What Finch next?

[superfinch]

I'm going to make room for a another pair of finches but the the question is which finch?

I have currently or previously owned:
Stars red + yellow
Double bars white +black rump
Red Cheeked cordons
Red siskins
Geen singers

I want a new finch pair that I haven't tried to add to my list but I can't seem to decide on what.

Anyone have any suggestions on any finches they have experience with and a preference for?

Cheers,
Sophie

[Jayburd]

orange breasts, red siskins, a munia species? which of those species you listed have you bred?

[superfinch]

I've bred them all except for the red siskins but it was only my first year with them last season and i'm going to try again this year.

[Diane]

Orange breasted waxbills, beautiful little bird, no problem in a community aviary, fairly easy breeder, very nice colouring and an early morning riser.....and singer.
Dont think I could ever be without them or the emblema...and the emblema is another extremely nice bird, very good community bird, two colour options, interesting call, easy breeder.

[SamDavis]

One of the parrot finches? - I prefer the tricolor. Or maybe one of the "black bib bobbers", longtail, parson or masked - maskeds least domineering.

[djb78]

St heleans, ruddies, painteds or Orange breasts are all good breeders for me over the years I have had them, good community birds and breeds well in flocks or single pairs also easy to come by if one should pass on and there not overly expensive.

[superfinch]

Thank you all for your suggestions, I will look into them abit more and see which will fit best.

I do have a preference for birds that sing which is why now i only have kept the green singers and red siskins. The cordons were nice but after breeding them so easily I feel like a change. If i had space i'd keep them and then add more lol but i got to work to my space.

Every now and then i rotate through the species to get a feel for many of them as opposed to sticking to the same ones especially once i've succesfully bred them i feel like the challenge is complete lol. But im very fond of my green singers so I think that will be a finch i'll keep for a long time.

[Myzomela]

It is totally understandable to want to try to breed as many species as you can Superfinch- it's human nature.

But don't think that just because you've bred from one pair of a species that the challenge is gone. If you like a species and are good at breeding them then the challenge is to build up a stud of good quality birds of that species-if you have the space. The cordons you mentioned are just such an example. There are lots of "average" quality cordons around.
If you were to have a number of carefully selected, good quality pairs, you would have no trouble selling their offspring.

This is not a criticism- just an alternative way of looking at the hobby.

[Netsurfer]

For natives, I would go for the Beautiful Firetails or the Red-eared Firetails. For Foreign I would go for the Redpolls or the Euro Siskins if you can find them! (Providing you have deep pockets and money is "no object"!)

[Misso]

Gouldians