green singer's
- crazy cuban
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Hi just woundering if two pair's of green singer's will go in the same aviary.
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- Jayburd
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Hey crazy, I've got (will have) 2 aviaries maybe we could co-ordinate breeding efforts?
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Birdwatcher and finch-keeper.
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- Buzzard-1
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Totally agree with Lukec,The males chase and harass the females enough, will kill another male if let go at best you won't get breeding happening.The only way I have had them breed was in a large aviary or housed on there own.crazy cuban wrote:Hi just woundering if two pair's of green singer's will go in the same aviary.
- Tiaris
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I wouldn't Tony, especially if the existing ones are breeding. Its certainly possible to breed them as a trio given their breeding biology is basically the same as any other serinus species but I wouldn't try encroaching on an existing pair with this arrangement. Best to put young birds together to pre-breeding season to give them the best chance of success. I've tried trios with Singers a couple of times & each time the hens developed a bitter rivalry & no nesting took place until I removed one of them.
- west finch
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I agree with Tiaris one pair only per aviary . Recently some friends went for a trip to Africa to study finches and all the singers they saw were in pairs. They set up there own territory and do not tolerate other pairs in there zone.This I have noticed in my aviaries never having pairs in adjoining aviaries, If you do all they do is fight all the time .
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