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A pic of our Red-billed Fire Finch Fledglings, 4 days out of the nest.

a_gouldian

Absolutely pucka, a big well done to you on yer achievement

Stuart whiting wrote: a_gouldian

Absolutely pucka, a big well done to you on yer achievement

Thanks. We are thrilled because these are our first successful fledglings since we started with finches in Feb. this year.

a_gouldian wrote:

Stuart whiting wrote: a_gouldian

Absolutely pucka, a big well done to you on yer achievement

Thanks. We are thrilled because these are our first successful fledglings since we started with finches in Feb. this year.

That's brilliant,

what did you rear them on, did they take any live food or were they just fed on egg food and soak seed etc

Stuart whiting wrote:

a_gouldian wrote:

Stuart whiting wrote: a_gouldian

Absolutely pucka, a big well done to you on yer achievement

Thanks. We are thrilled because these are our first successful fledglings since we started with finches in Feb. this year.

That's brilliant,

what did you rear them on, did they take any live food or were they just fed on egg food and soak seed etc

Mini-meal worms, sprouted seed, dried blood worms, and finch mix seed. Since the chicks fledged the parents aren't going for the meal worms much, and are mainly eating millet and the finch seed mix. The fledglings are starting to nibble on the millet sprays that I put up in the branches where they perch and the father has been trying to get them to come down to the cage floor where all the other food and water is. A few have come down briefly, but I haven't seen them at the water dishes yet. The parents are also still feeding them.

a_gouldian

That really is excellent mate, you've done very well

Don't worry yerself to much as the young will still be fed by the parents for a few days yet and the youngsters will take water when there ready, they'll be getting enough moisture from their food for now

Can't wait to see them moulted out

Congrats, they look great! Red-billed Fires aren't the easiest to breed (most waxbills aren't), so you are doing something right!

Sally wrote: Congrats, they look great! Red-billed Fires aren't the easiest to breed (most waxbills aren't), so you are doing something right!

Thanks Sally. Our Lavenders are busy building a nest now. This is the first time we have seen breeding activity from them since we picked up this pair in May. Have no idea how they will do or even if they will lay eggs. Their nest seems pretty intricate and impossible to see into. They are building it in greenery and not in a box or basket.

a_gouldian wrote:

Sally wrote: Congrats, they look great! Red-billed Fires aren't the easiest to breed (most waxbills aren't), so you are doing something right!

Thanks Sally. Our Lavenders are busy building a nest now. This is the first time we have seen breeding activity from them since we picked up this pair in May. Have no idea how they will do or even if they will lay eggs. Their nest seems pretty intricate and impossible to see into. They are building it in greenery and not in a box or basket.

Lavenders building hey, that sounds brilliant

Hope all goes well, keep up the good work

Stuart whiting wrote:

a_gouldian wrote:

Sally wrote: Congrats, they look great! Red-billed Fires aren't the easiest to breed (most waxbills aren't), so you are doing something right!

Thanks Sally. Our Lavenders are busy building a nest now. This is the first time we have seen breeding activity from them since we picked up this pair in May. Have no idea how they will do or even if they will lay eggs. Their nest seems pretty intricate and impossible to see into. They are building it in greenery and not in a box or basket.

Lavenders building hey, that sounds brilliant

Hope all goes well, keep up the good work

Thanks Stuart. Right now it's all about our waxbills. We just had a scare. Our female Cordon Bleu was at the bottom of the cage with her eyes closed, tail bobbing, acting egg bound. Two hours before this I was watching her eat and she was fine. We gave her liquid calcium drops and put her on a small heating pad. About an hour later she started moving about and now she is on the high branches looking and acting fine. I am not going to try to catch her again to give her more calcium drops because I would have to use a net and it would stress her out. We will make sure there is calcium in the cage water tonight and the next few days. The male Cordon Bleu has been going non-stop today with his mating call and dance but we haven't seen any signs of her laying eggs in the last week. I hope she is OK now.

a_gouldian

Oh that's excellent

Sounds like you've caught her just in time,

It's amazing what a little heat and calcium can do to a bird

I've always strongly advocated about the importance of calcium,

Hope she's now ok

a_gouldian

They are gorgeous!

They are gorgeous. I absolutely love fires they are so fun to watch and their babies are so cute. keep up the good work.