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My finches never cease to amaze me.
So I had other threads where I talked about how one of them was bonding with me, then the new white hen was dancing around a little wooden elephant incense holder because it looks like a male zebra finch, etc.
But yesterday they started to courting eac other...both of them hopping around each other , bowing and tail feather vibrating, etc.
And today, they woke me up early in the morning by....copulating.It was a proper, long(1-2 seconds long) cloacal copulation. I'm confused. They are both hens, look like, and sound like hens,the breeder told me that my the new white one is a good layer, my original one laid a lot of eggs already)unfertilised of course)
But ....this copulation is confusing. I couldn't really find anything about it on the net.(which doesn't mean anything as I couldn't find any information about the zebra finch hen dancing either)
So any ideas?

anma
Two of my female society finches also do this. One female will see a male mate with another female and then she will go over and also mate with that female. I know for sure she is female after she layed an egg in front of me. And then I have another female that will copulate with the male, except she's on top and he's on the bottom.

Icearstorm wrote: anma
Two of my female society finches also do this. One female will see a male mate with another female and then she will go over and also mate with that female. I know for sure she is female after she layed an egg in front of me. And then I have another female that will copulate with the male, except she's on top and he's on the bottom.

ah I see, Thank you!
It seems it's an instinct then. Now I remember our old dog, she ...caught our legs time to time. So it happens. I was just surprised it was a proper cloacal copulation, not just a hop on etc. They are surely interesting little creatures!:)

anma

You may find this article interesting...

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of ... l_behavior

lovezebs wrote: anma

You may find this article interesting...

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of ... l_behavior

Thanks!
I remember reading an article in the past about the argument if birds can achieve some kind of orgasm or not.It seems they can, there are several videos of budgies "enjoying" their owners legs, etc.
So birds can probably do it for enjoyment as well. Especially if they are domestic.
I feed them all kinds of seed mixes, and vegetables, I keep them free in a large room, so they are probably feel they have everything to start a clutch.
They show a lot of interesting behaviour.

anma

Not quite sure what they get out of it, lol, but if you were to see my Parrot Finch male, trying to nail anything in sight, you'd swear he was a sex maniac. He's like... Everyone else is.....

I'm glad to hear that your girls are happy together. Sounds like they have a very good life.

Make sure you offer them different sources of Calcium, because eggs will come

Indeed, finches often form same-sex pair bonds. Keep up the good care!