Aussie Finch Forum

They're going well thanks. I got 3pr of them. Wormed them prior to putting them in their aviary, gave a choice of budgie boxes & neophema ones, feeding them dry seed + daily sprouted seed & grass heads + little pieces of apple, carrot & broadleaf greens as available, initially offered whole cane palm fronds which they weren't interested in so then just cut the leaves of fresh ones with scissors & they go for them. They are currently busily placing these into boxes (both types) so this looks promising. If/when they have young I'll add peas & corn to the sprouted seed.

Hi, I had normals for a number of years sold all of them off about 2 years ago I cage bred them at first not a success better results in a 3x3 aviary . If your birds are true to type they should have a green rump and tail. I fed them plain canary,white millet,jap millet & red panicum in separate hoppers.Small amount of safflower and Oats were fed in winter & when they had young. All of the above was also fed sprouted on a daily basis when they had young and only twice a week when they did not have young. Seeding grass,which they also used for nesting material, I didn't bother with the palm fronds even though I have date palms in the yard; and Milk thistle. Don't let them get fat or you will have lots of clear eggs. My boxes were mounted at the same height along a 3 meter side wall and a 3 meter back wall and the boxes measured 300mm long x 200w x200H top hinged . Good luck with them they are a lovely bird.

They are pure normals - green rump, tail & small size.
I'm only giving them finch mix with no oilseeds at this stage to avoid any obesity.

hookbills!!!!
tiaris....what has come over you!!
what was the name of this forum again?? that's right Aussie FINCH Forum!!

Sorry rant over now....

good luck with those quirky little guys....watch your fingers when handling them!!

pics would be good.

Its ok, they are nowhere near the finch aviaries.
Bite less than a Blue-faced PF too.

Tiaris wrote: ↑04 May 2017, 08:50 Its ok, they are nowhere near the finch aviaries.
Bite less than a Blue-faced PF too.

off topic (or back on considering its a FINCH forum ), but i had a tri-coloured parrotfinch who was such a good biter he would regularly draw blood, yet oddly, i find my red faced don't bite at all!

I think Tri-colours are just as enthusiastic biters as Blue-faced but their smaller size generally affords them less biting power.

Hi, I am from South Australia , a friend and my self are looking to keep these birds unfortunately they are very rare over here we cant find them any where . Are there many around interstate and the big question is there any for sale. Thanks driver