Any Guess? Please Help!!!

[FinchLover&Breeder]

Fraza
they are cute.

[Fraza]

FinchLover&Breeder I think they look really weird when they are this small but in a strange way they are amazing to look at I can wait to see yours

[FinchLover&Breeder]

Fraza
thanks but both you and me are going to be waiting quite a while.

[FinchLover&Breeder]

alright new thing. I have this woman from craigslist bringing me a couple male zebra finches as well as some stuff to go with them. My questions is if the eggs that I have now hatch and I have females from the clutch, can I breed them to these zebra finches I am about to get? I have one woman bringing me 2 Florida fancy males (double factor) and another person that is bringing me a male fawn zebra finch. If I breed these males to any females I have is there any chance of an interesting mutation coming out or even a chance of the children surviving? If there is a chance and I get new mutations this might be might be amazing. Anyone have an idea about the likely hood of anything successfully happening?

[Babs _Owner]

FinchLover&Breeder

http://zebrafinch.info/index.php/genetic-advisor/

[Stuart whiting]

alright new thing. I have this woman from craigslist bringing me a couple male zebra finches as well as some stuff to go with them. My questions is if the eggs that I have now hatch and I have females from the clutch, can I breed them to these zebra finches I am about to get? I have one woman bringing me 2 Florida fancy males (double factor) and another person that is bringing me a male fawn zebra finch. If I breed these males to any females I have is there any chance of an interesting mutation coming out or even a chance of the children surviving? If there is a chance and I get new mutations this might be might be amazing. Anyone have an idea about the likely hood of anything successfully happening?

A zebra finch is a zebra finch, if paired up properly the majority of cocks will pair to virtually all hens,

With over 50 odd different zebra mutations I'm sure you'll no doubt breed some kinda mutation

Is obviously impossible to tell what you'll get at present because it's down to you what birds yer decide to pair up with

[FinchLover&Breeder]

alright. thanks. I hope for some interesting mutations. Thanks guys.

[FinchLover&Breeder]

good news. we got egg 4 as of this morning. is this likely the most amount of eggs she is going to lay? and quick question. what do you guys use as substrate for the bottom of your cage? I decided to use cleanable and pre-washed play-sand.

[Babs _Owner]

FinchLover&Breeder

I like your idea of the sand. We have people (a few with aviaries) that use it successfully. I wish that was an affordable option here.

Some use newspaper or puppy pads.

I lay puppy pads on top of my grates when chicks are going to fledge so they dont break a wing or a leg in the grating (they are clumsy the first few days)

[FinchLover&Breeder]

Babs
cool. good idea. If you want I can buy and send you a bag of sand that I use for all of my pets that need sand. down here you can get i think like 10 pounds for under $3 and that's with tax. I just need you to pay me back after I send it. Please PM me to keep chatting about this subject. Sound good?

[Babs _Owner]

FinchLover&Breeder

You are a sweetheart for offering. I know you got your hands full there.
You're gonna need that $ to take care of your new babies ;)

But thank you for letting me know its a lot cheaper in Florida. I will look online and see if I can have it shipped from a whole saler down there.

Thanks for the tip!

[FinchLover&Breeder]

My hands aren't that full yet. I have looked online and they don;t carry this kind anywhere. please PM me. I will be waiting for your PM.

[Stuart whiting]

FinchLover&Breeder

I like your idea of the sand. We have people (a few with aviaries) that use it successfully. I wish that was an affordable option here.

Some use newspaper or puppy pads.

I lay puppy pads on top of my grates when chicks are going to fledge so they dont break a wing or a leg in the grating (they are clumsy the first few days)

Even better Babs take the grates out, I personally can't stand the blimmin things, they cause more problems than ever,

It must be like us walking on scaffolding all day long in bare feet

Yea whilst I can see the grates stopping the birds from eating any waisted seed etc the birds excrete on the bars of the grate and there is nothing to soak up and dry the feases and the birds then go and walk straight into it and cake all of their feet in the feases,
Apart from the fact there's definitely a risk of birds trapping and possibly even breaking their feet in the bars

Definitely not my idea of clean cage bottoms,

Tried grates many years ago and vouched that I'd never use em again through being totally useless and would much rather use paper or wood shavings directly on the floors of all the cages

[FinchLover&Breeder]

Stuart whiting
interesting. how would i remove them from the cage and keep the parents from destroying the nest and eggs?

[Stuart whiting]

FinchLover&Breeder

What are we talking about here Nick,

My last post is mentioning about not liking to use grates on the floor of the cage, this would have nothing to do with the nests,

If the cages are all wire breeder cages then just lift up the flap and pull the grate out,

However it probably sounds like yer cage is probably more of a std ornamental wire cage with a plastic base with clips holding the cage to the base of the cage,
If this is the case if yer very careful you can place the cage on a table, unclip the base and quickly move the cage off of the base and onto the table, take out the grate from the base and then carefully but quickly lift the cage up the few inches back onto the base

It may sound easier said than done but is really not that difficult to do, I've done this many many times for various people over the years who have all decided to ditch those damm cage grates

Be lucky