For more specific questions related to the many varieties of captive finches.
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northernflirt
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by northernflirt » Sun Feb 10, 2008 1:42 am
Hi...
One of our Canaries recently hatched her 2nd clutch and neither the first 2 or these 3 cry for food like our finches do. Is this normal? We're so used to the sqwaking of babies from the finches we are just finding this very strange!!
Baby 1 (the 2nd of her first clutch didn't make it) is now about a month or so old and still hasn't made a peep! Hard to tell if we've got a he or a she at this point.
Please let me know when we should start hearing something.
Thanks...........Sandy
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Nipper06
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by Nipper06 » Mon Feb 11, 2008 1:35 am
I have Green Singing Finches (also known as Yellow-Fronted Canaies) and they recently hatched one egg. While that baby was in the nest, I didn't hear a thing. They were so quiet that the baby was much older than I thought when I took him out of the nest to band him.
Green Singing Finches are related to Canaries and are in the same Genus (Serinus) so maybe quiet babies is a trait of Canary Family birds? Both Canaries and Green Singers use open cup nests so that might be a good reason for the babies to be quiet?!?!
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northernflirt
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by northernflirt » Mon Feb 11, 2008 9:00 pm
Thanks Nipper..
I was beginning to think all her babies were born mute! AND what a little cuties you have in that picture!
Sandy
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Fancie Flight
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by Fancie Flight » Tue Feb 12, 2008 2:48 pm
Is it possible that canaries are simply quiet in the nest to NOT attract predators?? I would quess thats what it is.
but i have no canaries so could be very wrong.
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