sudden problem with male finch

kountry_mouse2 · Post by **kountry_mouse2** » Tue Feb 05, 2008 6:45 pm

I have 2 males and 1 female-all are white finches-they have finally hatched 6 eggs about 9-10 days ago everything was fine. i went to ffed them tonight and noticed a baby on the bottom of cage and then observed one male kill it and then he went into nest and started pecking the others so I took both males out and placed them in a seperate cage. My question is can the female take care of babies on her own and will she? or should i just return the males and let nature take its course. I am very upset at this turn of event they were doing sooo well.

chrischris · Post by **chrischris** » Tue Feb 05, 2008 8:15 pm

She may take care of the chicks on her own but if it's too much for her she will abandon the nest too.

Tough call...

Fostering might be an idea...

Chris

Fancie Flight · Post by **Fancie Flight** » Tue Feb 05, 2008 8:28 pm

Maybe replace the male that wasnt caught doing the killing???

hilljack13 · Post by **hilljack13** » Tue Feb 05, 2008 11:10 pm

Could go either way, sometimes a single parent will stay, but since you have 6 that hatched, now 5, she may try but give up in a day or two.

Post by **Hilary** » Wed Feb 06, 2008 12:51 am

You said "white finches". If they are zebras or societies the female will probably be ok on her own - just make sure to give her plenty of egg food to help her with the feeding. If you can tell the males apart you can put the "good" one back in and see how it goes.

kountry_mouse2 · Post by **kountry_mouse2** » Wed Feb 06, 2008 12:15 pm

Thank you all for your responses. I reintroduced what I believe to be the "good male" back into the cage and I am watching them very carefully to see what happens. Wish my babies well I will let you know how they do.

beccafigs · Post by **beccafigs** » Wed Feb 06, 2008 1:19 pm

What a nasty turn of events.

I wish you the best of luck and I hope things improve with the bad guy out of there.

chrischris · Post by **chrischris** » Thu Feb 07, 2008 6:23 pm

Keep us informed of the hapenings

hilljack13 · Post by **hilljack13** » Thu Feb 07, 2008 6:24 pm

As always, wishing the best of luck. Keep your fingers crossed, if it is the aggressive male he might turn out to be a good foster?

kountry_mouse2 · Post by **kountry_mouse2** » Sat Feb 09, 2008 8:10 pm

First let me thank you all for your wonderful support and suggestions. The babies (5) seem to be doing well. I hear a lot of peeping when the parent is in the nest feeding. they have their eyes open and have some feathers coming in. My husband is going to try to take some pics of the babies so I can post them on here. I tried to with my camera but the pics did not come out well at all. can't wait until they come out as fledglings and watch them learn to feed themselves and learn to fly they are soooooo cute.

hilljack13 · Post by **hilljack13** » Mon Feb 11, 2008 8:10 pm

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