The following links contain articles with great information on all aspects of Lady Gouldian Finch husbandry, including housing, nutrition, breeding, health, and life cycle events such as the molt.  These articles also include a great body of information on all high metabolism birds including finches, waxbills, canaries, and soft bills.

 

Winged Jewels  Australian Geographic Magazine

 

Smitten Brit Won't Give an Inch  The Sydney Morning Herald

 

Fidler on the Case  On the Wing

 

Gouldian Nutritional Study  Talking Birds Newspaper

 

Finch Diets  by Marcus Pollard

 

In a Bind Over Egg Binding?  by Mike Fidler

 

Fostering  by Mike Fidler

 

Some Lesser Known Aspects of Nutrition  by Mike Fidler

 

Establishing a New Mutation  by Mike Fidler

 

True Grit - To Feed or Not to Feed  by Roy Beckham

 

Fiery Redheads Rule the Roost!!  by Dr. Sarah Pryke

 

Red Dominates Black  by Sarah Pryke and Simon Griffith

 

Mate Choice in a Colour Polymorphic Finch

by Sarah Pryke and Simon Griffith

 

Physiological Responses of Colour Morphs

by Pryke, Astheimer, Buttemer, and Griffith

 

Female Dominance Among Head Colour Morphs

by Dr. Sarah Pryke