Breeding Star Finches

[Chrismurdoch3]

I am looking for some breeders that have bred star finches before. I have recently acquired some stars and it turns out that I have 1 male and 3 females.
I know that stars typically pair up and stay in their pairs for the breeding period, but I seem to have 2 females that are interested in the male and I was wondering if anyone has ever bred star finches in trios? And if they were successful at it?

[MariusStegmann]

Chrismurdoch3 I have never heard that they would breed in a trio. I think the extra hens would interfere and prevent them from breeding.

[Chrismurdoch3]

Chrismurdoch3 I have never heard that they would breed in a trio. I think the extra hens would interfere and prevent them from breeding.

Thanks that's what I was originally thinking but thought that I'd better see if anyone else has had an experience of breeding a trio of stars.

[Fraza]

Yep I had the exact same i now have swapped one female for a Male and still struggling as the two females still want the old Male instead of the new one and I can’t get them paired up very frustrating

Before that I did manage to get 4 eggs from my original pair befire I got the two females but I dropped the nest

Best way to breed them is use loads of little grass nests full of hay and plant them really high up and behind other big nests in the dark areas