How much live food to feed

[peterrebecca]

If feeding maggots, how much do you feed per pair? and how often?

Thank you.

[Tiaris]

Ideally they should be offered enough so that they have them available constantly in breeding aviaries. ie. plenty provided each day.

[Trilobite]

yep available 24/7 in the breeding aviaries when finches are breeding, the tray neve stops wiggling!!.

[Bmac27]

A fruit fly culture in the aviary wouldn't hurt either ... I have several for in between feedings of termites and mealies .
Easy to make / maintain and all it requires is a bit of fruit everynow and then .
Brad

[GregH]

I'm too lazy to do maggots (yet) but the question isn't how much per pair do you feed as the answer depends according to:
1) Species
2) Time of year and if you intend to breed
3) If the birds have young
4) How old the young are.

Can you give us some more details on what birds you are enquiring about?

[peterrebecca]

Hi Greg,

A pair of cordon bleus

Thanks Greg

[Tiaris]

The closer you can get to constant availability, the more Cordons will breed.

[suffolk]

Do some species ''scour'' from Maggots...I thought all finches were the same internally...Some people have said dont feed this particular species maggots
but i cant see why not...Anyone know?

[finchbreeder]

Tiaris - That is one brilliant Painted in your avatar.
LML

[Trilobite]

Suffolk, I used to run several pairs of CB's. they would barely produce 1-2 young per nest and if they fledged they wold have white wing feathers (bad diet). I started them on maggots and lost the white wings, and clutches went from 12- to 3-4 and no scouring. let you make up your own mind.