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Re: New to Finches and Forum

Post by colorin » Mon Apr 25, 2011 12:32 pm

congrats on both canaries and owls!!

Is that 5th the last egg?

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Re: New to Finches and Forum

Post by ranchnanny » Mon Apr 25, 2011 6:00 pm

That's a good question I don't know how many eggs a canary will lay...

Will find out tomorrow morning,
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Re: New to Finches and Forum

Post by colorin » Tue Apr 26, 2011 1:34 pm

well, it's easy to tell, as the last one usually has a sort of blueish hue to it. pale blue compared to the others.

like this:
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Re: New to Finches and Forum

Post by L in Ontario » Tue Apr 26, 2011 1:41 pm

Wow that one on the right has a lot more blue in it than the other two.
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Re: New to Finches and Forum

Post by ranchnanny » Tue Apr 26, 2011 1:46 pm

Wow! from looking at the eggs yesterday that last egg was not any darker then the others.... Hmmm! As soon as she moves off the nest if she does I will check.
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Re: New to Finches and Forum

Post by colorin » Wed Apr 27, 2011 6:15 am

well, sometimes the blueish hue is so subtle that you can hardly see the difference.

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Re: New to Finches and Forum

Post by kenny » Wed Apr 27, 2011 1:34 pm

hi
i have had canary eggs with different amount of spots on them,sometimes....like you have there they have less spots on them...or a blackbird has snook in anf laid an egg in there :lol: :lol: :lol:

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