Questions about gouldians and especially molting
Posted: 16 Mar 2021, 02:54
Good Evening.
For a few years now, I have been dealing with gouldians but I have some questions that I hope to fill with your help. Basically their life cycle that I am trying to apply is the following: (I'm from Cyprus nort hemisphere and according to the weather here:)
From January to mid-May is the breeding season.
From mid-May to early August is the molt season
From August to mid-October is the maintenance period
From mid-October to mid-November is the Austerity diet
From mid-November to January is the breeding diet.
The birds come out in a large cage in May for summer and re-enter in a landscaped warehouse in late October.
During the breeding season I separate the males from the females into two large cages. Then I choose the birds that will mate.
All of the above is followed by a proper diet, vitamins, and whatever else needed.
My questions are:
During the breeding season the birds that will not mate should follow different diet?
If I prepare some birds with food as reserves for mating, but in the process I do not put them to mate, then will they have a problem?
How do I understand, when the birds will finish the breeding season and start molting?
Will this happen on its own or will I create the conditions myself? (I do not actually see the molt procedure and this confuses me)
How do I understand the signs of molting in the cages with birds that didn't mate? And when I should expect it?
How do I understand the signs of molting in couples? And when should I expect it
For a few years now, I have been dealing with gouldians but I have some questions that I hope to fill with your help. Basically their life cycle that I am trying to apply is the following: (I'm from Cyprus nort hemisphere and according to the weather here:)
From January to mid-May is the breeding season.
From mid-May to early August is the molt season
From August to mid-October is the maintenance period
From mid-October to mid-November is the Austerity diet
From mid-November to January is the breeding diet.
The birds come out in a large cage in May for summer and re-enter in a landscaped warehouse in late October.
During the breeding season I separate the males from the females into two large cages. Then I choose the birds that will mate.
All of the above is followed by a proper diet, vitamins, and whatever else needed.
My questions are:
During the breeding season the birds that will not mate should follow different diet?
If I prepare some birds with food as reserves for mating, but in the process I do not put them to mate, then will they have a problem?
How do I understand, when the birds will finish the breeding season and start molting?
Will this happen on its own or will I create the conditions myself? (I do not actually see the molt procedure and this confuses me)
How do I understand the signs of molting in the cages with birds that didn't mate? And when I should expect it?
How do I understand the signs of molting in couples? And when should I expect it