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GOULDIAN FINCHES DIET

In breeding of gould amadines, factor number one is a good and appropriate diet. There is no good and high-quality bird unless this rule is respected. I have recently had a little unpleasant conversation with one breeder, who gave me a phone call and asked about the price of birds. I had once purchased several birds from him to freshen up a bloodline. When I told him the price for the ordinary ones, adding that the yellow and blue ones were more expensive, he remarked angrily that he had formerly sold me a pair of yellow ones at a price which was lower than that of my ordinary ones. We finished our conversation without me telling him that both females I had bought from him, after laying 5 eggs, ended their life career, since they had never recovered from the effort. I had a similar experience with a few more birds from another breeder. I was in a position to see how they rear their birds – millet, water and a few domestic lettuce leaves; that was all. This is the way some breeders rear birds for sale, to make everything cost less, but the consequence of such a view is a bird with low immunity and very often a small and listless individual. A female reared without additional egg food, without vitamins and minerals and varied grains cannot possibly raise lively and large young.

 When parents feed the young, they suffer from exceptional exertion, which sometimes, when it is overdone, can cost them their lives. After approximately 35 days from the birth of young, the female lays new eggs. From that moment, there is trouble for the male and the young since their female and mother leaves them and turns to its other future babies.  She stops feeding the young because she instinctively knows that she needs strength for the new young. The male takes over the roles of both father and mother, so if there are smaller babies, this will probably result in dying of one or more young birds. Gouldians are Spartan parents and they have no mercy for weak offspring. Only the strongest survive. From the very birth of the young, the food, which implies minerals, vitamins, various grains and additional food, must have as high quality as possible. This in turn implies that the following products should always be on ‘’the bird’s table’’: Vitakraft, Quiko, Miscela Padovan, Versele Laga, and the like. Without this, it is impossible to raise a large, well-built bird resistant to diseases.

Do not let these pictures confuse you, the package contains the grains which are completely suitable for gouldians.

 In the left-hand picture there is a combination of grains which Vitakraft has designated for gouldians. In the right-hand picture are the grains which can only be used as an addition to the main food.

 Two packages of minerals of exceptional quality. So far I have not seen anything better than Biogrit for Gouldians.

 See diet of gouldians and everything else that makes breeding of these birds successful in the ‘’Info’’ section.