At last - baby tricoloured parrot finches

[bob21358]

I have been trying to breed tri-coloured parrot finches for 3 years now. I have had infertile eggs, clutches of 4 eggs with only 1 hatching and the chick dying after about a week. I even managed to get two chicks with feathers but they died in the nest.

Well today I had four tri-coloured chicks leave the nest. The only thing different this time, was I fed the parents live food, in this case meal worms. All the books say that live food is not necessary, but this has certainly helped for me.

[Nova]

Excellent work, congrats

[garyh]

Well done,good see persistence has payed off,garyh

[finches247]

Congrats & Well Done

[gomer]

You must be chuffed to bits.Well done

[Diane]

Congratulations. Always nice to get babies, but all the more sweet when that specie has been difficult for you in the past. Every time you look at them you will feel a sense of achievement.

[COUNTRY CAPITAL]

well done to you and the tri's.
they come out underdone don't they!
are they the same parents that have been trying for the last 3 years?
thanks for the pic.

[RodBacon]

Great work! Books are great, but nothing beats experience!

[finchbreeder]

The trouble with finch books is that they are read by finchkeepers not finches. So glad to hear that experimentation and the finches came up trumps for you.
LML

[Pictorella]

Well done! Three good looking youngins. Hope you get a few more!