Yellow winged Ptyllia

[Trilobite]

This is one of a pair of Yellow wing Ptyllia babies - our first batch. The new parents had two nests and three clutches. The first nest had two clutches - one lot clear the next lot half baked. The second nest and third clutch come out yesterday.

[finches247]

Congrats Well Done

[SamDavis]

Congratulations, I'm jealous. I presume you feed termites, although I have a friend who just fledged some on maggots alone.
I've not long got some and am yet to breed them. Mine have also had a few nests. I've been slack with record keeping but I know on at least two occasions they have continued to sit on eggs until they rattle! Two pair are on eggs now so I have my fingers, toes, arms legs, etc. firmly crossed.

[Trilobite]

Sorry forgot to say that they were raised and fledged on std seed mix, maggots and mealworms only - sorry no termites at all . They did get green seed sprays when they were available (maybe once or twice a week), they also had daily soft food mixed with sprouted seed.
They nested in a brush column the first time and then in a "condo" style arrangement for the fledged batch.

[Tiaris]

Well done. They are a beautiful, totally placid and very under-rated finch.

[Trilobite]

Tiaris, your not wrong there! They are essential to an aviary and although not a highly coloured bird when they are in the sunlight they just shine. They are such tight sitters as well that I thought that one had died when on their third clutch and had to rattle the wire frame of the condo to get it to fly out.

[finchbreeder]

Congratulations, hope they do even better next season, now they have had a practice run this season.
LML

[Tiaris]

They can be very slack with nest-building & can end up sitting in very flimsy nests at times, however, they will happily nest in a wide range of sites in an aviary so are easy to please that way.

[Paradise Aviary]

Wow very nice !!! I have two pairs on eggs right now hope I get lucky.

[Pictorella]

Very cute! And love the nesting tower. Great idea