sounds good to me.VR1Ton wrote:Work your way through, start with the Doublies, then The Diamonds, then the Red-Heads, easiest to hardest (so I think).
diamonds mainly depended on my finch club's decision to "sponsor" them like for example the riverina club and the white headed nun.BENSONSAN wrote:Also weren't diamies your original plan? u still want longtails aswell jay? No matter what you choose tho there all great birds Aussie finches rule!
I'll get to the longtails in a sec ;)
DB. I have looked through hundreds of magazines, books, etc. I have chosen birds with a compatibility rating of 8. 9. or 10. I will list those:desertbirds wrote:How many pairs are you going to put in your new aviary Jayburd ,and what would like to actully breed ?? Before you buy too many birds remeber you have winter coming along soon.
Rating: 8
pictorella
yellow-rump
saints
jacarini
tri-nun
tri coloured parrot finch
Rating: 9
Double Bar
Painted
Red brow
Gouldian (in general)
Orange Breast
Rating: 10
Plum head
Star
other birds I may have wanted, I.e. cordons (6), longtails (5), diamonds (5), and ruddies (7), will just have to wait until I have bigger and/or more aviaries in the future. I can't afford to have fighting with the limited space I have.
In answer to your other question, I believe 10ft (1m) square per pair is... satisfactory for eating, breeding, flying etc. therefore my square-meterage is 8.05m. therefore 7-8 pairs.
I will give the zebs a go, simply because I have them and they have never caused a problem for me, but should I find they are making trouble or stopping the other birds from breeding, out they go.
Yep, I know, I am not getting my saints/other parrot finch/button quail until july (still early but hopefully past the worst) and nothing else before that .
I would like redbrows, but I think I'll start with double bars, an old favourite and see how we go from there. Redbrows are also more expensive around here nowadaysnatamambo wrote:Redbrows - they're so cute! Easy to keep, never cause trouble and waaay easier to sex than double bars ;) .
You need several pairs in a well planted aviary to get them to breed though.