Aussie Finch Forum

I would also go young cock bird, very much like my bloke two and a half years ago.

Bugger and hens are like hens teeth to find too ..... some words me thinks to a certain person selling birds .

Deb, there is a chance that if you can't tell its sex then the sell couldn't either. Might be worth getting it DNA'd to save waiting and to know for sure

poitta wrote:I I found out unless I was a wildlife park I am not allowed to keep silver eyes I will never understand the system, Pete

Simple reason: "escaped birds establishing wild populations outside of their natural regions"

Birds don't escape from 'wildlife parks'

Enuf . . this thread is about sexing hoodeds

Good idea Iaos sgould have thought of that myself

lovely birds jusdeb, thanks for the pics.
hope they turn out to be a pair....if not you may just "have" to make up another pair .
many years ago hoodeds and golden-shouldered were hard to find and seemed very exotic to this young-un....now they seem to be more available which is a credit to our breeders.
good luck with them and i hope you can get them to parent-raise the young....for me the only way to go.

Def want to run a few pair , and learn as much as I can about them . Lots of conflicting advice about nests etc so it will be fun to trial different types and see what happens .

Dont shoot me but trusty string thingy def went round and round ....girl

DNA test to be done of course , not just yet though no hurry , will wait till I have a few to be done ( other breeds )

In the mean time keep an eye out for spare hens!

Did you try the stringy, magnet thingy on the obvious male?