Of all the birds I keep I do not colony breed. With the exception of two pair of Gouldians per flight everything else is bred in single pairs. This is not to say colonies don’t work, it is saying it is not necessary.
The example is that if you have five pairs of a particular species [...]

I  have made some changes to my Finch Breeding Basics article, which was the first article that I posted on this website.
I have added a bit more information on the basic pointers for maintaining good quality stocks of finches that you have bred.
If I can think of anything else, I will tell you here.

When brushing an aviary the brush can be attached in may different ways and usually every bird breeder has their own way of doing this. I use a variety of methods, the first of which I will describe below:
The Poly Pipe Fastening Method:

To use the brush in this way you need the following tools and [...]