Chicks on the perch during the storms

[wagga]

Heavy cyclonic storm front goes through town on the same day as w/e masks and grenadier weavers leave the nest. Cross fingers the next couple of days are dry and sunny. The storm fronts are sending the weavers into overdrive. Hormones are a plenty. The two dominate cocks are chasing the third cock around and anything that approaches the chicks or nests. Within minutes of the chicks flying the cock is building a new nest. This might be a good season for my birds. OR whats left of them. I have sold most due to selling or trying to sell house. This weather is what we have been waiting for years. Every cloud has a silver lining.

[Buzzard-1]

You'll need to write in sale contract that birds stay (Rent free) until after breeding season. As for fledging in bad weather typical

[gomer]

Hope they do alright for you.Always seems to be the way,they breed when you wish they would hold off for another month or so. Hey but who can stop nature.

[wagga]

Update: two sunny days and the chicks are going great. Cross fingers maybe more on the way. I dont do nest checks, just watch and observe behaviours. I am pleased that at last after a two season break that I have young weavers, only one of the colonies are nesting the other one is just not interested. Thinking about changing the cocks over with spares I have.

You could imagine seeing the solicitors facial expression if I asked about inserting a caveat, subject to finches finish nesting, on the contract.

I am not complaining about the nests it just the timing that sucks. On a positive not a friend has purchased the last 35 odd w/e masks, just waiting for the chicks to wean before pickup. How ironic its all about the young ones, just like having the kids at home again.