Aussie Finch Forum

G'day from wa, bought some frozen maggots from the tackle shop, trying ti get the gouldians interested, black hearts I have take them, the gouldian are looking at them very close. There thinking mmmmm. I try 6 a day and hope they try it, as soon babies will hatch. Can only leave maggots out for two hours they go black very quickly. I'm hoping to try live maggots, to try and if the eat them then I will bread my own....so anyone mandurah rocking ham ,please pm me if I can buy some live maggots.from you. To try to temp fussy finches Thanks

Gouldians need seeding grass by the handful when nesting and raising chicks. If I was you I would forget the maggots and try gardening. Do yourself a succession of millett patches to feed the Gouldians.
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Thistles covered in aphids are the only live food i have had taken by my Gouldians, and not sure that it isnt really the thistles they are eating and just that the aphids get in the way.
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Agree with Finchbreeder ....Goulds love greens, and sprouted seeds etc....especially when they have young...

I agree with both of you but i think Paul is talking about blowfly maggots from a tackle shop.If gouldians are in a mixed collection and they are fed bushfly maggots,they will eat them.Whether the extra protein helps, i don't know but it want hurt them infact i believe that when i fed bushfly maggots in the early days of blue gouldians it helped them overcome early deaths imo. Craig

Craig52 wrote:I agree with both of you but i think Paul is talking about blowfly maggots from a tackle shop.If gouldians are in a mixed collection and they are fed bushfly maggots,they will eat them.Whether the extra protein helps, i don't know but it want hurt them infact i believe that when i fed bushfly maggots in the early days of blue gouldians it helped them overcome early deaths imo. Craig

My goulds are in with others that have livefood...so if they require it...its there for the taking...mind you have only ever seen one young gould eating/playing with mealworms, they dont look at maggots or termites...so I guess feed what you think is right, if they require it they will eat it..

If gouldians are in a mixed collection and they are fed bushfly maggots,they will eat them.Whether the extra protein helps, i don't know but it want hurt them infact i believe that when i fed bushfly maggots in the early days of blue gouldians it helped them overcome early deaths imo. Craig

I've always noticed it was the Hens at the live food tray. Not always because they had young in the nest either, but also when they were sitting on eggs. Maybe it was for replenishing their energy levels after creating and laying eggs. The carbohydrates in the maggots would be good energy for the Hens and may be something the hens are craving/and sourcing for their own recovery.