Some Important Information You Need to Know Before Breeding Finches

Owners have to understand breeding finches at
some point most especially if they have male and
female finches on the cage or aviary. When they
reach their adult stage, they will try to breed.
This process is crucial and if owners want it to
be successful they have to learn as much as they
can regarding the needs and what to expect when
breeding finches.

Diet for Breeding Finches

The Finches who are in the mating or breeding
stage have to be given ample food, mixture of
seeds and green foods, canary seed, panicium
millet, white millet, Japanese millet and millet
spray.

It is crucial to provide breeding finches with
clean water every day and to help them have a
clean cage or aviary to avoid contamination.
When the eggs have already been hatched make
sure that the couples are protected. Remove any
finches that try to bully them. Make sure that
the young would be protected. If you see any
threat, make sure to provide another home for
them. Change the cage until the younger ones are
able to protect themselves.

Remember that the food requirements would differ
for various finches, the Zebra finches and
society finches would adapt more easily compared
to the Gouldian finches. Remember to remove the
uneaten portion of bread and seed at the end of
the day and to prepare a new one. Finches can
also feed on biscuits and egg for additional
nutrients like calcium. There must also be a
certain amount of grit included in their diet.
This could be soluble or non-soluble. It would
be good if the aviary that you will be
constructing outside will allow the birds to
safely peck the soil.

Nesting Place of Breeding Finches

There are two ways. The first one is to try to
buy an artificial nest that the finches can use.
The better one is to look for plastic materials.
if this does not work, you must be willing to
provide the finches with materials that they can
use like newspapers, broad leaf plants and weed
seeds. Use thistle dandelion and chick weed as
this are easy to provide, make sure that the
leaves are dry and without fertilizer to avoid
harming the health of the birds.

Balancing Temperature while Breeding Finches

The temperature of the breeding and mating area
must be balanced. It must not be too warm or too
cold in order to motivate the birds into
reproducing and to protect the eggs from being
destroyed. Make sure that the birds will not be
reached by the rain. They must be placed high
enough that no other animals or wind can harm
them.

Society Finches

The society finches are too sociable. You would
want to separate the couples and the eggs once
the female has given birth due to the fact that
the other society finches would lie on the
nests. This can cause the mother to forget her
duties and neglect their young. You have to be
strategic, to see what is happening on the nest
without disturbing the peace and quiet of the
breeding finches.

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Michael Stanford is an expert on finches. For
more info on breeding finches, visit
http://www.keepingfinchesguide.com

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