Aussie Finch Forum

After battling with ASM over the last year and struggling to keep my colourful little chaps alive, I think I may (touch wood) have some babies.... Both hens dissapear during the day and both males are very territorial! I am so excited! They are also not being the finicky eaters that they usually are and are eating green food and egg food! Heres to hoping!

Any suggestions on how to keep the little things alive, are they bad chick tossers????

Hey Finchie sounds like there some babies there, the parents are usally good parents and will rare the chicks with ease

Not had birds for very long but my gouldians are going great. 3 pairs breeding at the moment, only one pair have tossed babies and they had previously reared a nest of five with no problems and at present the same hen is sitting tight on 5 eggs

Just keep up what you have been doing.And you should be ok fingers crossed.

yeh what gomer said . basically if its working for you dont touch it. fingers crossed ...pete

I can hear babies crying, they sound a bit like Cuban babies, do they have similar cries to Gouldian chicks???

Good luck there Finchie

There were babies there. All died, so upsetting. I think it might have been the Baycox treatment that I gave the parents... Poor things.. Will they start over???

they will try again . give them a few weeks . earlier if your lucky. clean out the nest of the babies. they shall return....pete

just moi again what sort of nest are they using....pete