Nesting

Cra Cra · Post by **Cra Cra** » Thu Feb 22, 2018 12:23 pm

Hi there
My male and female have built their nest, played 5 eggs and have been sharing the duties of sitting on them. This morning I noticed the the eggs are now covered with the nest fluff. Any ideas why??
Best to all
Cra Cra (as in Crazy Nana)

Fraza · Post by **Fraza** » Thu Feb 22, 2018 12:59 pm

Cra Cra hi I would just uncover them again but it shud be fine but just make sure they haven’t decided to make a new clutch

Cra Cra · Post by **Cra Cra** » Thu Feb 22, 2018 1:23 pm

Hi Fraza
Thank you. I will check when I get home from work. What do I do if that is the case??

Post by **Sally** » Thu Feb 22, 2018 3:18 pm

Cra Cra Finches will bury their eggs for various reasons. They may have decided the clutch is not fertile, so they start building a new nest on top of the old one to start again. They may be so into laying that they will continue to lay/cover/lay/cover without ever stopping to incubate. They may be inexperienced and just haven't figured out that they need to settle down to incubation.

You can remove the nesting material covering the eggs, or you can clean out the whole nest, or you can leave them alone and see if they will settle down after building another layer and laying more eggs.

Welcome to the forum! There's lots of information on breeding behaviors at www.finchinfo.com. If you put your general location in your profile, it makes it easier for members to help you.

Cra Cra · Post by **Cra Cra** » Thu Feb 22, 2018 3:47 pm

Great info. I will also update my profile.
Thx

Fraza · Post by **Fraza** » Thu Feb 22, 2018 4:38 pm

Cra Cra well u have great adobe off Cindy so I think she’s answered my question

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Goodluck

Cra Cra · Post by **Cra Cra** » Thu Feb 22, 2018 4:45 pm

I can hardly wait to get home from work to see what they have neen up to all day!!

Fraza · Post by **Fraza** » Thu Feb 22, 2018 6:28 pm

Cra Cra how long have the eggs been ther

Post by **Sally** » Fri Feb 23, 2018 2:27 am

Cra Cra How are they doing now? I forgot to ask what species. Zebra finches are especially prone to building nest upon nest. When I first got started back into finches, with Zebras, one pair kept layering in a large hooded wicker nest. When I finally realized what was going on and cleaned out the nest, there were 20-some eggs in that nest! It was like a 7-layer casserole, with nesting material between each clutch of eggs.

Fraza · Post by **Fraza** » Fri Feb 23, 2018 5:47 am

Sally I know that response wasn’t for me but bloody HELL. 20 eggs they was sure some busy zebras wow I find it a lot when I have 8 eggs in a nest but 20 imagine them all hatching lol

Cra Cra · Post by **Cra Cra** » Fri Feb 23, 2018 1:36 pm

Hi there
So 2 Zebra finches. I removed the extra nesting fluff to expose the eggs and they were sitting on them last nite and this morning. Funny thing I noticed last nite, they were eating together but kept flying to the nest as if checking it out. So tomorrow will be day 7 for the 1st egg layed. Weds Feb 28 will day 7 for the 5th egg layed.when should I start seeing a change in color if they were fertilized?
Best regards
Cra Cra

Post by **Sally** » Fri Feb 23, 2018 1:47 pm

Cra Cra Even if eggs are fertilized, they don't start the incubation process till one or both parents are sitting tight. The parents can be going in and out of the nest and even staying in there for long periods but not actually sitting down tight on the eggs. Eggs can stay viable for about a week after being laid.

You can go ahead and start checking now if your birds are fairly calm and accepting of nest checks. There is a good article on eggs and what to expect here: http://www.finchinfo.com/breeding/eggs.php

There is also a great topic on checking eggs here: http://www.finchforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=8295

Post by **Sally** » Fri Feb 23, 2018 1:52 pm

Fraza wrote: Sally I know that response wasn’t for me but bloody HELL. 20 eggs they was sure some busy zebras wow I find it a lot when I have 8 eggs in a nest but 20 imagine them all hatching lol

All of them wouldn't have hatched, since the bottom ones never were incubated, but that was a lot of calcium being depleted from the hen. I had to rest her after that. Each clutch was about 5 eggs, so that was way too many clutches for her health.

Fraza · Post by **Fraza** » Fri Feb 23, 2018 4:15 pm

Sally Ano yeh 3 clutched a year turned into four clutches a month lol atkeast you know she was healthy

Cra Cra · Post by **Cra Cra** » Sun Feb 25, 2018 12:51 pm

so the male and female keep flying in and out of the nest like they are agitated. they have covered the eggs again . they slept on their percg all nite.should I just get rid of everything and let thembuild a new nest??
Cra Cra

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