Everyone has an opinion......

[Mickp]

Hopefully the title got your attention...
What finches/softbills, that you have kept (or been kept by) do you believe are easy to keep & breed and which do you consider to be hard.
Please try to answer from your own experience not what you've read or heard.

[Greg41]

Easy: Painted Firetail,R/C Cordons, Parrott Finches. Orange Breast,Gouldians,Double Bars, Green Singers.

Hard: Jacarines,Red Brow , Strawberry,

Thers are what I have and what I have found easy or hard and not bred at all.

Cheers Greg.

[Tiaris]

EASY: ruddies, blue-faced PF, Gouldian, Cordons, OBs, Painteds, Nuns, Cubans, Zebs. Turquoise Wrens.
Hard: Blue-capped, Senegal, Orange-cheeked, Orange Chats.

[Pete Sara]

Well for me it varies from year to year for example 5 years ago I bred a lot of red face now not so many.

Easy : Blue face Pf , Painted fire tail , plumheads , Black rump Db ( providing you have a true pair) Gouldian , Rf star, Cuban, Hecks and black hearts and African Fires aka ruddys.

Hard : Diamond Fire tail (just getting the balance right and are still my nemesis) red brow ( having true pairs is an issue along with captive bred birds) . I am also finding The nuns as a challenge , its all down to having true pairs that are compatible. St Helena's from loosing hens in the cold weather .

As I said each year has its challenges .. Pete

[finches247]

Easy:Fires,RFPF,Cutthroats,Stars,Plumheads

Hard:Spice(Finding true pairs) & Redpolls,Yellowhammers(All wild caught)

[tarred and feathered]

Easy - masks, gouldians, zebs, bengalese, longtails

Hard - java (strange I know but I have tried several times and never had any luck), painted

[finchbreeder]

Like Pete said, depends on the pair/s and the season/s.
Easy some pairs/seasons/hard others African Fires (Ruddies), Bengos*, Canarys*, Cubans, Double Bars, Gouldians*, King Quail*, Orange Breasteds, Zebs* (I breed those with * for specific colour/pattern mutations)
Easy as soon as you find the right pair Javas
Frustrating, Painteds, Saint Helenas
I think that location of avairys, mix of finches and style of avairy, are 3 very important factors that affect our success, and learning to get those right is a big part of when we begin to succeeed.
Some of us have lots of opinions Mick.
LML

[garymc]

Easy: - Blue, Tri and Red Face parrotfinches, Painteds, Lesser Red Brows, Zebras, Silver headed Nuns, African Fires, Splendid Wrens, Orange and Black and White Chats

Difficult: - Red Brows, Long Tails, Red Strawberry, Orange Breast, Orange Cheeks, Red-earred Firetails, Striated Grasswrens, Purple-backed Variegated Wrens

[Denozo]

I agree it depends on the pair and season. For example I currently have full nests of Crimson (4) and Tri Colour parrot finches (4) however my Zebras have only managed to produce one young.
In the past I have had no issues breeding Zebras, Bengalese, Stars and Painteds.
Difficulties have been RC Cordons, Double bars and Longtails (probably not true pairs).

[Mickp]

Some of us have lots of opinions Mick.
LML

There's no need to stop typing then is there lol