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After a slow start to the season with young pairs, I finally managed to get a clutch of four on the perch.

Cheers
Ian

Warms my heart to see those purple breasted, green backed birds

Glad to see your earlier problems resolved Ian, do you have a theory on the cause ?

Cheers
Brett

Hi Brett,

I put the slow start down to young birds and one of my cages was over-stocked at the start of the season. Hopefully I'll end up with 13 from two pair.

As for losing nestlings, there is nothing that I can pin point.

Young parents? Maybe.
Bad weather? I don't think so as they were still at brooding age.
Food? Unlikely as they got the same grub all year.
Lack of daylight/feeding? Maybe as it is a dark aviary and birds roost early.
Mystery illness? Not sure.

Cheers Ian

Congrats Ian,
It's always nice to see a clutch of healthy young on the perch!

Congrats Ian Nice Finches

Good stuff

Now you have broke the drought they wont stop coming.

Are you just breeding normals at the moment?

Thanks for the comments.

Yes Elferoz, "just normals". If anyone hears of me keeping something different, give me a swift kick up the backside.

Cheers
Ian

The buggers all have enough colour to be sexed... 4 cock birds. Just a tad frustrating.

Cheers Ian

thats always the way isnt it?


Too much of one or the other.

You did pretty good out of two pairs.

Black headed normal are my favourite.

I have got a few colouring at the moment and most of the adult birds are in a horrific moult