Aussie Finch Forum

i bought a couple of male bengalese last week to try fostering,i placed some dummy eggs to see what they would do....they looked and said are you for real hahaha.send me message if you could advise me. the internet has so many different ways,but which works, what is the best thing to do.there in a small flight cage alone.dont wish to put into big avairy

maybe you need a female and male who have already bred therefore would know what to do ...kinda reckon it would be like asking 2 teenage boys to babysit they would have no idea.

From my experience with Bengalese, I find that if you give them a nest and time they will start sitting in it. But like all birds they know they have to lay eggs in order for them to exist. So once an egg is laid you can add more or swap them cause they can't count or tell one egg from another. So sorry but two boys I don't think will do it. Yes you can have 1 girl and 10 boys and they will all help.
But as I have only ever used Bengelese to breed Bengalese (cause I love them) and never to foster I may be wrong.
LML

I have found that when using Bengalese to foster you are better off to have 2 cock birds and 1 hen ,let them build a nest,normally in a hooded cane nest.Once the nest has been completed then put in a few dummy eggs,hopefully they will begin sitting on them ,
Good Luck