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loz
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Hi Jason.
Welcome to the forum.
Cheers,
Loz. :thumbup:
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branchez
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Welcome to the Forum Jason. :wave:
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gomer
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Welcome Jason good that your back into it again. :thumbup:
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Masterfincher
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Location: Bundaberg, Q

Here is a pic of my aviaries. The long one was my first, about 4.5 x 1.5 metres, built alongside my shed wall, with part of the second curved aviary - about 3x3 meters - attached (built September last year); the back aviary built Jan this year, and the lawnlocker aviary built July this year. They seem to be breeding - every school holidays I seem to find another one :)
In the long and curved aviary I currently have -
4 bengalese manikins
2 double bars
2 cubans (+ 2 juveniles)
7 Red headed stars (+ 3 or 4 juveniles still in nest)
3 plumheads
3 longtails
4 black headed nuns
4 gouldians
3 cordon bleus
4 St Helenas
4 ruddies (+ 3 juveniles)
4 chestnut breasted manikins
1 orange breast, 1 silverbill, 1 painted
9 king quails
All going well, hoping for some more breeding success as the weather warms up!
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finchbreeder
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If you still have the young Cubans with their parents, I hope the parents are user friendly. Lost my youngun to its Dad a couple of seasons back.
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branchez
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Hi Jason and welcome to the Forum :wave:
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Masterfincher
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Thanks everyone for the welcome. And thanks 'finchbreeder', yes, my cuban pair are friendly at the moment. I had two male juveniles earler this year that died unexpectedly at about a month old, wasn't sure why, but from reading in this forum it is clear it was probably dad, so my new juveniles will be moved out in the next week i think. Keep the suggestions and info coming, it is invaluable :)
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finchbreeder
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Memory says it was at about 6/7weeks that Dad cuban turned from a sweetheart to a masher. :twisted:
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Masterfincher
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I'm watching my Cubans - should I be watching my Ruddies too? - they have had their first clutch of 3, about 3 weeks old now. This is the first time I've had Ruddie young, will they be safe or should I move them out to my holding cage in a couple of weeks too?
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No problems with Ruddies bothering their young. Just need to ring the young so you know who is who if you don't move them out of the parents avairy.
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