Gouldian Eggs! A BABY & PICS

[vankarhi]

we went to the pet shop yesterday to get some feeders for the aviary and saw some stunning looking gouldians. I didn't know they came in so many different colours now.

[grego]

Great colours your Gouldians have Karen,good luck with the last one
Have you tried Ant rid outside the avairy,pour a teaspoon of sugar outside then add 2 teaspoons Antrid should rid you of the problem for enough time for the baby to grow

[Karen]

Mum sprinkled granules around the outside last weekend. I reckon the ants have dug under the darn thing!

[Jane]

Oh I am sorry a little one died Very beautiful birds though and you have done well to breed them as they are reputed to be difficult, I hope the other one grows strong

[silvercloud]

I'm sorry to hear about the bub. Fingers crossed for the other one.

[Karen]

I found daddy gouldian dead yesterday after work. Poor mummy has to look after the bub all by herself now.

[silvercloud]

Oh no Karen.

RIP Daddy gouldian.

[Jane]

Oh crikey Karen that's awful

[Karen]

Baby died too.

[silvercloud]

Oh bugga. I'm so sorry to hear that.

[vankarhi]

Oh I am sorry to hear that too Karen.

[Jane]

I am sorry you lost bub too Karen

[wilsta]

Sorry to hear about your gouldians. It could be possible the male was protecting the young from all the ants.

[grego]

Sorry to hear all this Karen...hope, the mum is okay...

[robert]

Karen,how are your Gouldians going?
from Robert and Precious

[Karen]

They all died.
The last one I'd bought had what looked like a cold so I thought it would be fine. Obviously it was more serious. I'm not going to get any more finch's.

[meandem]

You have really had a tough time of it! Our heartfelt wishes go out to you. I have only just come across this post and was so excited at the start and by the end I was in tears. You poor girl, what an awful awful time you have had. My brother in law lives in Toowoomba and he has also had a terrible time with ants eating his baby finches. Nasty little critters. I was lucky enough that I got three babies from my white front Gouldians, but at the moment they are just the drab grey-green. There was five babies at the start, and we don't know what happened to the other two. My gouldians are lousy nest builders and are very lazy, so I am thinking only the stronger ones survived. I wouldn't let it put you off owning finches, they are really a great little bird, you have just had a really bad time of it.

[Karen]

I've not had any luck with the 2 species I've kept so I gave up. It's been about a year since I had any so I'm not missing them anymore.
The first species I kept were zebra's and I let them all escape when I forgot to close the door on their cage
Plus there are hundreds of Double Bars around and I hate them! They cost me a fortune when I had to go and double layer the wire in my breeding cages as they ate all the food the budgies had to feed their babies! Poor budgies kept starving!

[meandem]

Oh dear, finches really aren't your cuppa tea then are they! I know what you mean about the double bars, we have them here too and I don't have any of them in my finch aviary because they are everywhere in the back yard. They try and get into the finch aviary but they can't, so they help themselves into the ringnecks aviary. I have to say though, they are a little cautious when they are in there. The ringnecks give them a bit of a hurry up.