Cross Breeding

[Menal]

My male gouldian and female society finch are breeding, will the eggs be fertile?? If not then why not?? is'nt it considered as cross breeding??

[phonelady61]

Well I own zebra finches . But if they do breed and you actually have babies could you send me some pictures ? that is wild that they would do that . Anyways good luck .

[poohbear]

Originally Posted by Menal

My male gouldian and female society finch are breeding, will the eggs be fertile?? If not then why not?? is'nt it considered as cross breeding??

The birds are from different families and continents...the hen has just laid eggs...full stop.They will be infertile.Cross breeding is not a good thing,pure bloodlines are hard enough to keep in captive birds as it is.Any youngsters from a cross...say two different weavers,may be of interest to the owner.But would prove unsaleable.
Paul.

[christie99]

Well said Paul.

[phonelady61]

You know I have owned big birds since I was about 9 yrs old so I guess I have been doing this for about 40 yrs . I never tried to make anybody feel bad about birds and what they are doing and I dont talk down to ppl this is exactly why I am leaving this board . There is too much of this crap going on .

[mabird]

Originally Posted by phonelady61

You know I have owned big birds since I was about 9 yrs old so I guess I have been doing this for about 40 yrs . I never tried to make anybody feel bad about birds and what they are doing and I dont talk down to ppl this is exactly why I am leaving this board . There is too much of this crap going on .

I, too, have noticed the lack of respect for others on this board at times and have made mention of it... why must people make others feel badly to make themselves feel superior? NOT NICE!

Please be courteous to one another... we all share the same love.

[Poohsbirds97]

I agree. I just overlook the ones who make unwanted comments.

Phonelady61....please dont let them run you off, some of us are good out here and would love to continue reading your posts.

[Mrs Jeffrey]

I totally agree, I haven't been here long but have noticed a few snidy remarks from people, not to me thank god, but if it was I wouldn't of wanted to come back on here.

[christie99]

Obviously this has caused ruffled feathers, and I cannot speak for Paul, but I can tell you my side of the agreement.

Birds, of all species, are banned from import. Even if they weren't, gouldians, being an endangered species in the wild, would be. The genetic pool that we now have, is all that we will ever have. If we dilute the genes by making hybrid birds, we are losing that bit of genetic knowledge. Most "mule" birds end up sterile, if not in the first generation, in the subsequent generations.

Many people look down on hybrids, some people like them because they are different than what you can normally find. I'm not saying you are "bad" if you make a hybrid, but thinking of the long run, is it good for the species?

There is even controversy of breeding the mutations within a species for the same reason. If we work at breeding the colors that are different from the wild colors. I was reading yesterday that even within the US, the gouldian population has very few birds that don't have some genes for the mutation colors, and because of this, the person who wrote the article is encouraging breeding of the wild colors only.

[poohbear]

Where I come from an opinion is listened to even if disagreed with...I'll leave you to your cosy little chat room.
Good luck Christie 99.