My RH Gouldian Male and his family

[spoton]

Photo 1: Dad and 3 feathered not such babies any more. This is the male that lost his mate the day the babies ventured out of the nest for the first time. There were 5 babies but the 5th died on the 2nd day out of the nest.


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Photo 2: Dad and the 4th feathered not such a baby any more (almost impossible to get the whole family together at the same time lol)


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[Redwing]

Nice looking babies spoton especially as he's been feeding them alone. Why is it that gouldian babies seem to always look so big?

[Simba]

Nice looking babies, they look even bigger than their dad >

[spoton]

Re: size of the babies - Have wondered that myself Redwing. As for the male, I can remember watching him for hours flying to the 4 young ones even if they were not calling to him. He seemed to have it down pat - literally never fed the same bird twice!!!

I am getting him a new mate once my BH's babies are flying around as do not want to upset the balance of the aviary.

[djb78]

Congrats the birds all look great and healthy, was mum a large gouldian.

[Jayburd]

Spot On, spoton!!!
wow, the babies are bigger than dad!

[flap]

Well done spoton. Dad is definitely a keeper if he has done such a great job on his own!!!

[finchbreeder]

Like Flap said. That dad is a keeper.
LML

[TheFinchMan101]

That male is either really small or those babies a freaking giants, by the way they look really good and well fed.

[spoton]

Hey Finchman,

Not sure if the male RH is small but he was same size as other RH males when I first purchased him. He is also same size as the BH male I have. I will try and get some pics of the 2 males together for a comparison.

Darryl