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If there have been problems as in my case this last breeding season -floods, pipe freeze situations, power outages, etc. But as the birds are perfected for show and genetic strength, the averages should continue to go up then eventually level off to a fairly consistent number.
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Gouldians typically lay their first egg 5 days after first copulation Average Clutch - eggs with no real dependencies on age or experience. Our Gouldians will lay as few as 2 eggs and as many as I do not allow them to raise more than 6 at a time and typically foster additional eggs under retired hens or even single cocks. Gouldians bond and mate for life. These delicate finches need a clean environment and excellent nutrition to thrive.
The gravel should be replaced at least once a month and the whole cage should be cleaned and disinfected frequently. Many mutations occur in aviculture. Yellow, dilute, blue, silver, white and even albino gouldian finches have been bred -- all of which are breathtaking. In the wild, Gouldian finches generally make their nests in tree holes and they breed in the early part of the dry season, when plenty of food is available.
In captivity, they usually nest in finch nest boxes of covered wicker baskets. The male courtship dance is a fascinating spectacle. When a male is courting a female, he bobs about ruffling his feathers to show off his colors. He expands his chest and fluffs out his forehead feathers. After mating, a female lays a clutch of about 4—8 eggs. Both parents help brood the eggs during the daytime, and the female stays on the eggs at night.
When the eggs hatch, both parents help care for the young. Gouldian Finches leave the nest at between 19 and 23 days and are independent at 40 days old. Young Gouldians are very fragile until their final moult. Some breeders believe parent-raised Gouldians have greater success rearing young than those fostered by other species, such as society or spice finches. It has been shown scientifically that female finches from Northern Australia are controlling the sex of their offspring, according to the head color of their male counterpart.
Gouldian Finches are incompatible with Gouldian Finches with a different head color and mating with a Gouldian Finch with the wrong head color black-head with red-head etc. Therefore, with a wrong head color mating, the female will lay fewer eggs with more male offspring. As a former breeder, I must admit that they were challenging to manage. They are known to be more delicate, more sensitive to temperature differences - and there is a good chance that the gouldian finch that you buy suffers from airsack mites.
Birds relish an environment with more room and things to explore. And can suffer in smaller spaces if all they have to do is hop from perch to perch. However, large clutches soon fledge and can quickly make the space more cramped.
If they start to feel insecure they can be known to abandon the nest. As a personal rule I make a note of which birds will exit the nest boxes whenever I enter the breeding room. Once the light sitters are identified, I will avoid checking the nests of these pairs and cleaning their cages is kept to an absolute minimum until the nestlings have grown to a size where the parent birds no longer need to brood them.
The cock bird is the nest builder in the family, although I have known 1 or 2 hens to also collect nesting material and assist with the nest building. Depending on the birds, nests can take anywhere from 3 days to 2 weeks to be completed. In some instances for the slower builders, the nest will continue being weaved for a few days after the first egg is laid.
Once your birds have paired successfully the hen will begin to lay eggs from around 3 days after copulation. Egg are laid once a day and clutches can vary in size from 3 to 7. Sometimes a hen may skip a day between laying each egg. Let the hen finish in laying and see how things progress for the pair with incubating and raising young. Pairs that skip a day when laying eggs can still go on to raise perfectly fine and healthy chicks.
Broken eggs are a sign the hen may not be getting enough calcium grit or shell in her diet , which should always be available during the breeding season.
Perhaps one of the most rewarding parts of bird keeping is witnessing the birth of new life. This happens in a fairly short space of time. Once incubation is underway you can expect the eggs to hatch from anywhere between days later. This can however seem like the longest 2 weeks in the world when you are eagerly awaiting the first chicks of the breeding season to be born. But no matter how long it seems, make sure you keep fingers out the nests and resist the urge to check inside the nest box every day.
If the hen begins the incubation process toward the end of her egg laying cycle, then all fertile eggs should hatch within 1 day, and no later than 2 days of each other. This gives all the chicks the best possible chance of survival. Chicks can grow fast and double in size very quickly , so any chicks hatching later than 48 hours from the first may struggle to compete for food.
The chicks are born with light reflecting nodes on the side of their mouths. This makes it easier for the parent birds to find their mouths inside dark nests. The nodes begin to disappear once the chick is weaned. If only 1 or 2 eggs out of a clutch hatch I will leave any infertile eggs inside the nest for 1 week after hatching, especially if the parents are light sitters and easily spooked.
This is because the eggs will give off some warmth to the chicks when the parents are not in the nest. Fertile eggs will have a pinkish hue after the first few days of incubation. The inside of a fertile egg will darken in colour, and by the 10th day of incubation the egg will lose all transparency and have a whitish matt hue to the shell. In contrast unfertile eggs will have an off white yellowish hue to them and this becomes more obvious by a degree of transparency when they are held up to the light.
Gouldian finch chicks can spend anywhere from 21 days to 25 days in the nest before fledging, though I generally find days being the average marker from hatching to fledging.
Another factor in determining how long it will take chicks to fledge is the size of the clutch. Smaller clutches will often grow faster than larger clutches because there is less competition for food.
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