Lady Gouldian Of Miami

The diamond firetail finch is in the popular range of finches in South Africa and is common in aviaries throughout South Africa. The yellow colour mutation could be a bit more expensive. The diamond firetail finch has easily adapted to all climates within the country , tropical, sub-tropical, and temperate conditions of the eastern highveld and escarpments of the northerly provinces. We found that keeping the specie separated in a colony style aviary work the best for us Breeding: The breeding period starts around end winter early spring and last to late autumn; however they will breed any time of year when the conditions are suitable. We have placed a selection of finch nest boxes and nest baskets in our aviaries. All those are totally ignored and the Diamond firetail finch will select the brush of the Karoo bush or the ?Poormans bush? as it is also called which is cut and placed in the aviary. The nest is woven into the brush with Teff grass on the outside and coconut fibres in the inside. The nest is lined with feathers. (We experienced that they also build nests purely for roosting at night). Clutch sizes vary between four and six eggs and our aviaries obtain an average of three to four fledglings per clutch. Maturity is attained at about 9 to 12 months, but these birds are most productive after their second year and continue to be so until about their fifth year. Personal experience indicated that birds as young as 9 months if weaned at least six month prior to the colder winter months, successfully weaned clutches of 3 and more eggs.