Aviary Photographs
Breeding in a Single Cage Arraignment

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After making a sincere effort to breed in an Open Aviary Environment several years I decided to take the single cage breeding pair method. What made me take this direction? The final straw was at the end of the 2001 breeding season where I found over 100 abandoned eggs in my community nest boxes.  So this is the new arrangement that I decided to patiently set up and hope for success.

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In this photo you can see that the pairs are in their own private environments now.  I believe the females were abandoning their nests after being interrupted as they sat the nest by other curious Goulds  Notice all the cages have their own watering valves to insure a steady supply with valves that the birds quickly learned to master.  Each cage also has tow gravity see feeders.  I am pretty liberal with the use of spray millet you see hanging on the doors and supply bath tubs on a regular but not daily basis.  I do not like to leave standing water for extended periods of time.

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This is what I believe to be the best Gouldian Finch nest box. 
There is no doubt that Lady Gouldians are private creatures and prefer a box that has a privacy porch.

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