Aussie Finch Forum

Well the cordons are due to hatch anyday now. Still only one bird out at a time and there eating heavily and looking great! Im realy hoping i go well. Painteds are both out together also but usually the males away sitting not sure whether theyve hatched yet.

also my red heds are nesting but there hard to tell whats going on.

Ben

Fingers crossed for you!

good luck with them.
LML

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quote.....There is a very fine line between "hobby" and "mental illness"

I walk the line.....
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Thanks everyone! About to get some seriously hot days here in sydney to apparently. Ah well will just keep at it hehe.

Ben

We got the heat here and are up for 44c thursday and friday ..funny enough the only birds of mine that are truly feeling the heat are the bourkes .
Finches seem to be OK with it , they have a lot of baths and are holding their beaks open a little but the bourkes are full on panting and holding out the wings .
Bottles of frozen water are on stand by to be put in with them , they look uncomfortable but old mate assures me thats how they keep cool and theres worse to come so better they get used to it (harsh ).
Anyhow lets hope it passes soon so the birds can have a reprieve from the heat , too much too soon.

Weird weather - it was only 24 here yesterday and rained last night.
This is very definately unseasonal weather.
Javas and gouldians going into a moult, so hopefully that won't put the Javas off their nest, and I will worry about getting Gouldian hens when it's all over.
LML

Well nothing happened with my cordons and they have mated again and appear to be sitting on more eggs in a new nest.

Found 2 eggs on the floor on the aviary also and they had been eaten. No baby painteds either...ohwell guess its there first try!

Any ideas?

Ben

Also i keep finding half eaten eggs in my live food bowl!!! Weird????

Ben

Couldn't be mice could it?
LML