I have 2 male finches and one female finch (all Zebras). I have tried to add a pure white finch before, but they wouldn't play with her or be very nice and she died.
This morning, I went to clean their cage and found a egg in their seed bowl. I have never put in a breeding nest and am now unsure if the egg will hatch or if this is just something that happens every now and again. I'm rather confused because I was told they wouldn't breed without privacy.
What should I do to look after a baby finch? Will they lay another egg? I'm assuming no, but thought I should ask anyway. Will it be a issue that there is two males?
Thanks to all that help. Lana :)
By Alanah from Brisbane
I have two finches and I was told that as long as you don't put a nest in the cage they won't lay eggs. Well, mine did, and she layed them in the food tray. So, I just added another food tray so I didn't disturb the eggs. But, I only saw them sit on the eggs a few times. I'm not watching constantly but, when do they sit on them?
LilHoneyBrat form Minnesota
I once had a pair of finches and she laid eggs all of the time but the eggs were never fertilized by the male so, of course, they never hatched. If she has laid all the eggs (zebra finches often will not sit on them until the last one is laid) and is not sitting on them constantly, except for eating, then they are not fertile or something is not right about them. If as time passes the eggs take on a deeper blue/grey color then there is an embryo but if she's not sitting on them the majority of the time they are not going to hatch. Zebra finch eggs generally hatch at 14 to 18 days.
You should also make sure she has enough calcium nutrition since she'll often lay eggs. There are special egg foods available at pet stores and it wouldn't hurt to have nesting material just in case there ever ends up being fertile eggs. Don't touch any of the eggs until you know they are not going to be hatched because many birds will shun their eggs after being disturbed.
Enjoy your finches! I loved mine because they made the most relaxing sweet sounds and it was fun to watch their antics. Oh, and every time the phone rang they broke in to a chorus. Oh, and there are ooddles of books on finches at the library so maybe check a couple out to learn more about your babies. :-)
I have a pair of finches. They laid four eggs more than one week ago. After laying the fourth egg they broke the egg.
Initially they sat on the eggs for some time, but now they are not sitting on the eggs. What should I do?Remove the eggs, they are spoiled. I raised finches and Canaries for years. The broken egg or it's remains would have spoiled in the nest & made an unhealthy habitat for other viable eggs.
I have two finches, one male and one female. She laid to eggs, but I don't know when one egg fell out of the nest and broke. I didn't know until too late and it was dead in the egg.
How can I help the last egg survive? And how often do finches mate and when do they mate?That was the best information I received since I got me Finches.
My first male didn't like the female so I took i back to the pet shop.
These two like each other just fine. I have had 12 eggs in a very short time .( in 2 different settings).The first clutch didn't work for me except for one and I tried to candle it and I broke it. I had a moving chick that I think would have hatched in about a week.
I had bought a pair of zebra finches, a brother and sister, from a friend and after keeping them a while the female died. I didn't know what to do so I bought a new zebra finch and put her in his cage immediately and she laid an egg.
They have not incubated it. What should I do?Why hasn't my egg hatched when it's over due?
You start counting from when the bird starting sitting on it, not from when it was laid. Are you sure it was a fertile egg?
Eggs may be laid 2 weeks before the bird starts sitting on them.
My finch laid twelve eggs. Is there anything I should do or buy besides feeding and watering them?
This is the time when you should let nature take its course. Dont bother the birds or handle them.
I have 2 pairs of finches in my cage, 1 of the females just laid an egg and now she and her mate are being extra protective and a little aggressive towards the other pair. Should I move the other pair into their own separate cage or should I just leave everything alone since the other pair has started laying?
I don't want to disturb the other pair since they just laid their first egg today and I don't want them to get scared or reject the egg or stop laying eggs. What should I do?They should be moved to a separate cage.
About a year ago, my LPS sold me two zebra finches. As you can tell by the title, they sold me two zebra finches claiming they were females. I believed them, because I have had a male Finch before. These two "girls" looked like girls. I just didn't want a breeding pair.
Well, now I've got one! I knew that they had some eggs in their little house because they were getting aggressive. My female Canary did that. I cleaned out my aviary yesterday evening and decided to grab the eggs. And low and behold, I grabbed a baby. After freaking out, frankly I am still a bit shaken, I decided to do some research. The baby is about 8 days old, I believe: I can see his eyes behind the film, blinking. Not many feathers. He is about 1/2 the size of the adults.
I would take a picture, but their nest is deep and I have fake plants all over the aviary so they can have places to hide. The nest is conveniently behind one of the fake leaves.
I think there were about 7 eggs. When I rooted around (and found the baby), I saw that two of the eggs were broken so I removed them. So about 5 eggs left. And one big baby. I have read that after 20 days if the others haven't hatched I can remove them.
Here are my questions: Will the Mom keep laying eggs to replace the two cracked ones? Will she keep laying eggs after her baby is grown? I want to remove and put in dummy eggs (I did this for my Canary), but I don't want to unintentionally "abort" any of the babies. Suggestions??
I have two finches, a male zebra finch and a female Hecks Grass finch, they laid an egg and they have been sitting on it 24/7; it should hatch this week. But I just read that only the same type of finches can breed. So is it possible that the egg will not hatch?
My female finch has just laid 4 eggs. Can I leave the babies in the same cage when they come out of nest? I have a large cage.
The finches laid eggs in their food, what do I do? There are 3 eggs in there, do I move the dish? Do I add anything so they can cover them? Do I just leave them alone and see what happens?
I would leave them alone. They may be infertile eggs and that is why they are laid there.
