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I have a nest with 4 chicks with white fluffy heads, I don't know whose chicks it is. I have firefinches, and silverbills in my aviary that have not yet bred. I have never seen any adult birds go into or come out of the nest yet. Before the eggs have hatched, the eggs always felt cool to the touch and I was surprised that the eggs hatched at all. I know that with some birds the male is always on the lookout and warns the female that someone is approaching. By the time you get to the aviary both parents are off the nest.
I also have a nest of Orange Cheeked Waxbills that were taken over by Red-eared waxbills. I see that Society finches also go into the nest for long periods during the day. Even when I go into the aviary, the society finches still stays in the nest. When it gets to late afternoon, the society finches leaves the nest to sleep with the other society finches in a communal nest. I just hope that the red eared waxbills don't stop feeding the chicks, because of the society finches.

It such a small nest, but I have not been able to take a good picture of the chicks. I will curb my impatience and wait for the chicks to grow bigger. I can see that the chicks crops are full.

The breeding season, I have successfully raised 3 red-eared waxbills, 7 goldenbreasted waxbills, and 5 lemon breasted canaries. I am particularly pleased with the lemon-breasted canaries, because I have only heard of one person in my area who have bred them before. This was 2 clutches. There should have been 3, but the first clutch was killed by my cuban finch hen, because the nest was to near (within 1.2 metres) to their nest. I moved the cubans to a different aviary

OCB have white fluff on the head. If they are old enogh they raise one wing when being-hope this helps

OCB - Kenny, I don't know what that is? Orange cheeked ...?

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MariusStegmann wrote:OCB - Kenny, I don't know what that is? Orange cheeked ...?

To every one who reads this, I hope you have a blessed Christmas and a prosperous 2012. Hope that your birds give you much joy.

Sorry mate
I meant to say that orange breasted waxbills-and some other waxbills have fluffy white heads. If you watch them being fedthey raise onewing up high when fed.