I'm a gouldian finch hobbyist and I do agree with you in regards to choosing the best nest box for breeding. Thanks for sharing and it's a nice video and direct to the point.
An experienced breeder told me about wearing bright t-shirts in the aviary !! I was going in the aviary with Aust Gold cricket shirts and that was my problem. After putting on dark colours before entering it stopped, but then again that is a basic rule before approaching aviaries.
Very true.. Thanks for your advice i also confused why the chicks suddenly out from the box n i have too late to notice it.. Your vid really inspired me
It's a small lorikeet nestbox: 18.5cm x 18cm x 31.5cm. Bird Entrance 4.5cm. Weight 1.6kg. Purchased from Parrot Supplies Australia parrotsupplies.com.au/products/nestboxlorikeet
I'm having trouble with my, I think it's too cold hear. I think I might have to take them out and put them somewhere different it's too cold any suggestions please
Hi,I'M Rostami from 🇮🇷, I keep Bengali finch as Foster for gouldian. Please tell me how can I seprate male and female. As a beginner of course I keep lady gouldian, 10 pairs and 16 gouldian chicks. You are in Australia and I Want to know your name. Many many thanks to you .
Just wood shavings in the nestboxes and then the bird has access to fresh seed heads which they use as nesting materials, but I find they are happy to breed without building a nest as such which makes it easier to inspect
If you pair 2 black heads can you get red or orange or yellow head chicks? Similarly if you pair 2 red heads will you end up with some black head chicks.
Doesn't work like that... Theres lots on information online about the Gouldian genetics, but basically you need to have the gene in the birds to start with.. eg you could have a black head bird but if it has a yellow tipped beak if has yellow genes that aren't visual... Similarly some of my yellow heads last year had red beak tips which meant they carried the red genes...
@@peterbourke In principle there are 3 head colors in the wild (technically its only 2, I'll come back to that later). The genetic makeup of a bird defines its coloration. To answer your question whether or not two black headed birds could get an red or yellow headed chick we'd need to understand the genetics, which isn't too complicated. First a few rules/statements: - The gene for head coloration is carried twice by male birds and only once by female birds. - Red is dominant over Black, i.e. if a male birds has both Red/Black genes it will have a Red head. - Yellow (sometimes referred to as Orange) is NOT caused by the head-color-gene. It is a separate gene pair, if both genes have the "Yellow" gene then the bird cannot produce its red pigment. This would leave a lighter color in the otherwise Red areas of the bird (i.e. tip of the beak and possibly the head). Therefore a "Red" bird with the "Yellow" genes would have a Yellow head and a yellow tipped beak. Whereas a "Black" bird with "Yellow" genes would still have a Black head but with a yellow tipped beak. To answer your question can two black headed birds produce offspring with a different coloration? No they cannot! In order for both birds to have a black head, they must be BB and Bx (BB is the male, Bx the female as they only have 1 of the headcolor genes). Therefore there is no Red genes present that could ever change the birds head color (even if you'd continue breeding with the offspring). Can two red headed birds produce offspring with different coloration? Yes they can. The easiest example would be a red looking (but genetically hybrid) male RB paired to RX. This can result in four different types of offspring. RR, RB, RX or BX. Which would visually be only 3 different types, Red males and Red or Black females. So what about Yellow heads? Well if we include YY for two yellow genes, YX for 1 and XX for none. Then we could have a pair that are both visually red headed with the following make up. RB_YX and RX_YX. Both are still Red headed, as they'd need to have YY in order to look yellow. This pair would have the following possible offspring: - RR_YY (yellow male), RR_YX (red male) and RR_XX (red male) - RB_YY (yellow male), RB_YX (red male) and RB_XX (red male) - RX_YY (yellow female), RX_YX (red female) and RX_XX (red female) - BX_YY (black female, with a yellow-tipped beak), BX_YX (black female) and BX_XX (black female) And this is for the colorations that exist in the wild. In captivity you also have different breast and back colors. Which are each on different gene pairs. The breast colors inherit similar to Red/Black heads, except both males and females carry two genes. Where Purple is dominant over Lilac/White and Lilac is dominant over White. Back coloration (e.g. blue/yellow etc) works the same as breast colors. But I am personally not a fan of such mutations as these birds are typically weaker (require quite some inbreeding to achieve) and are known to have some vitamin deficiencies.
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I'm a gouldian finch hobbyist and I do agree with you in regards to choosing the best nest box for breeding. Thanks for sharing and it's a nice video and direct to the point.
Good video - thanks 👍😉
Glad you enjoyed it
An experienced breeder told me about wearing bright t-shirts in the aviary !! I was going in the aviary with Aust Gold cricket shirts and that was my problem. After putting on dark colours before entering it stopped, but then again that is a basic rule before approaching aviaries.
Thank-you for posting this video!
Beautiful avairy bro
Hello. Thank you for sharing this video. Would it be possible to get dimensions?
Very true.. Thanks for your advice i also confused why the chicks suddenly out from the box n i have too late to notice it.. Your vid really inspired me
Very useful info. Thanks
very very interesting .... can be the game changer
Thanks mate! Helpful video! Stay safe!
Thank you for this!
The 3rd one looks like comfortable for hens too(in terms of privacy),not only for chicks
How big is your L- shape box and the one with the tunnel please
It's a small lorikeet nestbox: 18.5cm x 18cm x 31.5cm. Bird Entrance 4.5cm. Weight 1.6kg. Purchased from Parrot Supplies Australia parrotsupplies.com.au/products/nestboxlorikeet
I'm having trouble with my, I think it's too cold hear. I think I might have to take them out and put them somewhere different it's too cold any suggestions please
Gouldians will still breed in low temps . The biggest issue is cold drafts and wind...
@@BrisbaneBirds thank you 😊
Hi,I'M Rostami from 🇮🇷, I keep Bengali finch as Foster for gouldian. Please tell me how can I seprate male and female. As a beginner of course I keep lady gouldian, 10 pairs and 16 gouldian chicks.
You are in Australia and I Want to know your name.
Many many thanks to you .
Can you please give the dimensions of the nest
Why do we have 3 ghouldian finches that died I really do hate that is it the water or what
What kind of nesting material do you use for your finches?
Just wood shavings in the nestboxes and then the bird has access to fresh seed heads which they use as nesting materials, but I find they are happy to breed without building a nest as such which makes it easier to inspect
I have support ur chennel
If you pair 2 black heads can you get red or orange or yellow head chicks? Similarly if you pair 2 red heads will you end up with some black head chicks.
Doesn't work like that... Theres lots on information online about the Gouldian genetics, but basically you need to have the gene in the birds to start with.. eg you could have a black head bird but if it has a yellow tipped beak if has yellow genes that aren't visual... Similarly some of my yellow heads last year had red beak tips which meant they carried the red genes...
@@BrisbaneBirds thx I'm interested to know how the colourations work in the wild/in the bush. Not keen on all the freaky colours I see.
@@peterbourke In principle there are 3 head colors in the wild (technically its only 2, I'll come back to that later). The genetic makeup of a bird defines its coloration. To answer your question whether or not two black headed birds could get an red or yellow headed chick we'd need to understand the genetics, which isn't too complicated. First a few rules/statements:
- The gene for head coloration is carried twice by male birds and only once by female birds.
- Red is dominant over Black, i.e. if a male birds has both Red/Black genes it will have a Red head.
- Yellow (sometimes referred to as Orange) is NOT caused by the head-color-gene. It is a separate gene pair, if both genes have the "Yellow" gene then the bird cannot produce its red pigment. This would leave a lighter color in the otherwise Red areas of the bird (i.e. tip of the beak and possibly the head). Therefore a "Red" bird with the "Yellow" genes would have a Yellow head and a yellow tipped beak. Whereas a "Black" bird with "Yellow" genes would still have a Black head but with a yellow tipped beak.
To answer your question can two black headed birds produce offspring with a different coloration?
No they cannot! In order for both birds to have a black head, they must be BB and Bx (BB is the male, Bx the female as they only have 1 of the headcolor genes). Therefore there is no Red genes present that could ever change the birds head color (even if you'd continue breeding with the offspring).
Can two red headed birds produce offspring with different coloration?
Yes they can. The easiest example would be a red looking (but genetically hybrid) male RB paired to RX. This can result in four different types of offspring. RR, RB, RX or BX. Which would visually be only 3 different types, Red males and Red or Black females.
So what about Yellow heads? Well if we include YY for two yellow genes, YX for 1 and XX for none. Then we could have a pair that are both visually red headed with the following make up. RB_YX and RX_YX. Both are still Red headed, as they'd need to have YY in order to look yellow. This pair would have the following possible offspring:
- RR_YY (yellow male), RR_YX (red male) and RR_XX (red male)
- RB_YY (yellow male), RB_YX (red male) and RB_XX (red male)
- RX_YY (yellow female), RX_YX (red female) and RX_XX (red female)
- BX_YY (black female, with a yellow-tipped beak), BX_YX (black female) and BX_XX (black female)
And this is for the colorations that exist in the wild.
In captivity you also have different breast and back colors. Which are each on different gene pairs.
The breast colors inherit similar to Red/Black heads, except both males and females carry two genes. Where Purple is dominant over Lilac/White and Lilac is dominant over White.
Back coloration (e.g. blue/yellow etc) works the same as breast colors. But I am personally not a fan of such mutations as these birds are typically weaker (require quite some inbreeding to achieve) and are known to have some vitamin deficiencies.
@@pimovietc5440 many thanks for the work you have done on this subject.
Good bro🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳
There's many ways to solve the issue of chicks being thrown out of the nest but this was just one way, glad you liked it!
I want to buy bird lines can you give me information!
Birds can only be sold in Australia unfortunately.