One egg...

IBleed4Thee · Post by **IBleed4Thee** » Tue Apr 29, 2008 8:04 am

New owner of five zebra finches....three males and two females.

Not sure who the parents are of the one egg...as they all seem to take turns in the nest.

Need advice....what do I do?

I have a smaller cage where the newbie can be moved but when do I do that or do I leave her with the five parents?

Thanks

Post by **Sally** » Tue Apr 29, 2008 9:09 am

If the egg hatches, they will probably take care of it. I'd leave it as is for now. If you want to breed these birds, you probably will want to separate the pairs eventually, so you will know who the parents are. With Zebras, just always keep an eye out for aggression.

IBleed4Thee · Post by **IBleed4Thee** » Tue Apr 29, 2008 2:09 pm

Thanks so much.

I've been trying to watch to see which pair goes in the nest and stays...but they seem very content to taking turns.

So far, even with the uneven mix of three males and two females, they are really happy campers and I have yet to witness any aggression. Not to say that it won't happen.

I think after the egg hatches I might be able to tell who the parents are and will put them in separate cages. Then there is the problem of where to put the lone male unless I get him a mate. lol.

Fancie Flight · Post by **Fancie Flight** » Tue Apr 29, 2008 4:43 pm

Once the egg hatches they will most likely all take care and feed the little bugger so ya may NEVER know who its folks are, lol

jamezyboo21 · Post by **jamezyboo21** » Fri Jun 06, 2008 11:33 pm

So did they have more eggs or did the one egg hatch?