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Finch_Breeder
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My pair of zebra's have just finished building a nest high up in the aviary but the male spends more time in their during the day then the female.
is this normal? :?:
( Both male and female sleep in their though )
Birds I own/have owned: Budgerigars, **Zebra Finches**, **Star Finches**, Canaries, Diamond doves... Rocky the Galah! & Cocky the Sulphur Crested 'too
-Mike-
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desertbirds
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I would have thought the hen would sit more but as long as one of them is its all good. :thumbup:
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Thnx 4 the reply. now their both snuggling in their nest :D
Birds I own/have owned: Budgerigars, **Zebra Finches**, **Star Finches**, Canaries, Diamond doves... Rocky the Galah! & Cocky the Sulphur Crested 'too
-Mike-
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Buzzard-1
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There a many reasons for finch to spend time in nests not only to raise young. Zebs like many finch build roosting nests to rest/sleep in. (although being Zebs they are probably sitting on eggs)
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Niki_K
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They share incubation duties; some females sit more than males and vice versa.
I have one particular male who will not get off the nest (I've named him Horton!), even if I have a look in the nestbox. He just calmly sits there and looks back at me!
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