About 2 months ago one of my 3 male finches died (2 society, 1 spice) so I decided to get another finch or two and next thing you know, I have upgraded my cage and added 3 silverbills (2 African, 1 Indian, I think they are 1 female, 2 male) and added just one society finch who happened to be female.
My lone male society was ecstatic, he's about 8 or 9 years old and he started building a nest and then came eggs and fast forward to today. Two chicks were born on October 4 and today they are 14 days old. Dad society is doing most of the work but the other Spice finch and the mom help out as well. There's another nest with about 5 eggs in it that are being tended by Spice and Societies but they could be Silverbill eggs as I saw the female Silverbill in egg-laying mode a few weeks ago. Seems like they should have hatched by now but I'll keep watch.
Anyway, just wanted to share some photos, they're not great, you know how finches are when you bring something scary near the cage like a camera (actually it's only my newly acquired finches that are so scared) but you can see the two babies laying down in the nest. Guessing they'll fledge next week.
I've been reading this forum for awhile, immensely helpful with the breeding process, thank you!
Baby Societies
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mew5280
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- A good view of the babies in the nest.
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- Society babies in nest, Silverbill hanging out on top.
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Sheather
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Re: Baby Societies
Are your societies all brown in color? If not, those chicks look to be either spice chicks, silverbills, or hybrids. 
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Re: Baby Societies
Adorable!
Best of luck
Best of luck
Debbie
long time breeder of lady gouldians:
Green
SF Pastel (SF Yellow)
Pastel (Yellow)
Blue
SF Pastel Blue (SF Yellow Blue)
Pastel Blue (Yellow Blue)
GREAT articles on avian lighting:
https://mickaboo.org/confluence/downloa ... ummary.pdf
http://www.naturallighting.com/cart/sto ... sc_page=56
long time breeder of lady gouldians:
Green
SF Pastel (SF Yellow)
Pastel (Yellow)
Blue
SF Pastel Blue (SF Yellow Blue)
Pastel Blue (Yellow Blue)
GREAT articles on avian lighting:
https://mickaboo.org/confluence/downloa ... ummary.pdf
http://www.naturallighting.com/cart/sto ... sc_page=56
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mew5280
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Re: Baby Societies
The male society is brown, female is fawn. Spice finch is male so it's possible but the societies were coupled up pretty quickly. It's also possible they're Silverbills. I haven't seen any cross coupling. Will know soon!!Sheather wrote: Are your societies all brown in color? If not, those chicks look to be either spice chicks, silverbills, or hybrids.
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Re: Baby Societies
mew5280
Whatever they are, they are adorable (as all babies).
I'm curious to know who they will look like once they fledge and molt
Keep them pictures coming
Whatever they are, they are adorable (as all babies).
I'm curious to know who they will look like once they fledge and molt
Keep them pictures coming
~Elana~
Linnies~ Canaries ~ Zebras ~ Societies ~ Gouldians ~ Orange Cheeks ~ Shaft Tails ~ Strawberries ~ Red Cheek Cordon Bleu ~ Goldbreasts ~ Red Brows ~ Owls ~ Budgies ~ Diamond Firetails ~ Javas ~ Forbes Parrot Finches ~
Linnies~ Canaries ~ Zebras ~ Societies ~ Gouldians ~ Orange Cheeks ~ Shaft Tails ~ Strawberries ~ Red Cheek Cordon Bleu ~ Goldbreasts ~ Red Brows ~ Owls ~ Budgies ~ Diamond Firetails ~ Javas ~ Forbes Parrot Finches ~
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Re: Baby Societies
Very cute! Congrats 
I'm also curious to see exactly what they are once they fledge and molt
I'm also curious to see exactly what they are once they fledge and molt
Roxanne
Gouldian's, Blue Breasted Cordon Bleu's, Orange-cheeks, Violet-eared, Black-cheeked waxbill's and Peter's Twinspots
Gouldian's, Blue Breasted Cordon Bleu's, Orange-cheeks, Violet-eared, Black-cheeked waxbill's and Peter's Twinspots
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Re: Baby Societies
mew5280
Congrats! and add me to the list of curious!
Congrats! and add me to the list of curious!
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zebras
societies
strawberries 1 pr, 2 F
gold-breasted waxbill 2 pr
cordon bleu blue capped, 2 pr, 1 M
cordon bleu red cheeked M
red-faced starfinch M
yellow faced starfinch M
Melodious Cuban finch M
gouldian red head norm. M, yellow white breast M
green singer M
canary, gloster, corona, blue pied, M
cut-throat 1 pr & 1 M
Mary
zebras
societies
strawberries 1 pr, 2 F
gold-breasted waxbill 2 pr
cordon bleu blue capped, 2 pr, 1 M
cordon bleu red cheeked M
red-faced starfinch M
yellow faced starfinch M
Melodious Cuban finch M
gouldian red head norm. M, yellow white breast M
green singer M
canary, gloster, corona, blue pied, M
cut-throat 1 pr & 1 M
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mew5280
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Re: Baby Finches
I stand corrected!!! Last night one of the babies came out of the nest, it may be ready to fledge but it woke me up at midnight because all the birds were fluttering around in the cage. I turned the light on and the baby was on the floor of the cage, perfectly healthy. Picked it up and it is all dark with a white swipe on the tail, JUST like my silverbills, ooops. That would explain why the silverbills are always hanging out over the nest. So confusing these birds! Did not get a photo and I put the baby back in the nest where it is this morning. Both babies are still healthy, their foster parents feeding them. Can't wait to be able to show photos!
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Re: Baby Societies
mew5280
Can't wait for pictures.
They sure fooled you didn't they? LOL !
When you have Societies in the same flight with nesting couples (even of another species), they will take over, nest, babies and all. They will chase away the actual parents (the only time I've seen Societies look threatening).
Can't wait for pictures.
They sure fooled you didn't they? LOL !
When you have Societies in the same flight with nesting couples (even of another species), they will take over, nest, babies and all. They will chase away the actual parents (the only time I've seen Societies look threatening).
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Linnies~ Canaries ~ Zebras ~ Societies ~ Gouldians ~ Orange Cheeks ~ Shaft Tails ~ Strawberries ~ Red Cheek Cordon Bleu ~ Goldbreasts ~ Red Brows ~ Owls ~ Budgies ~ Diamond Firetails ~ Javas ~ Forbes Parrot Finches ~
Linnies~ Canaries ~ Zebras ~ Societies ~ Gouldians ~ Orange Cheeks ~ Shaft Tails ~ Strawberries ~ Red Cheek Cordon Bleu ~ Goldbreasts ~ Red Brows ~ Owls ~ Budgies ~ Diamond Firetails ~ Javas ~ Forbes Parrot Finches ~
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Re: Baby Societies
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Societies are such interesting little finches!
Societies are such interesting little finches!
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zebras
societies
strawberries 1 pr, 2 F
gold-breasted waxbill 2 pr
cordon bleu blue capped, 2 pr, 1 M
cordon bleu red cheeked M
red-faced starfinch M
yellow faced starfinch M
Melodious Cuban finch M
gouldian red head norm. M, yellow white breast M
green singer M
canary, gloster, corona, blue pied, M
cut-throat 1 pr & 1 M
Mary
zebras
societies
strawberries 1 pr, 2 F
gold-breasted waxbill 2 pr
cordon bleu blue capped, 2 pr, 1 M
cordon bleu red cheeked M
red-faced starfinch M
yellow faced starfinch M
Melodious Cuban finch M
gouldian red head norm. M, yellow white breast M
green singer M
canary, gloster, corona, blue pied, M
cut-throat 1 pr & 1 M
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mew5280
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Re: Baby Finches
SO..... this morning I only saw one baby in the nest so I decided to check it out. Took the little guy out of the nest, NO other baby. Hmmmm. So I took the other nest out (FULL of eggs, need to have some "responsible parenthood" lectures soon), no baby. Very puzzling. DUH, blonde moment. I have 3 adult silverbills. I count my silverbills, FOUR. One already fledged! I work full-time so I am not home to watch as much as I'd like. Later I saw this fledged baby with it's mouth open, waiting for food. How long do the "parents" feed it outside the nest before it's on it's own?
Here are pictures of both babies. The fledged one (last photo) is definitely more mature.
Here are pictures of both babies. The fledged one (last photo) is definitely more mature.
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- First fledged baby (on the right) with faster Dad
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Re: Baby Societies
lovezebs
I might have to revamp my cage situation so I can do some species separation! Long ago I had a pair of Cordon Blues that were laying eggs. Chicks hatched and mom tossed them all. Laid eggs again, chicks hatched, mom tossed. That's how I learned about and first got societies, thinking they might step in and help but the female CB ended up dying one day so I just stuck with males after that. Until recently.....
I might have to revamp my cage situation so I can do some species separation! Long ago I had a pair of Cordon Blues that were laying eggs. Chicks hatched and mom tossed them all. Laid eggs again, chicks hatched, mom tossed. That's how I learned about and first got societies, thinking they might step in and help but the female CB ended up dying one day so I just stuck with males after that. Until recently.....