Silly Societies

EmilyHurd · Post by **EmilyHurd** » Mon Aug 27, 2007 10:12 pm

yeah, don't use dryer lint

kenny · Post by **kenny** » Tue Aug 28, 2007 6:47 am

yep maybe you do,but thats not a bad thing...al you really need to think about is whether or not the young can catch there claws in it or if anything can wrap round there legs and reduce the blood flow..i once made the big mistake of putting sisal in my aviary i cut it into short strips about 2 inches long thinking it would be safe.it was great for nesting material but i found one of my quail was just sat doing nothing when i caught it up it had sisal wrapped so tight round its legs it was cutting into the skin luckily i managed to get it all off and i inspected them every day until i had collected all the stuff of the floor i think the lint would be ok as i always wash my hand with antiseptic wipes and the smell is still on my hands when i inspect nests and ring youngsters..the books say that you are not supposed to leave smells on the chicks or they will be rejected by the parents..this has never happened to me yet in over 25 years ..when i make up my canary nest pans i stick the felt in with carbolic soap and that does not seem to bother them and it sure stinks i can tell you

ken

kenny · Post by **kenny** » Thu Aug 30, 2007 9:29 am

hi all
this is the picture i took of the baby javas when i found out they had used a zebra finch as nesting material i also found a dried out slug in there also

you can see it in the bottom left

ken

EmilyHurd · Post by **EmilyHurd** » Thu Aug 30, 2007 12:36 pm

They actually killed the zebra finch and used it as nesting material!

kenny · Post by **kenny** » Fri Aug 31, 2007 8:05 am

hi emily
i am not really sure what happened it may have fallen from the nest and perished i have no idea whether they killed it or it just died but never the less it was fully feathered!

ken

kenny · Post by **kenny** » Thu Sep 06, 2007 5:39 am

hi all
just an update of the java youngsters,they are split fawn as you can see

ken

kenny · Post by **kenny** » Thu Sep 06, 2007 5:50 am

hi all
i also found a couple of societcies that went unoticed till yesterday

ken

finch lover · Post by **finch lover** » Thu Sep 06, 2007 6:58 am

Cute babies!!

EmilyHurd · Post by **EmilyHurd** » Fri Sep 07, 2007 5:06 am

Wow Ken... your finches reproduce like crazy!

kenny · Post by **kenny** » Fri Sep 07, 2007 7:25 am

hi emily
that doesnt count the 40+ zebras that i gave to the parks department

ken

EmilyHurd · Post by **EmilyHurd** » Fri Sep 07, 2007 2:36 pm

I bought a pair of cut throat finches yesterday thinking I was going to move a pair of my CFW black cheek zebras to the big flight so the cut throats could have their own cage, so when I went to do that, the zebras (to my suprise) had 6 eggs. So I was like shoot, I can't move the zebras yet. So now, the cut throats are alone in a smaller cage until the zebras babies hatch and are ready to move to the big flight! It's amazing when you have a lot of birds, sometimes breeding and eggs and babies just go unnoticed!

kenny · Post by **kenny** » Sat Sep 08, 2007 6:48 am

hi emily
the thing is with zebras is you cant wait for them to start breeding .....then when they start they never seem to stop....its a good job that they are not humans the world would soon be overpopulated

ken

EmilyHurd · Post by **EmilyHurd** » Wed Oct 17, 2007 4:55 am

Well... to my surprise also, my societies are on their third clutch this year. I tried to take a picture of the babies in the nest box...

It always amazes me the amount of poop that collects as the babies get bigger! Out of all the clutches my societies have had this year, I have not kept any of the babies. There are a lot of people around here that want finches. I think I may keep one from this clutch though.

kenny · Post by **kenny** » Wed Oct 17, 2007 6:01 am

hi emily
the one in the top left of the photo looks like a really nice colour to me

ken

EmilyHurd · Post by **EmilyHurd** » Wed Oct 17, 2007 1:21 pm

Why do you say that Ken? I don't really know the difference of the nice colours of societies. The mom of this clutch is a chocolate self and the dad is a fawn/pied.