Oriental Greenfinches starting to breed hopefully

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Congratulations, and good luck for the rest of the season.
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Nest of four eggs. If I get a chance I will foto the young this weekend during the clean and feed.
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agate mosaic canaries, agate yellow mosaic canaries, red zebs, self bengos and goldfinch mules.
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eggs hatching!

just happen to be there as it happened.
Breeding Project 2020-2025.
agate mosaic canaries, agate yellow mosaic canaries, red zebs, self bengos and goldfinch mules.
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elferoz777 wrote:https://youtu.be/WgZ57-mpBWo

eggs hatching!

just happen to be there as it happened.
Nice one. How many hatched in the end?
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2 but i needed to help one out as the shell was dry and stuck on its head
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agate mosaic canaries, agate yellow mosaic canaries, red zebs, self bengos and goldfinch mules.
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Had you removed and replaced the eggs so they hatched together? Or was that just coincidence? And congratulations.
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It was just a fluke. I candled then on sunday and they all seemed dry or hollow. I never toss eggs so thought id give another week. I may hopefully have more this week
Breeding Project 2020-2025.
agate mosaic canaries, agate yellow mosaic canaries, red zebs, self bengos and goldfinch mules.
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Well done! :thumbup:
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