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Re: a baby a day:(
Posted by sydney on 5/30/05

On 5/30/05, Kitty.J wrote:
> On 5/30/05, Kitty.J wrote:
>> On 5/29/05, sydney wrote:
>>> On 5/29/05, sydney wrote:
>>>> On 5/29/05, Michael L wrote:
>>>>> On 5/29/05, sydney wrote:
>>>>>> hello
>>>>>>
>>>>>> for the last 3 days i have found a baby dead on the bottom
>>>>>> of the cage there going on 2 weeks old
>>>>>> i dont know what to do.......help
>>>>>>
>>>>>> they are getting feed greens,eggs,seed,wheat bread and i
>>>>>> chop mealworms for them
>>>>>> there cuttlebones are in there too
>>>>>> so there getting feed very well:)
>>>>>
>>>>> You don't say what kind of finch?
>>>>> This is tough to see, but it often times happens with first-
>>>>> time, inexperienced parents.
>>>>> Since they've made it to the two week mark, there could also
>>>>> be some type of bacterial infection that is slowly attacking
>>>>> the chicks. This is not to say for certain, but when it
>>>>> happens later in the development of the clutch, it's
>>>>> something to consider.
>>>>> Also you don't mention if this is a basket type nest or a
>>>>> nest box? Sometimes the basket nest become too crowded and
>>>>> the babies fall or get pushed out through no fault of anyone.
>>>>> Your diet sounds very good, providing the parents are eating
>>>>> all of these thing and feeding the young.
>>>>>
>>>>> Michael L
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Hi Michael L
>>>>
>>>> They are zebra finch and this is there parents first clutch.
>>>> the nest had seven babies in it.....lots o babies
>>>> and it is a basket type i will be changeing nest types after
>>>> this clutch
>>>> the parents seem to love the food i put in for them the babies
>>>> have all had nice full crops
>>>>
>>>> thanks for your help:)
>>>
>>>
>>> oh and can you tell me how long it will take for my orange
>>> weaver male to come into full color?
>>> he is just now starting to get alittle black and orange on his
>>> chest
>>
>>
>> Oh you have a male orangew eaver? Wow such sneaky little fellows
>> they are! Be careful for if you have the male orange weavers with
>> breeding finches, they may disturb them and oh boy it gets
>> complicated. Well it takes ( for my weaver 9 months) LOL! Yeah i
>> know, well i got my pair last october, and well now my male orange
>> weaver is fully colored, it may have been because i didn't feed
>> enough mealworms untill the starts of February. Now i feed about
>> 40+ a day, i use to know feed about 20 or so a day. Now i have to
>> buy 200 mealworms every week + 200 giants for my starling and
>> house sparrow. I only had one other type of finch to take to
>> mealworms, and that would be my society finch pair that is now on
>> eggs again :)!!! Well if you feed enough live mealworms your male
>> orange weaver should be quicker into the plumage, and be warned he
>> may act funny when he sees other birds mating right infront of
>> him... mine is a sneaky lil orange rainbow. Oh and about the baby
>> zeebs, yeah if they have large clutches in the Wicker baskets,
>> they will at a certian age after eyes open, the olders will sit on
>> the youngest, they youngest sometimes will be pushed out of the
>> nests or the parents when they take off out of the nest will on
>> accident bring a baby or two with them. I have found this out when
>> my first zebra finch pair over stacked their nest with nesting
>> supplies and with that they had 6 eggs i thought not all the eggs
>> would hatch ( like in the wild you see 1-2 eggs still in the nest)
>> and well all of them hatched and well the babies competed for food
>> in the small nest and i lost 2 babies, it was sad, and i started
>> to only supply them certain types of nesting material and nests...
>
>
> Oh yes, i forgot to mention that i cannot wait to see if my male
> weaver will starts to build nests, he may still be young but i am
> hoping to see a nest display, has your little orange fluff ball
> build a nest for you yet? How does yours act?

Thanks for all of your help kitty
wow 40 mealworms a day i just give a few.
I need to up the amount.......lol (little pigs)
The weaver and his 2 hens are in there own flight cage for now i am
going to start building a outside flight for all of my finch soon:)
what do you mean about acting funny about watching other birds mate?
he has not started building yet:(
i cant wait to see him build. i watched a male weaver in petsmart the
other day building it was too cute:)


oh and i have not lost anymore baby zebra finch since the first post:)

Posts on this thread, including this one

• a baby a day:(, 5/29/05, by sydney.
• Re: a baby a day:(, 5/29/05, by Michael L.
• Re: a baby a day:(, 5/29/05, by sydney.
• Re: a baby a day:(, 5/29/05, by sydney.
• Re: a baby a day:(, 5/30/05, by Kitty.J.
• Re: a baby a day:(, 5/30/05, by Kitty.J.
• Re: a baby a day:(, 5/30/05, by sydney.
• Re: a baby a day:(, 5/30/05, by Kitty.J.
• Re: a baby a day:(, 5/30/05, by sydney.
• Re: a baby a day:(, 2/28/07, by Joel A..