Luckily your zebras are so hospitable! My little hen abandoned her first clutch completely after laying the final one! Her mate didn't help, adding more nest on top of them. It takes a few tries I guess. I stuck them in the incubator on the 6th day of solitude, but I may not have got to them on time. I had one infertile, one bwe, another possibly infertile or early dis, and the last egg shows signs of growth, but I have a sinking feeling. There should be a 'spider of life' by now, but I can't see a single vein. ;(lovezebs wrote: MisterGribs
Congratulations on the eggs.
I read your post about Zebra Finches being very rare (I didn't realize that you were in Finland).
If Zebras are so rare, maybe you could go into business .
Over here (in Canada) Zebras, are quite inexpensive. In the Pet Shops, usually $22.00 or $23.00 (15.80 -16.53 €) and from private breeders, between $5.00 to $15.00 (3.59 - 10.78 €), and quite often for free.
Glad that you have found an arrangement that works for your birds, to keep the trouble maker away from the other two.
You ask whether the Zebras will hatch and rear Gouldian chicks? Both Society Finch (Bengalese), and Zebra Finch, will usually hatch and raise Gouldian babies.
I am not breeding my Gouldians right now, but have one pair who won't give up , so I will occasionally find a Gouldian egg on the floor of the flight cage.
Seeing as theseZebras were sitting anyway, I decided to put the extra eggs under them and see what happens.
What's the weather like in Finland?
I'm American born, but came to Finland to be with my cute wife. The weather is sunny and mild but jeez is it cold. You can feel your nose hairs stick together. The countryside is incredible, wild hedghogs everywhere. It's nice!
As for going into business, well, I'd be much happier rescuing and rehoming, but I would love to have aa few special ones I coukd know from cradle to grave.