Have heaps of Gouldians this year

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9magenta
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Well after have only one gouldian last year 2010

I extened the cage and planted it....... and have feed them the best stuff, wormed the sprouted seed daily, egg shell daily. Feash water on demand for them. Gave them a new seed hopper and made the aviary dry and clean and best of all mouse proof

see the aviary section for my post there

I now have just over 25 new babies !!!!! plus 12 unhatched eggs in 2 more nests :wtf:

Cannot get over it

I have 7 pairs and there working over time here
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dano_68
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That’s great news ! Just goes to show all us “fussy”, over-caring breeders know what we are talking about! Lol And I am very happy you have seen the light and had such great success!! :clap:
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Buzzard-1
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9magenta wrote:I now have just over 25 new babies !!!!!
Excellent result Just go's to show :thumbup:
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Jayburd
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:clap: :thumbup: well done :D
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gomer
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Well done,Now the only problem you will have is housing all of those young. :lol:
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AMCA26
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Nice start, Cannot wait myself. Good Luck
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BENSONSAN
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yep waiting for the noise to begin...plus my wife yelling out damn noisy birds lol. I must admith gouldian babies are up there when it comes to noise when there being fed.
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matcho
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Last year was pretty good for me, got 20 chicks from 3 pairs in a real small avairy. Built a bigger one with three separate flights. Currently have one pair sitting on eggs in a revamped painteds nest but found two chicks dead in a nest box yesterday and a chick on the ground that I am attempting to hand raise. I think that I had an ant attack or the heat here yesterday (42C) may have killed them as the box is in the top closed in section and was really hot when I got in there for the rescue. Hope your year is good.
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