White Headed Nuns

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Finchman1
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I had 3 White headed nuns fledge out of the nest this week,pretty excited as I have not had the nuns that long.
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:clap: Congratulations
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Jayburd
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Wow!! well done!!! :thumbup: :thumbup: :clap:
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Thats another 3 to help maintain the species is Australia. This pair may go down to nest again in about 3-4weeks (not sure how they will go in the cold). Keep them happy and they will reward you by breeding.
I am interested in purchasing any of the more unusual Lonchura species and/or their subspecies. Particularly the Asian Munias or New Guinea Mannikins. If you have some and wish to sell them, PM me with the type, quantity and price

I will buy related or unrelated birds. I am also happy to organise and pay freight from anywhere in Australia.
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at least the RFS is working with the species to help maintain numbers :thumbup:
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Finchman1
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Here is a shot of my 3 young white headed nuns that fledged last week.There is a new nest in the avairy so hopefully they will go down again soon before it gets to cold.See how long it takes for them to colour up.
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Congratulations. Great to see someone succeeding with these guys. I see you have 6 adults. Do you run them in an avairy all to themselves? As that is what it looks like.
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Finchman1
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That shot was taken in the corner of the aviary.Yes I run 3 pairs in the one aviary to their self.I used in have them in a mixed collection,no sucess,so I moved them into there own.2 months later 3 young.I feed them finch mix,red panicum seed on its own,plenty of greens.
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congrats on the fledglings, hope you manage to get a few more.
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amalan11
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thats great,they are lovely looking birds but I have read in a couple of books they are nearly imposible to breed in captivity.It seems to me once finchs breed though they keep at it for a couple of clutchs so hopefully :thumbup:
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