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    1-AUSTERITY Program

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    The austerity programme allows Gouldians and finches to drop out of breeding condition completely through a month-long period with a plain seed diet and supplements to control gut health and parasites. This synchronizes the birds' breeding cycles so they will all be ready to breed together when pairing resumes. It mimics the natural cycle in the wild and prepares the birds for the upcoming breeding season by dropping weight and shrinking reproductive organs.

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    The austerity programme allows Gouldians and finches to drop out of breeding condition completely through a month-long period with a plain seed diet and supplements to control gut health and parasites. This synchronizes the birds' breeding cycles so they will all be ready to breed together when pairing resumes. It mimics the natural cycle in the wild and prepares the birds for the upcoming breeding season by dropping weight and shrinking reproductive organs.

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    The austerity programme allows Gouldians and finches to drop out of breeding condition completely through a month-long period with a plain seed diet and supplements to control gut health and parasites. This synchronizes the birds' breeding cycles so they will all be ready to breed together when pairing resumes. It mimics the natural cycle in the wild and prepares the birds for the upcoming breeding season by dropping weight and shrinking reproductive organs.

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    1-AUSTERITY Program

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    The austerity programme allows Gouldians and finches to drop out of breeding condition completely through a month-long period with a plain seed diet and supplements to control gut health and parasites. This synchronizes the birds' breeding cycles so they will all be ready to breed together when pairing resumes. It mimics the natural cycle in the wild and prepares the birds for the upcoming breeding season by dropping weight and shrinking reproductive organs.

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    Austerity Programme for Gouldians and Finches

    The Austerity Programme allows your Gouldians and other Finches to completely drop out of
    Breeding Condition so that all of the birds are at the same “base line zero” at the end of this
    period. A bird’s sexual organs shrink when completely out of Breeding Condition which is your
    goal with this Programme. That way, when you start the Breeding Programme all of your strong,
    healthy birds will come into breeding condition together, which should prevent a lot of time with
    the birds sitting around waiting for their partner to be ready to breed after they are paired. It will
    duplicate what happens to the Wild Gouldians at the end of the dry season/beginning of the
    wet season. All of your birds will drop unwanted weight and be set for the upcoming Breeding
    Season. The effects of the Programme are rapid. It should only last for 30 days – 1 month.

    Day of Week Water Supplements Food Supplements Additional Info


    ¹KD – ¼ teaspoon/liter of
    Sunday KD¹ Plain Dry Seed Mix drinking water to maintain
    the gut pH

    Monday Fresh Water pH < 7 Plain Dry Seed Mix

    Tuesday Fresh Water pH < 7 Plain Dry Seed Mix

    Wednesday Fresh Water pH < 7 Plain Dry Seed Mix

    Air-sac mite treatment


    Thursday S76 once a month Plain Dry Seed Mix controls air-sac mites and
    in so doing helps protect
    your birds from all other
    Friday S76 once a month Plain Dry Seed Mix diseases. S76 – 2.5mls/liter
    of water
    ²Megamix is used daily to
    control intestinal
    Saturday Fresh Water pH < 7 Plain Dry Seed Mix
    infections when drinking
    water pH > 7
    Notes on Soft Food Supplements
    No Soft Foods are fed during the Austerity Programme.
    Nothing besides Plain Dry Seed and Fresh Water are fed…no egg-shells, charcoal, fresh or dried
    greens or veggies.

    You should however use the KD Water Cleanser one day each week and the Megamix if needed
    to bring the water pH below 7 the other 6 days of the week.
    SPECIAL NOTE:
    This Programme was developed by Laraine and is not a normal part of
    Dr. Rob Marshall’s Health Programmes.
    My experience shows that by inserting an Austerity Month between the Non-Breeding
    Programme and the Breeding Programme, your birds are better prepared for the Breeding
    season. Austerity drops them out of breeding condition, shrinks their reproductive organs, and
    allows for excess weight drop as “fat birds don’t breed”. This process allows us to bring all birds
    into breeding condition at the same stage of development.

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