Aussie Finch Forum

G'Day All,

Currently in my large aviary (4m x 4.5m) I have a total of 20 Gouldians plus 6 young waiting to fledge.
In a seperate aviary (3m x 1.5m) I have 3 Pairs of Painted & 1 Pair of Silver Headed Nuns.

My plan was to sell maybe 3 or 4 pairs of the Gouldians as I have 2 Pairs of Blues on order.....then to move the Painted pairs into the larger aviary.

Then to get hold of another pair of Silver Headed Nuns & 2 Pairs Of Diamonds for the smaller aviary making a total of 4 pairs in that & 12 pairs in larger aviary.

Can anyone see any problems with this proposed setup at all or have any advice.

P.S. Does anyone know where I can get hold of Diamonds & Silver Headed Nuns in Geelong/Melbourne VIC area at all?

Thanks guys Matt

24 gouldians would probably be reasonably OK for starters (perhaps a bit crowded , but Gouldians are usually quite comfortable in the community situation)

but . . .
would be pretty chockers at the end of a half decent breeding season

Not really up to speed with Blue Gouldians . . but the advice in the past was Blue to Normal or Blue to Split . . Never Blue to Blue
So you would lose any control of your blue matings in the colony system

hi Matt
I think it should be fine... as Arthur said a bit chokers at the end of the season.

I think you COULD be able to get some nuns from Peter (email me for last name) who's near melbourne. He advertises on petlink a lot.

Thanks for your input all, will most likely setup another holding aviary for young for the breeding season.
Yeah have to blue cocks, one white breast & 1 purple breast then the 2 split blue hens on order so no chance of blue to blue.

thats good you dont wanna breed blue to blue anyway good luck with erm! Take your time and you should have some great birds.