm.7145]

Why do you breed them in the fall? Days are shorter and shortening making artificial lighting necessary.

[@Jjnnssiinngg]

Guessing but he probably lives in a climate with a cold winter like I do. It can be a lot more fun to breed in the fall because summer is short and it's nice to put birds in outdoor aviaries in the summer for their off season, and then bring them in to breeding cages in the fall for breeding so you have something to look forward to year round. (Babies in the winter, and getting to enjoy your birds outside in the summer, and giving them a more enjoyable off season) but yes artificial lighting is required. He may have a different reason that he does it.

[@birdnerd]

Yes I agree with the comment below. Many times in the summer our Utah weather is too hot for the birds to breed. So spring and fall breeding seasons have been successful for me but it does require artificial lighting for some extended periods of time for the breeding to be successful.

[@mninayan2671]

Very helpful video.

[@kathyallen5488]

Do ever sell them? Would love to get a pair

[@birdnerd]

Yes I do sell them but I currently don’t ship.

[@parthamandal5317]

What is the perfect cage size for golden finch breeder pair? What is the perfect cage size for bengalis finch fostering pair?

[@darenjustin328]

I have a pair that wont court each other. How can i pair them I've already put them in the cage yet the male keeps on checking the nest, and the hen won't cooperate with the male..

[@GeorgeSimitsiotis]

Breeders. Woolongong area ???? Wanting to sell Goulians

[@AlamKhan-iz7rj]

good information brother thanks 👍👍👍👍👍👍🇧🇩🇧🇩🇧🇩🇧🇩❣👍👍👍👍

[@snobcreationz7017]

How do you treat the eye infection? I believe I bought one with an eye infection. 😢

[@birdnerd]

Sometimes a broad spectrum Antibiotic can help clear up the infection. Many people use iodine silver and put some drops on the eye for a few days. If that doesn’t work you’d need to contact a local vet for a more specific antibiotic to help. Also provide water for the bird to take daily bathes if it chooses to do so.

[@kashifnawaz9305]

Make video about gouldian it's Spanish, uk, or other breed

[@syedhasan6548]

Nice 👍

[@kobuscarelzen7469]

Hi I have a question my Gouldian finch is breeding but the male is not letting the female into the nest he is chasing and biting her, there is 3 egs in the nest and because of his behavior the female laid another egg outside the nest is this behavior normal

[@birdnerd]

Is the male young? Sometimes with young males they become too aggressive and only want to mate but don’t want to support the female when she is sitting on the eggs. If it continues I would try to separate the male for a bit.

[@kobuscarelzen7469]

@@birdnerd Hi Tanx for the reply all turned out good the male and female sit on the eggs but 2days ago the Female is laying dead outside the nest the night before she was stil looking fine and she was eating good and breeding together with the male Will the male be able to nurse for the chicks when they hatch it was only male and female in the cage

[@jorgedelatorre7895]

cool!

[@esme53]

Thank you for this Chris. My male had feathers missing around his face. Every other bearing condition is great. What can I do to help him? They have eggs. Don’t lay on eggs too often.

[@Mars_60]

Very informative ,thanks for the video!! I'm contemplating buying goolium finches the male and female. But, I don't think I'm ready to take on the task of breeding them.. is it ok to buy them single or fo you have to buy pair? Same question with the zebra finches?

[@finchking]

thanks for sharing

[@tiffanybirt2035]

What is the male to female ratio if you were to have more than 2 in an aviary

[@birdnerd]

For gouldians I keep ratios of males to females the same or 1:1 ratio.

[@axeldeeker5644]

Hey man, do you know where too look for breeders that sell Bramblings? I'm doing a research for my college and haven't found a breeder who sells Bramblings yet.

[@BonnieGBell-ul5eh]

Chris, do you ever have to raise any chicks that the parents & society finches refuse to keep them warm. Then do you ever raise them by hand feeding?

[@birdnerd]

I have hand raised in the past. But I don’t now because of time restraints.

[@mariapadron8871]

My gouldian finch she laid eggs but they are not fertile. They are 18 m.

[@birdnerd]

It may be that your male is not ready yet. Let them try one more time and if the eggs are not fertile then I would separate the pair again for a while

[@GeorgeSimitsiotis]

Where. Can I buy pairs of Goulians from breeders in the Illawarra , woolongong

[@birdnerd]

Not sure you’ll have to find a local advertising page in your area

[@GeorgeSimitsiotis]

How do you tell if eggs are fertile for for Goulians finches

[@birdnerd]

Put a light to them. If they’re fertile you’ll see veins developing. If it’s not fertile the eggs will be see through

[@RobertONeal1986]

I think i have a female Gouldian finch, she is basically all green except a black head grey beak, and a light yellow/grey breast/ belly. Does that sound correct?

[@birdnerd]

Yup sounds like a female

[@MrFadicuz]

i mean how many months it become full color the feathers

[@ishaanaliradja9398]

Zebra finch hybird gouldin finch

[@joemaloney8839]

what about meal worms for Gouldians

[@birdnerd]

You can train them to eat the meal worms. I would provide the smallest meal worms that are available.

[@pazz1667]

Hey Chris, what kind of lighting do you use for your birds? Is it just regular LED lights or full spectrum avian lights?? Thanks in advance!

[@n0ted676]

How long a break should I give my canaries between clutches

[@cullenschuemaker5022]

i wouldn’t give them a break, they will stop when they want. they will only breed if they have enough energy ect.

[@bucko791]

Tell me please , were do you bay your cages

[@birdnerd]

Check my website out at www.littlebirdnerd.com I have the cages posted there.

[@tinacarrasco5297]

Should I keep a nestling box in the gage all year round

[@birdnerd]

No as soon as they wean from the parents you should remove them.

[@marycyrus9424]

I want some zebra finches

[@rosev2437]

How can I get a hold of you

[@GantengMr]

If their beak fencing. Any solution for them to get in love ❤

[@birdnerd]

It could be that one of them just isn’t ready to breed yet. If you have other gouldians that they pairs can see it could be that they want to be mates with a different bird. I have seen my gouldians beak fence but still mate and successfully raise chicks as well.

[@GantengMr]

@@birdnerdyou have good vid and such information Do hv social media? May people around the world can talk to you about bird

[@birdnerd]

Yes I’m on Instagram @birdnerd4 and on Facebook @birdnerd.

[@killer_kunal1705]

I want to send you a picture of my gouldian's pair to confirm male female. I am confused. Where can I send you the picture

[@birdnerd]

Send it to my Instagram account @birdnerd4

[@juliogarcia9958]

Thank you. It is GOUldian finches NOT GOLden finches.

[@DedCHAD3517]

After how many days do the female zebra finch lay egg?

[@birdnerd]

Can be up to 2 weeks. But once the nest is fully built usually eggs will start to appear in about 4-5 days

[@DedCHAD3517]

@@birdnerd but it had been almost a month and still female one didnt layed egg

[@adityar4818]

Can gauldian Finch breed in mixed aviary

[@kheyxyooj374]

How much do you sell a pair of gouldian finch?

[@birdnerd]

I keep my offices lower and typically sell my gouldians between 75-100 per bird depending on the color. In my area most normal colored gouldians sell for about $130 a bird.

[@zubairgereev6479]

Allah Velik

[@romankaras234]

Hi Chris do you have any Gouldians baby's fore sale?

[@sabinewindisch3479]

Ich habe auch 🐦🐦🐦🐦🐦🐦🐦🐦🐦🐦🐦11 sehr emfindlich

[@thehcorps]

How often do you clean your cage sir?

[@birdnerd]

I clean them weekly usually every Friday or Saturday is when I clean them.

[@FatherFH]

Get some society to foster parent.

[@kwbirds199]

Cage saiz who much sir

[@joselinsangan9296]

Do you sell them?

[@marioturnbull5846]

Do you sell your birds?

[@birdnerd]

Yes I do sell my birds.

[@reneerowland1933]

Please put toys in their cages

[@mlrd2687]

Those birds live very poorly. Sadness.