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My aunt got a pair of pied zebra finches a couple of weeks ago and since I'm the finch lady of the family I've been helping her with them. Last week I noticed that they had an egg in their nest. I just check their nest again today and they're up to four. I checked them and at least one of the eggs is developing. We're excited as this is my aunt's first pair of birds to breed (I'm helping her care for them as she is unfamiliar with breeding birds). Wish us luck
I'll post pictures of the parents (and hopefully babies) soon.

Congrats

I'm looking forward to see those chicks.

FallenIce

Wishing your Aunty the best of luck with her egg babies

Just checked my aunt's zebra nest today and got a nice surprise. The two eggs they had have hatched! From the looks of the chicks I'd say they are a day or two old. I'm so excited and so is my aunt. Will be adding more pictures as they grow.

Congrats , they seem to be very healthy!

You say both parents are pied?

Ricardo Ronsini

Thank you and yes they are both pied. I can't wait till they get bigger

FallenIce

Congratulations!!! Woo hooo

Looking forward to more baby pictures.

Keep the egg food and spray millet flowing.

Ohhhhh so cute babies!!! I would love to have some pied ones. Your aunt must be very excited, and when they fledge they're so charming.

Ok im new to this site. For the life of me i cant figure how to post. Yet i hace a question. I have two male zebra finches. We are watching my sons class birds (ours birds parents) for spring break. They have laid 6 eggs on the food dish, which i discovered is connected to the cage. So my question is... If i take the eggs away from their mom for a minute to clean the cage will they throw them out? I dont k ow how im to clean the cage. Any advice would be appreciated

Bevins

In the worst scenario, they may toss them, although it is more likely that they would just abandon them.

But it depends on the bird's temperament, some are easy do deal with, and some are more scared / nervous.

Personally, i don't like to handle the nest when they are breeding, the less we interfere the better.

Just asking, if they are brooding in the bird feeder, could the incubation and all the rest go well?

If i were you, i would wait until the babies are about 7 days old, it is less likely that they would abandon chiks this old them the eggs, or small chicks.

If you can't wait, so do it carefully, and when both birds are out of the nest, so they should be less disturbed this way.

I have beem giving the birds timothy hay and they have made a nest in the feeder now. It is possible to wait. Its not awful. I could also just lay down the stuff i lay in my birds cage so it looks a bit cleaner. Thanks

Update on my aunt's zebras. The parents are doing good and so are the chicks. They're getting so big. Oh and one of them fledged today.

Wicked!

They look great

But two greys from a pair of pieds, that's odd, although happens sometimes.

Bevins,
If zebras do not have a nest, they will use anything that looks like a nest as a nest, including feed dishes.

If you clean the cage, they might go back to the nest, IF they have begging chicks to feed.
BUT, I try to NOT disturb a nesting pair from laying of the first egg, until the chicks have fledged. So the cage gets extra dirty during the eggs to fledgling period.