Breeding Java Finches

Tips for successful breeding and troubleshooting breeding problems.
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Re: Breeding Java Finches

Post by Flight Feathers » Mon Feb 12, 2018 2:47 pm

Icearstorm wrote: Now that it fledged, I'm not going to be taking photos every day.
Your baby Java is gorgeous!!
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Re: Breeding Java Finches

Post by Fraza » Mon Feb 12, 2018 2:51 pm

And what a beauty he is
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java x beng hybrid



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Hybrid cherry x Bengalese
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Canary’s

My favourite is COCO my grey pearl society cock been here since the start my flock leader


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Re: Breeding Java Finches

Post by Icearstorm » Mon Feb 12, 2018 5:26 pm

Fraza

That's interesting; there isn't poop anywhere on or in my Javas' nest box.

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Re: Breeding Java Finches

Post by Icearstorm » Mon Feb 12, 2018 5:27 pm


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Re: Breeding Java Finches

Post by Fraza » Tue Feb 13, 2018 5:10 am

Icearstorm yeh they are putting there’s around the entrance and I know what u mean about society’s they are scruffy they leave loads of poop in ther
FINCHES I HAVE
Bengalese
zebras
Java sparrows
Silver bills
java x beng hybrid



PETS IVE HAD
dogs
Fish
Cocktiel
Doves
Hybrid cherry x Bengalese
Stars
Heck’s
Canary’s

My favourite is COCO my grey pearl society cock been here since the start my flock leader


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Re: Breeding Java Finches

Post by Icearstorm » Fri Feb 16, 2018 2:53 pm

The baby is now starting to eat on its own. It still has pin feathers on its back and head, though.

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Re: Breeding Java Finches

Post by wildbird » Fri Feb 16, 2018 11:34 pm

What color do you think it's going to be?

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Re: Breeding Java Finches

Post by Icearstorm » Sat Feb 17, 2018 9:49 am

wildbird
It's definitely pied, and probably normal grey.

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Re: Breeding Java Finches

Post by Icearstorm » Mon Feb 19, 2018 10:32 pm

I tried taking closing off the nest box today, and the female started attacking the baby. So that's not going to work. I guess I'll just have to wait for the baby to wean before I can remove the nest box.

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Re: Breeding Java Finches

Post by Icearstorm » Sun Feb 25, 2018 1:35 pm

I moved the three Java finches into the flight cage along with their original water dish. I first saw the fledgling eat around a week and a half ago; it also seemed interested in the water dish. The male eventually figured out he could feed the baby outside of the nest box.

The younger society finches seem nervous, as they haven't seen the Java finches before. The juvenile Java finch also seems uneasy, as it doesn't know how to perch on the thin branches where its parents are sitting. The other birds seem mostly okay with the additions.

I'll leave the smaller cage prepared and see how things go.

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