![]() If they are put with the smaller waxbills and seedeaters then it is a case of watching them very closely as they will drive the smaller birds to total distraction and at times stress them to the point of, if not kept from breeding, they harass them to the point, in some cases, of dying. The aggressive Diamonds should be housed with birds of equal size such as the Chestnuts, Java’s, Aberdeen’s, Golden Song Sparrows and Cutthroat’s. Distributionĭiamonds can be found from just south of Adelaide throughout Victoria, eastern and New South Wales to just over the Great Dividing Range as far west as Yeoval and north to lower central Queensland.ĭiamonds can at times be a real pain in the aviary and at other times they can be real sweethearts. The Pied Diamond is where random splashes of white replace the normal colour of the bird, again a pretty bird. With the Yellow mutation, the areas of red on the normal bird are replaced by a yellowy orange colour. The White Diamond was not a long-lived bird. ![]() There are also White Diamonds and Fawn Diamonds, but I personally do not know anyone with White or Fawn birds in their aviaries at present. ![]() Two of the mutations that I have had in Diamond finches are the Yellow Diamond and the Pied Diamond. If still confused pick the two birds that sound the most 'different'! Mutations How do you tell? If you have ever heard male Diamonds call then you will be in no doubt but for the novice the females call is a scratchy version of the males call. Within 30 minutes you should be able to sex them by their voices as they will call to each other making your job easier. Like the 5 birds 'tail sexed' as 5 cocks that had 2 nests of eggs when they were caught up for sale!! If you are really troubled by sexing these you might like to try the following: place the birds you want sexed into cabinets where they can't see each other but can still hear each other. So beware of this method! My friend has, what he calls, a flawless method of sexing them – simply put 6 young birds into an aviary and hope you have 2 hens!! Bit flippant, oh well! However, all these theories have been tried by various people with widely varying results.
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