Thank you, and thanks for watching the videos.

Gouldian genetics can be complex. You can have both male and female yellows but only a male dilute which is basically saying that the male is split to yellow.

Congrats on getting some new birds. Sounds like a good christmas present to me.

Yeah your hardwork and patience really paid off to success. Good luck and keep up the good work.

@@birdnerd why my gouldians pair not sitting on egg at night??

No I do t give them live food. It I do give them egg food 2 times a day while they are breeding and I try to give them as much privacy as I can.

Yes I have been looking into putting some natural branches in there for the birds so they can exercise their feet more.

I just have regular LED lights installed in the shed to help give light during the winter.

Thanks Maarten, Merry Christmas to you as well

if you have a bonded pair they may try to breed several times in the year. I try to only let mine breed 2 times each year.

@@birdnerd thanks a lot

Thank you, Merry Christmas to you as well.

Warren, the answer is no. Gouldian genetics can get complicated If you have a single factor yellow (dilutes, then you can get female yellows and typically male dilutes) If you have 2 yellows together you males and females will come out yellow. as well. There is more specifics that go into it but thats the majority of yellow genetics. Also there is a web site called gouldian genetics calculator. you fill in the colors of your gouldian pair and it will calculate what you should expect from that pair.

The parents should be 12 months old before you let them raise chicks. Thanks

That depends on how big your cage is George Ray. First I would quarantine the birds in a separate cage away from all of your other birds for a few weeks just to make sure they are healthy and wont bring in any outside diseases to your current bird flock. If it is a smaller cage then I wouldn't advise putting the pairs together. If your cage is sufficiently large then you could probably put them together and just keep a close eye on them to make sure they don't fight with each other. I have bred Gouldians in a colony setting with success but you have to make sure that the birds have enough space so they don't fight.

I thank you for the advice. I have an extra big cage and would set the yellow headed in it and would watch how they are doing for about 3-4 weeks. and then decide whether to group them together in one cage.

ErwinWabe, I am in the US, but Gouldians can be trained to breed at different times of the year. I have trained mine to breed during the winter months because I breed indoors where i can control the surrounding heat. Im sure that most of the breeders that breed in the summer months is because they either breed outdoors or they don't provide enough heat during the winter for the Gouldians to breed successfully. There could be a number of reasons why your finches eggs weren't fertile. How long have you had the pair for? What is their current diet? What does their cage setup look like? Many times one of the birds isn't quite ready to breed which could be a reason why the eggs aren't fertile.

Thank you for your reply. How do you train them when if their breeding condition is dependent on their beaks color and behaviour, how do you influence their behaviour is by food? Thanks in advance.

For Gouldians the best way to get them to breed when you want is based a lot on their diet, temperature, and their yearly molt. There are some great books and articles on the internet that talk about gouldian diets and how to prepare them for breeding. Here are a couple of websites that hopefully will help you out ladygouldianfinch.com/features_seasons.php ladygouldianfinch.com/features_breeding1.php www.fabulousfinch.com/breeding-gouldian-finches.htm Hopefully you can get some valuable information from some of these websites.

I can make a video showing all that I did, and give a rough estimate of what it costed to build

@@birdnerd it will be helpful

I keep the babies together for the first couple of months until I can see which ones are females and males and then i will put them into separate flights of the same gender. Right now they are too young to try and breed or to start chasing females so they get along very well together

G N, those are my seed containers, they have lids on them with holes on top so the finches can stick their heads in the holes to eat, but it helps to keep the birds from spilling the seed out and keep their cages a little cleaner.

birdnerd What a great idea. I'll be trying that in my cages. Thanks

Typically both males and female will take turns incubating the eggs. The female will usually incubate overnight with the male in the nest box with her or he will sit outside the nest.

Luis, this could be because of a number of things with your birds. Whats the birds age? Whats their Diets? What temperature are the birds at? Have they had their yearly molt yet and when was it?

Sorry N Design, at the moment I don't ship my birds.