Aussie Finch Forum

finchbreeder wrote:Sorry to hear you lost them all. But glad to hear they are fertile so things should work next time. AMCA
Mack sounds like your cock is firing blanks if she is laying OK. Either that or she does not like the look of him.
LML

Just because the hen lays eggs doesnt mean she is the fertile partner in the pair, sorry FB but i always like to state the obvious.

Gday AMCA I bought mine March last year at our Perth Finch auction, Female Creamino and split cock, they have bonded well and have made one nest which looks like they had laid 2 or 3 batches of eggs. I left them and when I came back from Europe I decided to pull the nest apart there were many eggs..all clear. I remember they were sitting tight all the time. They have gone back down again recently, if they dont do any good Ill wait until I can find another pair, they arent so common around here dont see them up for sale at all. I havent had Longtails since I was a lad

No you dont see them around or for sale its finding the people with them. The guy i bought mine off said to change hen, i did so it has worked. I guess yours are fairly young then. Or in your case may be try a Normal Cock.

I will see if anything hatches by Christmas, if not Ill rest a rifle up against the aviary door,...
Ill get another pair next year and see if I cant mix them up? Come to think of it im not entirely sure I have a pair, the Bib on the normal is notably larger than the bib on the Creamino.