Aussie Finch Forum

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.

would love some!
just finished reading an article on them

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

Any luck yet superfinch or is it a bit early for you in VIC?

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).

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.