New finch

Steven · Post by **Steven** » Fri Sep 26, 2008 12:49 am

Hey guys i bought some of these nice finches today from the pet shop they are called Bengalese Finches

does any body keep any of these i am thinking about breeding them are they easy to breed i got them a nest also

here are some pictures of them

L in Ontario · Post by **L in Ontario** » Fri Sep 26, 2008 7:58 am

Hi, welcome to the finch forum and congrats on your new Society Finches! As long as they are m/f - they will most definitely breed for you. Enjoy!

Steven · Post by **Steven** » Fri Sep 26, 2008 8:25 am

Hey L in Ontario

Thanks for your reply

yea hope they breed and have eggs

Steven · Post by **Steven** » Mon Sep 29, 2008 5:16 pm

Hey guys

i have added a nest box for my finches and gave them some nesting material and they have added it to the nest but today i have been watching and they are starting to fight over something i am sure why they sleep and eat together and sometimes they fight is this normal for these finches to do this does anyone know why they are fighting

franny · Post by **franny** » Mon Sep 29, 2008 5:58 pm

Steven wrote:Hey guys

i have added a nest box for my finches and gave them some nesting material and they have added it to the nest but today i have been watching and they are starting to fight over something i am sure why they sleep and eat together and sometimes they fight is this normal for these finches to do this does anyone know why they are fighting

Most often when they fight it's when they are competing for a mate. Are you sure you have a male and female? Maybe they are both male, or both femail, and they are trying to out do each other in their nest building? I'm no expert and others might have other ideas. But have you heard either one of them sing yet? or both?

Wouldn't worry too much about it in any case. When I had society finches they swabbled now and then, but never seriously fought.

Steven · Post by **Steven** » Mon Sep 29, 2008 8:58 pm

Hey franny

They are male and female Cause one of them does the breeding song and he fluff up his feathers and hop while singing he does all that and the other doesn't I saw them breed also so they are male and female

But now and then they have a fight for some reason

B CAMP · Post by **B CAMP** » Mon Sep 29, 2008 9:14 pm

Don't all male & female fight

franny · Post by **franny** » Tue Sep 30, 2008 10:46 am

Steven wrote:Hey franny

... I saw them breed also so they are male and female

But now and then they have a fight for some reason

Sounds like pretty good confirmation...

And B Camp is right.

Maybe they were bonded with a different bird in the pet store, and need to get used to the new mate. Or else the hen is just a nag and doesn't like the way he builds the nest. Maybe the cage is different and it has them a bit on edge....

Are they still fighting? Hope they've settled their differences now. It's a lot of fun to watch them raise their babies. Hope they get busy for you. But even so, they are very cheerful birds with a sweet song, and I love the male's little dance.

Steven · Post by **Steven** » Tue Sep 30, 2008 5:23 pm

Hey franny

thanks for you help

well today i have not seen them fight at all which is good i think they have finish the nest and now both of them are going in the nest all the time now and then come back out

i really want them to breed and have some babies

i will keep you posted

Steven · Post by **Steven** » Wed Oct 01, 2008 1:28 am

Hey guys this is really wierd today i have been watching my Bengalese Society Finches and i thought i had male and female well now i think i have two males i saw one of the male sing and then i few mins later the other i thought was a female that one did it to So i now think that i have two males but the funny thing is that they breed every day so thats why i thought i had a male and female

Is this normal for these finches to breed male and male Cause right now I am so

Does anyone know why?

franny · Post by **franny** » Wed Oct 01, 2008 12:44 pm

Steven wrote:
Is this normal for these finches to breed male and male Cause right now I am so

Does anyone know why?

It's normal to "try" to breed.

Even cows out in the pasture will have a go at eacho ther sometimes. (No kidding.) Raging hormones, you know. So if you have two males, one might still try to hop on the other, lacking a female in the cage. If they both sing, and still no eggs, that explains why they fought over the building of the nest!

Steven · Post by **Steven** » Wed Oct 01, 2008 8:29 pm

Hey fanny

Got good news looked in the nest and there is a egg only one not sure if they are going to have more so they are male and female now. But the female sings also like the male

they still fight for some reason now and then but the female has been sitting on the egg this morning so thats good

Steven · Post by **Steven** » Thu Oct 02, 2008 8:42 pm

Looked in the nest this morning and now there is 2 eggs Hope they are going to hatch does anyone know how long it takes for the eggs to hatch

rolly33 · Post by **rolly33** » Mon Nov 03, 2008 8:27 am

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rolly33 · Post by **rolly33** » Mon Nov 03, 2008 8:29 am

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