Aussie Finch Forum

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

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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"!)

Gouldians