Care

[Brett]

Will 6 finches make a mess in Avairy????
Will they take a lot of care?????
Can you give me a daily,weekly,monthly job list.


Still learning

Brett

[jusdeb]

Its pretty horrible when you labor over making a nice home for the new birds only to have them poop on everything
Yes they spread seed and they poop but some clever tweaking can reduce the mess .
Seed catchers and perches placed away from anything you dont want pooped on will help .

Daily = water , check seed , give them greens and any other food ie. soaked seed ( rotate different foods) .Look about the aviary for signs of mice ,spiders or ants or just anything abnormal .Check condition of birds by looking at them .

Weekly = calcium hit in water , top up seed hoppers , rake over the walk in aviaries .

Monthly = nothing really if you have a routine of doing things daily and weekly .

[Brett]

Thanks jusded

I think you should write a book on finches as you know your stuff

Thank You

Brett

[jusdeb]

No way Brett , I get into enough trouble on this little forum without going out in the big wide world .
Honestly I know zilch really about Finches , my main aviary birds are parrots , I guess basic bird husbandry is the same for all birds just tweaked a little here and there to suit the species.

Thanks for the compliment though thousands would disagree