Aussie Finch Forum

if i have 3 pairs of gouldians and 4 pairs of society finches will this be enough? I assume i split up the gouldian eggs and take away the society finch eggs?

Gouldians are capable of rearing their own chicks. Have you tried letting them give it a go first? You may lose some at first but they will get the hang of it.

You could be making problems for yourself fostering before even giving your gouldians a chance to raise their own.

Also from what I have read societies can sometimes carry a disease that Gouldians are very susceptible to. If you do intend to foster you would need to make sure these fosters are clear of this problem.

Personally I would leave the Gouldians to try and raise their own clutches, far less problems that way.

I have both Gouldians and Bengalese, and the only Gouldians that share the same avairy are the spare batchelors. I am a strong believer that birds should raise their own chicks so you are not raising a lot of incapable birds. Sure if one pair has 2 chicks and one has 10 and it's easy to tell whos who then even them up to make it easier on the parents, but otherwise leave well enough alone. I would rather have half the chicks than have birds who don;t know how to raise their own.
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i wouldnt do it with normal goulds maybe with the blues or rarer stuff but there is no real need to. besides for it to work properly you need 3 pair to one pair of goulds so that you will have some chance that the bengalese will be in the same cycle......pete

Benaglese are a good standby parent ( some that is ) not all will have the instinct to foster , you may be making a rod for your back by taking eggs off the goulds , it is not something a breeder will try to do ,that is, breed birds that have to be interfered with in order to get offspring.
Sadly if they dont breed then they are no good as breeders, as our aim is to upkeep and improve the bloodlines of the birds we have, and a bird that cannot rear its own young would be considered to be not a good breeder.
If they are not good parents do not despair adding a rival male to the aviary for a short time can spur them on ,or just given more time , by all means keep the society finches for emergencies.
.Of course this all goes out the window if you have some super rare special type of finch.