Aussie Finch Forum

Well i have final had success with my finches considering the amount of finches i brought in the past 3 years only to killed by the butcher birds in the area. good on the old zebra finches
can anyone help with a breeding cabinet i have spoken to Ace in sydeny they have a double for $55.00 or would u suggest i build one as the one from ace would need to be modified to take the nesting box i have

if your handy you could build your own to your own liking , dont think you save much money but it is satisfying and it will be what you want without having to modify cages.
I have seen some awesome cages built from everything from old tv sets , drawers , cabinets and my favourite one from old telecom cable reels ( wood ).
Good chance to be creative.

jusdeb wrote:I have seen some awesome cages built from everything from old tv sets , drawers , cabinets and my favourite one from old telecom cable reels ( wood ).

I would like to see a pic of that telecom one.

My Dad made my breeding cabinets.
The birds in the cabinets have the use of the full length, but the divisions make it easier to catch them.

my breeding cabinets

maybe contact Barry from harden - if you can get down there.

He's selling some breeding cages, the link is
http://canberrafinchclub.org.au/Pages/C ... ducts.html
It's the last 3 items on the page.

Jay.

Thanks Jay

Also the Hen can not make up her mind in which nest she wants to lay her eggs in at this stage i have 1 one nest and 2 in the other nest.

Should i take thw single egg out and pout it with the other eggs or wait until i get the breeding cage for them?

Any help would be helpful as this is my first clutch

With Zebra's I wouldn't worry what she lays where until she decides to sit. Then, depending on how many she is sitting on you can move other eggs from other places under her.
LML

she decide which nest she wanted so place the lonely egg into nes today and took the other nest out of cage she has gone through 3 cutle bone since she started to lay the eggs

My lot go through the cuttle fish rather enthusiastically when laying, so Mum and I and the dog went for a walk along the beach yesterday evening complete with our collection bags.
Came back with a reasonable amount of cuttlefish and a little seaweed ball, the finches like to
pull these apart for nesting.
LML

will give it a go off to the beach for the weekend

Well final built my own breeding box made out of plywood size 1200mmx450mmx450mm placed my cordons it last night will post a pic of it later