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  1. Aaron

    My Mated Pair

    This is the 4 babies outta the nest now...but still being fed by parents...the little guy on my finger is the runt of the litter and is really content....I'm so confused how I ended up with a white one lol.
  2. Aaron

    My Mated Pair

    So it's looking like I only have 4 that have hatched...I see 2 other eggs in there with no colour so have to assume those are no good..I also noticed I have 3 babies that are similar in colouring to mine and one white one...lol is this normal?
  3. Aaron

    My Mated Pair

    Ya the cage door opens down and they use is as kind of a patio sometimes lol..I've noticed now watching them closely over the last couple days that only first thing in the morning they both come out...fly around a a min or 2 and grab some food and then one goes in...then they take turns for the rest of the day...always one inside nest and usually one on a perch in the living room....they definitely tend to their young often...from what I could see the chicks look healthy.
  4. Aaron

    My Mated Pair

    I should have added this to the last message...but in my original post I mentioned that i still leave the cage open while they are incubating (and now hatching) so they can fly around during they day...should i be keeping it closed during this process?
  5. Aaron

    My Mated Pair

    Yes very much..thank u....and I did see other info where ppl decided to hand feed them and take over the raising of them but I decided to just let mom and dad do there thing...lol I'm gunna need to build a bigger home for them
  6. Aaron

    My Mated Pair

    I have another question lol...I realize that the babies pretty much dont leave the nest till they are ready...but I have the nest at the very top of the cage..should I be putting something under it in case one wanders out the front and falls to the bottom of the cage? Like they dont leave the nest knowing how to fly so what do they do when they are ready to come out
  7. Aaron

    My Mated Pair

    Now that I've googled it a bit more I'm thinking maybe it could have been 2 eggs initially laid prior to her laying the batch of 8 and they went bad before she started incubating them so she expelled them...I noticed the shells were a grayish colour...sounds like that means they went bad...they havent done it again and the eggs have started hatching in the nest so think that might be the best explanation .
  8. Aaron

    My Mated Pair

    I attached the nest box pretty early...because they were trying to nest in the food trays lol...and I usually dump the bottom tray every week...
  9. Aaron

    My Mated Pair

    I noticed that one of the birds expelled 2 eggs onto the bottom of the cage...I still have 8 eggs tho so this musta happened before she laid the last one prior to starting to incubate them...anybody know why she would have done this?
  10. Aaron

    My Mated Pair

    Hi I have a mated pair of zebra finches..I bought them from a local small pet store (did not want to separate them) I knew the possibility of them having babies was very high..as such I bought a nesting box and researched as much as could...on top of the variety of seed...i make sure they have plenty of millet and honey sticks and add cooked egg and shells and fruits and veggies (which they dont seem to keen on the fruits and veggies) anyway recently they have laid 8 eggs..and after the last egg have started taking turns sitting on them constantly...i have from day one kept there cage open during the day and have an apple tree branch attached to the side of the cage and a much larger one in my living room they fly too..I'm wondering if while they have eggs if I should keep the cage closed during the incubation period...also I have read 2 views online about what to do when the eggs hatch if they do...some say to start hand feeding them right away as to keep the chance of survival high...while others say that they will know what to do and just let them take care of the babies...i tend to agree with the last of the two options...but was wondering if anyone else had some advice about it...also there is times they both come out for a quick fly around...but usually not long before one is back in the nest.. Thank u