http://www.petforums.co.uk Discuss all topics related to bird breeding. Seek advice and support from other bird breeders. en Sat, 21 Nov 2009 14:42:32 GMT vBulletin 60 http://www.petforums.co.uk/images/misc/rss.jpg http://www.petforums.co.uk http://www.petforums.co.uk/bird-breeding/70145-new-baby-zebra-finches.html Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:42:15 GMT Hi there. I am new to this site and am not sure if this is going in the right place, but here goes... I purchased an outdoor aviary for my children... Hi there. I am new to this site and am not sure if this is going in the right place, but here goes... I purchased an outdoor aviary for my children and myself in August as I had a lovely zebra finch years ago who lived for 14 years and my children had grown up with him. We went to good pet shop and got plenty of advice about getting the finches and setting up the aviary etc. All has been fine up until today when we looked in on them this morning to find FOUR new arrivals! Wow! Well done them! The trouble is, we are now wondering how to best look after the new arrivals. I have looked in several books but they do not mention the nursery stages. I have put extra shelter around several sides of our hexagonal aviary to save them from the wind and fed them with meal worms but any more help and advice would be greatly appreciated. I was told that you take to nesting boxes out if you do not wish for them to breed again, but what if any of the birds are just about to lay? ]]> Bird Breeding Quaintonfinches http://www.petforums.co.uk/bird-breeding/70145-new-baby-zebra-finches.html http://www.petforums.co.uk/bird-breeding/67955-my-zebra-finches-wont-stop.html Sun, 25 Oct 2009 06:52:01 GMT I got a pair of Zebra finches about three months ago and it wasn't long before they started laying clutches. The first two weren't fertile so I took the eggs out when the female stopped sitting on them. But a couple days later she started laying a new clutch. These I decided I would candle to save her from spending weeks laying on infertile eggs. I found out that they were fertile and was excited!

But then just before they hatched or right after (I never saw exactly when) I started finding dead baby chicks on the bottom of the cage. The nest has a very high lip twice the height of a Zebra finch, so I can't see how the chicks could be accidentally falling out. When all the eggs were gone they laid another clutch and did the same thing.I then thought that I would take away the nest to stop this. But when I did so they started laying eggs in their food dish.

I thought that raising Zebra finches was supposed to be easy. Ideally I would like to find a way so that my finches will raise some chicks. However, I would be content to find I a way to make them stop. Please help! ]]> Bird Breeding mousenose http://www.petforums.co.uk/bird-breeding/67955-my-zebra-finches-wont-stop.html