Aviary mates for gouldians?

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elferoz777
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The hole size is silly.

Its tbe zebs harrassing the goulds that will cause the issues.

I would not house zebs with anything ypu want to breed seriously unless your aviary is large.
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elferoz777 wrote:The hole size is silly.

Its tbe zebs harrassing the goulds that will cause the issues.

I would not house zebs with anything ypu want to breed seriously unless your aviary is large.
Totally agree... :thumbup: especially for any beginners..suggest you you keep one or the other to start off with.... :thumbup:
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elferoz777 wrote:The hole size is silly.

Its tbe zebs harrassing the goulds that will cause the issues.

I would not house zebs with anything ypu want to breed seriously unless your aviary is large.
zebs harassing goulds?

I don't think so

I started with a single Gouldian pair with 100 zebras, the single Gouldian pair chucked the zebs out of their own nest and produced 3 large clutches

in my aviary the Gouldian dominates the zebra

maybe sick gouldians can get harassed by zebras

but healthy ones like mine...not a chance :thumbup:
werty

vettepilot_6 wrote:
werty wrote:
gouldians are easy to breed just like zebras

had brilliant results with keep gouldians with zebs for the last 2 years

just make sure zeb nests have smaller entrance holes so gouldians cant enter :thumbup:
what size holes keeps gouldians out?
just grabbed the tape measure, 2.2cm diameter, the goulds cant get in past their wings, they try, but no chance
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elferoz777
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Werty

How you would house 100 zebs in your aviary is beyond me.

The fact is the different hole size is not a logical way to control who breeds where. Zebs steal nesting material and dominate food trays.
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Tiaris
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My Zebra finches are bigger in the body than my Gouldians & my Gouldians are much larger than average.
werty

Tiaris wrote:My Zebra finches are bigger in the body than my Gouldians & my Gouldians are much larger than average.
tomorrow posting picks of my zeb nests next to gouldians, so everyone can see the difference in nest entrance size
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Blue Cuban
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werty wrote:
just grabbed the tape measure, 2.2cm diameter, the goulds cant get in past their wings, they try, but no chance
Werty if your suggesting your zebs are using a breeding box with a entrance of 22mm you have rocks in your head.
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You must be breeding mini zebs..... :crazy:
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werty wrote:
Tiaris wrote:My Zebra finches are bigger in the body than my Gouldians & my Gouldians are much larger than average.
tomorrow posting picks of my zeb nests next to gouldians, so everyone can see the difference in nest entrance size
Will they be accompanied by photos of your silver gouldians ?
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You will find that there has been a major change of who posts on this topic, this topic was started by a new member who has probably left now due to the bickering but you will also see in the long term who has also left so please get back on topic.

Thanks Craig
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