Aussie Finch Forum

Could someone please tell me why parent Finches throw their babies out of the nest?
Thanks.
Trudy.

To iritate the **** out of the people who own them?
No I don't really know what causes this highly irritating behaviour, it could be anything from insufficient suitable food to being oversexed and more interested in starting again with the woopee.
LML

Since it's mainly the male that exhibits this kind of behaviour, would it be an option to separate the parents so mum can raise the clutch on her own, then reintroduce daddy when you want them to go at it again?

finchbreeder wrote:To iritate the **** out of the people who own them?
No I don't really know what causes this highly irritating behaviour, it could be anything from insufficient suitable food to being oversexed and more interested in starting again with the woopee.
LML

Could be.

cranberry wrote:Since it's mainly the male that exhibits this kind of behaviour, would it be an option to separate the parents so mum can raise the clutch on her own, then reintroduce daddy when you want them to go at it again?

Not sure but I could give it a try. This morning I picked up a baby Gouldian on the avery floor still alive but cold. I put it back into the nest and all I can do is hope for the best I guess.

sorry to hear pooky,

iv read that the cock bird sacrifices a baby for the predator to eat on the ground and not go up 2 the nest to kill them all!!

not sure how often thats the case, or the truth behind it???

iv only had it happen once and that was in my first breeding season with goulds, i think another issue can be young inexperienced pairs, they are used to eggs in the nest then all of a sudden when they hatch the cock bird thinks whats this pink thingy moving around, and thinks its not meant to be there so throws them out. is it a young pair???

im sure others on here will have some input.
Jarryd

Trudy,I have had this problem quite a few times over the years,I beleive it can be from inexperianced birds,And they tend to settle down after a few failures.Or sometime extreme heat the parents throw the young out to keep the others cooler in the nest.Or posibly when to cold aswell one cold chick can take heat from the others.Where your birds young Jarrayd when it happened to you?

well i have this problem my self over the years. i put it down to spooking the parents in the nest and they leave in a bit of a hurry, therefor a poor baby might get tossed as they leave. they also do it if they sense there is a problem with the the young being deformed in any way.....pete

Misso wrote:sorry to hear pooky,

iv read that the cock bird sacrifices a baby for the predator to eat on the ground and not go up 2 the nest to kill them all!!

not sure how often thats the case, or the truth behind it???

iv only had it happen once and that was in my first breeding season with goulds, i think another issue can be young inexperienced pairs, they are used to eggs in the nest then all of a sudden when they hatch the cock bird thinks whats this pink thingy moving around, and thinks its not meant to be there so throws them out. is it a young pair???

im sure others on here will have some input.
Jarryd

Hi Jarryd I don't know, but I think these Goulds are young and that could be the answer it could be their first lot of babies not sure, its the first time I have breed them since I have had them so they could be inexperienced.
...Trudy.

poitta wrote:well i have this problem my self over the years. i put it down to spooking the parents in the nest and they leave in a bit of a hurry, therefor a poor baby might get tossed as they leave. they also do it if they sense there is a problem with the the young being deformed in any way.....pete

Hi Pete....I think that could also possibly be the problem, the other babies seem quite healthy and noisy that are also in the same nest.
.....Trudy.