Gouldian Finch Diet

The gouldian finch diet mainly consists of a mixture of seed and green foods. The most common seeds a gouldian finch consumes include canary seed, panicium millet, white millet, japanese millet and millet spray.

Protein

Protein is specified in two categories, animal and vegetable protein. The animal proteins the gouldian does consume are bread and milk. The easiest way to serve this is to soak the bread in a low fat milk. This is a supplement to their regular diet generally provided through out the year. The left over portion if any should be removed and discarded by midday if prepared in the morning. The majority of the gouldians dietary protein is derived from a range of seed and green foods.

Egg and biscuit is great to add to the gouldian finches diet. The advantage of the egg and biscuit is that is will last allot longer than freshly boiled eggs or milk soaked bread..

Greens

The greens consist of seeding grasses broad leaf plants and weed seeds. Thistle dandelion and chick weed are provided to the gouldian finch all year round or while available. Greens that are wilted or that have been gathered from a location that may be exposed to pollutants like car exhaust, chemicals, pesticides, animal urine or other pollutants should definitely not be given to your birds. Greens are best supplied to your finches early in the day and in small quantities rather than the evening as gouldians should only fill their crops with seed for the night.