Things seem to be going well! I did have some heartbreak when I lost my red factor canary hen Maggie. She held on for a week and nothing I did seemed to help. She wasn't with her new mate Glen very long at all before I had to humanely end her suffering. I still miss her singing and her beautiful fluffy feathers
He seems to be doing well, so I haven't decided if I'll get him a new hen.I've had a bit of a baby boom however! I have three new seagreen parrot finch fledglings, eleven new society fledglings who just weaned, and at least three more society hatchlings in the nest. I hadn't planned on allowing my societies to breed at this time, but I wanted more crested and there are several in the bunch
I've added some new beauties too. I now have a pair of Fiji or Peales parrot finches, and a pair of pacific parrotlets named Sam and Annie. Annie is a sweetheart, and loves to be pet and handled. Sam isn't thrilled with being pet, but he does like to hang out on my shoulder. They have their own pouches they stay in when they travel with me, and they seem to enjoy it. I'm currently waiting on a new male named Charlie who won't breed but will just be a companion bird and go to work with me.
I've got all of my other parrot finches with nests, but the only ones I'm having success with are my seagreen parrot finches. My blue faced pair built a beautiful nest, and I have a feeling there are eggs, but they won't sit. My red throated pair also made a nest, probably have eggs, but won't sit either. I also have a lutino blue faced male with what I think is possibly a blue faced male (hoping it's female but I swear I heard it sing last night), so of course, no eggs there. My Fiji or Peales pair haven't show any interest in nesting, but they're more than likely too young.
I'm ramping up the egg food for the gouldians as their breeding season draws closer, and I bought a beautiful dilute green back gouldian male. I'm very excited to see what his offspring will look like. I'm still terrible with gouldian genetics, so I'll probably have to post pics and get some info from genetic guru Debbie!
I'm on my summer break, and we're about to start back to school in a couple of weeks. I'm a little frustrated at the moment from the lack of cooperation from my stubborn parrot finches 
How are you doing?
I've heard the males can turn out to be quite the little talkers.
