New babies, new behaviors

[ann]

I never get tired of watching my birds and noticing new behaviors. I have a pair of societies sharing a cage with a female canary. They are in together because the male society and canary were best friends before the female society came along. Four eggs were laid, two hatched, and those societies are keeping the crops so full it looks like they're going to burst.

I'm really surprised new behaviors I'm seeing. All the birds in the bird room are fascinated by what's going on in that cage. They are paying very close attention to everything the societies do, and the canary has turned into a guard dog. If I come up close to the cage to try to see the babies, she puts herself between me and the nest. Sometimes it seems like she's trying to stare me down. I would not be at all surprised if I saw that canary feeding those babies one day. It's all very, very cute; I could spend all day in there watching this bird show.

[lovezebs]

ann

Hi Ann, and congratulations on the babies .

Yes, Societies make excellent parents.

Love your Canary guard dog.... is it a male or a female then?

It may feed the young ones, you never know .

[ann]

lovezebs

Female - thanks for the heads up, I changed the hims to hers.

[isobea]

ann - Hi Ann, what a lovely story! Do you think the other birds are taking 'lessons' from your societies? Kind of like a 'show-and-tell' by the societies?
How are your other birds doing? I noticed the other day that the next Pomona Bird Mart is coming up on March 18 - are you interested in going?
Iso

[Cloesparkle21]

I have a pair of society finches and they have 6 eggs. I've noticed one is cracked and i believe it isnt fertile. I'm nervous about messing with them too much and they abandon them. Should i remove the cracked egg or just leave it be?

[ann]

Cloesparkle21

I would leave it alone. It can't do any harm, and there's no use taking any chances. We had an infertile egg in the nest, and after the babies were a few days old the mom just pushed it out. Problem solved.

[Flight Feathers]

I have a pair of society finches and they have 6 eggs. I've noticed one is cracked and i believe it isnt fertile. I'm nervous about messing with them too much and they abandon them. Should i remove the cracked egg or just leave it be?

The egg should be fine, I wouldn't worry about it.