Breeding Question

[Brett]

Hi everyone
my names harvey, im bretts son

i've got a question
could you breed a gouldian with a canary and if someone has, can they send a picture of what it would look like

thanks
harvey-bretts son-11 years old

[TheFinchMan101]

hi harvey
ive never tried this practice before and probably wouldn't try it in the near future, but im not the one to decide for you so but if someone has tried it id be interested in seeing a photo too.

[Diane]

Hi Harvey
I dont know if its possible, have a look at this website, there are a lot of hybrid pictures.

http://www.tonytilford.co.uk/g_cage_avi ... birds1.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[Jayburd]

I would VERY highly doubt it, Harvey

[Brett]

Also
what would a gouldian and a long tailed finch look like if they bred

Harvey

P.S. longtailed finch and gouldian, good combonation?

[spanna]

Harvey/Brett

I would not try and breed any hybrids if i were you. They are somewhat unnatural, often have health problems and are most likely impossible to get rid of. Stick to breeding gouldians with gouldians, and canaries with canaries.

[Brett]

Ok
sounds cool

can u keep longtailed finches with gouldians
I think it would be a very nice avairy combination.
my dad Thinks they are
"TOO EXPENSIVE"

thanks
harvey

[TheFinchMan101]

there not overally that expensive but they should go pretty well together as most finches do in mixed aviarys

[Diane]

I agree with spanna. It would be best to try to breed the best finches you can rather than hybrids.
Hybrids can only muddy up the gene pool for the finches concerned.
From my reading it seems like some of the hybrids are sterile too, that I think is a good thing as it can stop the production of more hybrids which would again be diluting the 2 species concerned.
However those that are fertile, to my mind it would seem that they have the ability to easily overcome any of the genetic problems encountered between species. This to me means that if allowed to continue their line they would/could quickly overtake both the original species. Not a good place to be, especially if you read some of the comments on the forum about Aberdeens and some other species.

[finchbreeder]

Harvey and Brett. Breeding finches is very interesting and fun. Pick a couple of types that you both like and get 1 or 3 pairs of each, or 1 pair of 1 sort and 3 pairs of the other. Concentrate on breeding them. When you are doing this consistantly. Try breeding colour mutations. This is challenging and does not involve the unnatural practice of hybrid breeding, which can be likened to breeding cats with dogs. Both birds or both animals but nature did not intend them to cross breed.
And Di it was Spanna not Jayburd.
LML