Aussie Finch Forum

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.

Congrats Well Done

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

Very cute! And love the nesting tower. Great idea