Aussie Finch Forum

Pretty bird and have bred them BUT for some reason they attract scaley mite to their feet and also mosquitos bites even if other birds in the aviary aren't effected.

There too flighty for me disturb other birds breeding so of they had to go but the males have beautiful colours

Dont male an female look the same

No.male got more red and brighter in colour overall

Ah I don't know much about them unfortunately...

I Learn heaps about them there hundreds around our farm

Archangelau wrote:I would like to get back into them. Only have a male so will need to get him a mate. Male is a litle crazy though. Perhaps an aviary bred hen would be the go.

What's the going rate for avairy bred goldfinches in Melbourne.

Thanks

Hi mate,have you tried Gumtree which is a free classified?I did a quick search for ya and saw an add for $5 goldfinches.
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At $5 dollars I doubt very much they are cage bred and as of other who knows how he can have them at five bucks.

Nope , definitely wild-trapped. And as an added bonus for your $5 you get Megabacteria, coccidia and any choice of bacterial and fungal bugs all for free!!!!

A little cynical, perhaps, but wild-caught goldfinches stress easily and often succumb to these bugs so if you buy any make sure you quarantine them properly away from the rest of your birds.

I hate wild caught birds. Unless your aviary is 200 meters squared they are more a pain then pleasure.

Have to say they are my all time favorite finch and were the reason I got into finches to begin with.

I first really heard them when I was at my uncles in Spain.

He would trap them and put them in cages along a big balcony.

When my new aviary is up I am going to get quite a few.

Also love the chaffinch and linnet or pardillo as we call it.

Europe has the best finches without a dounbt.

NUP,have to disagree with that,whats so bad with our rainbow finch(gouldian)