One held by many finch owners is to engage in breeding finches, if only to form their own community of finches for themselves. There are other people that prefer the option of making a profit from breeding their finches, then selling the birds to pet shops or other people. Whatever your reason for finch breeding it is clear that you must be prepared to take on the responsibility for caring for and housing your young birds.
First, and perhaps most importantly, the habitat for the finch that you own must be . Clean is simply not good enough if you intend to raise , healthy young birds. By focusing on keeping your finch habitat clean you assure that the hatchlings have the best chance of survival.
Then you have to have a mating pair. Many types of finches are quite particular with whom they mate. If your pair is not compatible then there will be no baby birds. In addition, you have to be sure you are meeting the nesting requirements for your specific finches. Will your finches mate in a flight cage or do they require a densely planted aviary in order to mate?
Some varieties of finches are content to feed their young a diet of seeds. Others must have access to insect protein in order to provide food for their young. A little research into the dietary needs of mating finches is worth the effort if you want your birds to mate successfully.
In some varieties of finches the male and female are exclusively marked but in others there is no way to visually distinguish male from female. Some breeders will mark the males and females of like looking birds with colored bands on the legs. When breeding finches, you may want to start with birds that are easily distinguished by gender.
As mentioned earlier that many varieties of finches are quite particular with whom they mate. One way to persuade successful mating is to design an environment in which your birds are more inclined to form mating pairs. You can do this by bringing groups of three males and three females together and allow the birds to pair off. Two of the birds will form a pair quickly and the others will follow.
In conclusion, don’t allow birds under nine to ten months old to mate. After gender markings occur, place place the male and the female finches into different cages. This is very important to remember because if you don’t do this, their is a great potential that there will be an early death of the baby bird when the female is not in full maturity.
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