Early Spring Breeding

[Tintola]

Enough about CATS for me! Although it is obviously a very contentious issue judging by the number of posts.

This post is about breeding softbills and other non finch type birds.
At the moment I have breeding at one stage or another
Wompoo Pigeons sitting on one egg, due to hatch, one egg is all they lay.
White Headed Pigeons sitting on one egg and another under Barbary Doves.
Brush Bronzewing Pigeons just sitting on two eggs.
Bleeding Heart Pigeons sitting on two eggs'
New Guinea Ground Doves, three pairs sitting on two eggs each.
Rose Crown Fruit Doves just fledged one young.
Purple Crown Fruit Doves sitting on one egg , on the ground.
Yellow Throated Scrubwrens building nest, a large heap of debris hanging from a branch.
Hooded Parrots just fledged two young.
Musk Lorikeets about to lay.
Scarlet Chested Parrots just started to lay. One pair so far.
And of course Zebs,Gouldians and Cubans coming out everywhere.
I didn't realise how busy they were until I wrote it down, and spring isn't even here yet.

[desertbirds]

Out here most Wrens are fully coloured now and speaking to a softbill breeder in WA the other day he commented the same. Birds coloured very early. Rainbow Bee Eaters have been spotted in town already and generally they arent here until Sept.

[BENSONSAN]

That's awesome tintola. Birds I would only dream of. Well except for scarlets I have them oh and Goulds lol. Do you keep satin bower birds? Also does anyone know if you can run up to 7 hens with one cock like in the wild? Always wanted to ask that. I love those black male bowers I like them more then regents. And the cat bird looking hens.

[jusdeb]

Musks looking good .
2 Lutino Red Rumps on eggs.
Rosas on eggs , 2 not long ago fledged.
Grey Red Rumps just fledged 3 , second clutch this winter.
Yellow Emblemas due to fledge any day .

And its not spring yet woo hoo.

[Tintola]

I do have a pair of Satins. You could run seven hens with a single male if the aviary was extremely large. The usual way to keep Bowerbirds, if the aim is to breed them, is to have them in three adjoining aviaries. Male in the middle, one hen on each side, and when a hen shows signs of building a nest the door is opened to allow the hen to mate. Once she has laid her two eggs and is sitting they are separated again to allow her to incubate and raise the young on her own.
Of course they can be kept together all year and will breed but she has more chance if there is no disturbance or competition for live food.

[jusdeb]

Are the bowers as big / nice as the ones they build in the wild and do you give them coloured thingies for nest decorations .
And wheres some photos theres a big fan club out here of the Bower Birds .....pleeeease .

[finchbreeder]

Not a lot happening here. Javas just fledged 4 young. More young gouldians in the nest. Canary sitting on 2 eggs. And I wish I know who's nest that is in the corner with a new hatchling.
LML

[Jayburd]

That's great Tintola
any chance of some scrubwrens and ground doves? joking.