Fragile & Frustrating
- bleeding green
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- Joined: 19 Aug 2010, 11:42
- Location: Wollongong NSW
Fragile birds that are by all acounts very frustrating. Do not sit on their young at night after a few days (maybe a week) so if left to their own devices may not be very succesful. Many breeders I know take their eggs and place them under canaries (lizards from memory) to avoid them the babies freezing to death on a cooler night.
- Jayburd
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- Joined: 08 Dec 2009, 12:08
- Location: Canberra
would love some!
just finished reading an article on them
just finished reading an article on them
Julian
Birdwatcher and finch-keeper.
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Birdwatcher and finch-keeper.
Feel free to check out my photos here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/lewinsrail/
And my birding antics here: http://worthtwointhebushbirding.blogspot.com.au/
- superfinch
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- Joined: 17 Mar 2010, 13:38
- Location: Tullamarine, Victoria
- Location: Victoria
yeah this has been my first season with a pair and they seemed good to start with the hen was sitting everyday & night (i thought) but then she stopped, when I looked in the nest there was nothing inside ?? I had left them for 4 weeks from the time she started sitting before I checked the nest so I have no idea if there was anything in the nest in the first place or if the eggs were thrown out or eaten ????
Now they seem to be re-constructing a new nest fingers crossed sumfin happens lol
They are an interesting finch to have tho i luv em
Now they seem to be re-constructing a new nest fingers crossed sumfin happens lol
They are an interesting finch to have tho i luv em
- lardles
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- Joined: 23 Jul 2010, 10:59
- Location: Central Vic
- Location: Central Victoria
My pair have gone down in the last week or so, hopefully a few weeks of warmer weather on the way here in Vic - although she didnt dessert last year ( bred March though).
- superfinch
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- Location: Tullamarine, Victoria
- Location: Victoria
No luck yet, they seem interested as they are making nests here and there. I've currently got them housed alone so they wont have any disruptions from other birds but i guess we'll see what happens. The weahter hasn't been very consistent or quite warm enough just yet so maybe later on.