![]() Offspring are slow to mature taking 12 to 18 months to reach sexual maturity depending on the time of year they hatched out. Once you have a pair breeding, they are excellent parents even feeding the begging offspring of other species. They breed until late August or early September, getting in up to, 3 clutches. Mine are bred indoors usually coming into condition early in April, with the first spring rains here in Michigan. They can be bred indoors, if light intensity and humidity are paid special attention to. It is not an easy species to breed indoors as several factors seem to need to be in place before they are stimulated to breed. ![]() ![]() The Spice finch is an easy species to care for as it is even tempered, and not too demanding. In Puerto Rico, it is reported that the Spice finch has become the host species for the Pin-tailed Whydah. There are feral populations of Spice finches in virtually every port of call along the trade routes from Australia, to Puerto Rico where ever the climate supports them. This species gets it’s common name from the spice ships it was brought to Europe on. Other than the Philippine sub-species, the rest of the 10 Spice finches are relatively unknown in aviculture. The sub-species pictured is Lonchura punctulata from India. There are 12 sub-species over Asia where it originates. Spice Bird, Scaley Breasted Finch, and Nutmeg Finch, is a member of the Lonchura family. I wouldn't put them in a classroom, for example, because they would definitely raise the background noise above average levels.The Spice Finch, a.k.a. If you need absolute silence, though, finches are not the way to go. I wouldn't say the advantage is that they are quiet so much as that they don't really shriek the way that other birds do, so their noise can be easily tuned out if you don't mind background noise. So you can't cram them into a tiny cage where that isn't possible.įinches might not seem like they are loud birds compared with parrots or even canaries, but they can be very loud if you've got several of them in a room squabbling when you're trying to work. One thing you do have to keep in mind though is that they need to be able to fly a short distance within the cage in order to stretch and exercise their wings. In fact it would probably be more scary for them to be let out of the cage and then recaptured than to just be left in there. As long as you have a good, large cage set up, with lots of different sized, natural perches to exercise their feet, they don't need the same space that other birds do. They are good for a young class, for example, because they are so hands off that you don't have to worry about having to let them out for exercise or anything like that. May 4, - They aren't a terrible choice for a classroom actually, as long as you don't require absolute silence. I'd be especially cautious about finches though, particularly with young students, because they are fragile.Įven if you can keep environmental conditions completely stable, which is difficult in a classroom, you might still lose a bird for what seems like no reason at all and that is quite difficult to explain to a group of five-year-olds. May 5, - I'd be cautious about any bird in a classroom, because they are difficult to keep clean and can be a health hazard.
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