Aussie Finch Forum

I have had 2 pairs of seagreens for a while now doing nothing-the ''breeder"' i bought them off sold them to me as 2 pairs, anyway one of them died-the supposed female, the day after i got her; but the other 3 i still have. So anyway i couldnt work out who was a female and who where the males as they looked exactly the same but i do know someone who sold me some cape doves some time ago that bred seagreens , so i asked him if i could bring them down and see if he could have a go at sexing them and if he did to give me mates for them if necessary-anyway turns out that they are all females-he showed me his males mine are definately females-so now all i need is 3 males as he didnt have any spare-so i am wondering if i should wait for a breeder to advertise-cos i did buy them off a person who called himself a breeder but then got it wrong, or should i buy from a petshop like rooty hill or smithfield>? any suggestions?

The important point when buying birds is buy young ones nearly coloured.In the case of Parrot finches by the time they reach 3 years old
they are just about worn out as breeders. Mind you at 3 years old they look very good feather wise,just tired inside.
No matter where they are if you know they are young birds then they are the ones to buy.
As for the breeder making the mistake it happens,the one that dropped dead may have been a male so they could have only been wrong with one.
When in breeding season the best method of sexing is via the vent as per canaries.Unless you see a couple of red feathers around the vent then it is odds on to be a cockbird.Good luck looking for them.

Male seagreens are scarcer than hens so may be a bit of a challenge to find spare males (sex-linked recessive mutation).