Bird Type: Non Parrot

A canary egg just hatched and the mother is still sitting on it, is this okay? I heard that the first couple days, the chick still lives from it’s egg sack. How do I make the egg food for the mother to feed the chick?

My canary recently laid four eggs. After 5 days, I candled them, and only one was fertile. Do I remove the infertile eggs?

Hi Brenda You have been so helpful. I have one last question (for now?) So the last 4 eggs don’t look like they hatched on their own. 2 we’re still stuck in the shell but dead and the other 2 were dead and cold out of the shell. It appears to me that they were […]

Hi Brenda I checked the nest like you said. I found 2 dead babies and 4 eggs left. I did as you said and removed the extra nesting material. It was my fault for giving them so much. I thought they needed it. I left the 4 eggs just in case they hatch but I’m […]

Hi Brenda Thank you for the quick response. Yes I am feeding egg, seed, greens and some pellet food. I got everything I could fine. I’m going to check the nest now to see what’s going on. Also, their nest is open at the top but very deep so when they’re inside you can’t really […]

Hello, I recently acquired a pair of zebra finches. They laid 5 eggs and I believe all have hatched. I saw them only once because I held my phone over the nest(without touching) and took a photo. It’s been a few days now and every day they build the nest up more so you cannot […]

Hi. I have 3 chicks in my zebra finch nest. Two of them are 20 days old and one is 18. So they will come out from the nest soon. My question is what type of soft foods should I give them when the chicks come out? And should I remove the nest box after […]

Hi. I have a pair of zebra finches. They 3 chicks. The first one came out today.I noticed that the male bird was plucking feathers of the female bird. Then I gave him a lot of nesting material. But now I noticed that the male bird is also pluking feathers of the chick that came […]

I have got a bigger cage for my 8 finches but two pairs just hatched babies they are a day old when will it be best to transfer them all to there new cage

Hi, I am a first time breeder. I have encountered a problem…. One pair has had a clutch of 5 eggs and 3 eggs were successful and have hatched and now the babies have recently left the nest. The problem that I have is that the adult female has had a further clutch of eggs….3 […]

Hi I have 2 zebra finches and they just recently hatched baby finches . Every so often they stay out of the nest. It’s my very first time having baby finches , and I’m not sure what I should give them and how to care for them

My zebra finch chicks are 14 days old and the parents are not sleeping with them tonight . They are in another basket next to their babies .? Will the babies be ok ? Or do they need their parents sleeping with them still ?

My finches are sitting outer side of nest rather than inside of the nest. What should be the reasons ?

How soon should I put a nest into their cahge. They have been mating on the first day I brought them home yesyerday. I don’t want put a nest to soon for them. So when should I give one ?

My doves started a beautiful family. Three questions: 1) when i remove the babies; at an appropriate age, will the parents get depressed? 2) if the siblings are opposite genders will they mate together? 3) If I keep one will the father try to mate with it if it’s a female?

Should I purchase an incubator for the eggs? I have read all articles, blogs etc. about canary breeding time. I am honestly very distraught.

There is hardly no nesting material in the nest with 3 new babies in them. I’m scared that the babies will get hurt due to the holes in the nest. What should I do?

Hi there! We’ve had our pair of society finches for around 2 months now. I’ve been supplementing their food with crushed hardboiled eggs to help them regrow feathers on their wings and tails. Not sure why they were missing so many crucial feathers (molting, damage from being housed with other birds at the store, stress?), […]

My finches laid 4eggs. Female incubated it. But no chicks even after 21 days. So the female left the nest and it started to lay eggs in another nest. Do the eggs hatch??

Hi I got 4 large zebras just fledged but don’t fly they look like there wings messed up. The nest was full nearly to the top maybe they where kinda squashed and got damaged wings cos of it…tnx

Hi hope all is well I have decided to separate male zebra finch cos the babies r like 8 days old and he is already trying to mate with mum I feel she needs a break she had 6 clutches will it be ok as the separation will be for at least 5-6 weeks to […]

When chicks leave the nest should I take it away straight away

i have 2 pairs of finches [both male and female] .i placed 2 breeding pots and nesting material in it past 25 days but still there is no egg laid by my female finches what must be the reason behind it?Diet is perfect too but whats the matter i can’t understand.Please help me to sort […]

I had two ring necked doves . One male and other Female.. After 4 months the female dove gave two eggs within two days. from when egg baby dove hatched while the other egg get rotten nothing hatched even after two months they were even incubating that egg. I threw that egg after this act […]

My birds have recently abandoned their nest. Nothing was moved or changed in their cage. Did they do this because the eggs are ready to hatch Or is it because the eggs are not good?