Aussie Finch Forum

Who birds are beginning to breed now.I have 6 baby Seagreen parrotfinches,Yellow ST Helenas on eggs,Diamonds on eggs and young,cutthroats on eggs,
Tri coloured Nuns eggs,Blue face parrots young.
How is everyone else going?

Had around a dozen Gouldian eggs over a few nests in temporary aviary, moved them all this morning birds & boxes into newly finished much larger aviary so will wait over next few days to see if any eggs are added to current boxes or they start sitting or making new nests, not sure how they will go finding there previous eggs & boxes etc but it was a risk I had to take......

Ive got about 12 gouldian young on the perch, in the nest and eggs. Ive had one clutch of ob young and have more in the nest. Emblema have had one clutch, four on the perch now and the hen already has another four eggs. Another star producer of young has been the BFPF, they had a clutch of 2, another of three, and two have just left the nest a day or so ago. RFPF nothing from them but I saw the cock making the nest to his liking today, so fingers crossed. Got a pair of ruddies too but they havnt produced yet.

Black headed Gouldians got chicks, Emblemas just fledged and looking to nest again, Hexies nesting somewhere and RF parroties got chicks. My stars and cubans are building little nests everywhere but won't settle down. oh, Little button quail nesting too (both pairs)

My finches are pacing themselves

Last of the Masks , WE Mask nest for the season. Ruddies, Zebras, Cubans building or sitting. Not that hot here yet, low 2-6 up to 14-18 degrees, spring has not sprung.

mr.fox wrote:oh, Little button quail nesting too (both pairs)

How could I forget my quail have babies too. I dont think I have ever seen anything that small that is fully functional, running around eating seed. Very cute.

wish I lived in SA, L.O.V.E little buttons!!!!!!!!!!
but alas, king quails + a ground softbill is too much already..

Have goulds, plums,blue face,emblemas,We masks,crimsons,and redbrows nesting.

Stars been nesting for a few weeks. OB may be just starting now.