One of my society finches isnt going into the nest
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CoolyFooly
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One of my society finches isnt going into the nest
I have 4 in total, yesterday one of them layed eggs. Afterwords all of them slept in the nest. Today, (its 8:41pm) one them is sleeping on the perch and isnt entering the nest, and i was wondering what was wrong. I got the birds literally 3 days ago, and the pet shop owner told me all society finches slept in the same nest. I have no clue whats happening
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Re: One of my society finches isnt going into the nest
CoolyFooly It is true that Societies usually all pile into one nest, even when it is small, like a clown car. Since someone is laying eggs, there may be a slight territorial issue going on, even though that usually doesn't matter with this species. Since you've only had them 3 days, they are still settling in, too.
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Re: One of my society finches isnt going into the nest
CoolyFooly
Societies are very gentle and attentive parents. Your birds can be sensing all four of them are too much weight on the eggs. The nest may be too small for all of them with the eggs.
Unless you are ready for a bird population explosion, I would replace the eggs with dummies.
If you have a hen laying two days after coming from the pet store, chances are her eggs have been continually taken away, and she has been laying constantly before you got her. Puts her at risk of being eggbound.
If you dont have liquid calcium to add to the water, I would get some crushed chicken eggshells in there ASAP, and make sure they have cuttle bone with a good vitamin supplement that has vitamin D for calcium absorbtion.
Societies are very gentle and attentive parents. Your birds can be sensing all four of them are too much weight on the eggs. The nest may be too small for all of them with the eggs.
Unless you are ready for a bird population explosion, I would replace the eggs with dummies.
If you have a hen laying two days after coming from the pet store, chances are her eggs have been continually taken away, and she has been laying constantly before you got her. Puts her at risk of being eggbound.
If you dont have liquid calcium to add to the water, I would get some crushed chicken eggshells in there ASAP, and make sure they have cuttle bone with a good vitamin supplement that has vitamin D for calcium absorbtion.
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Re: One of my society finches isnt going into the nest
CoolyFooly
Hi mate welcome to the forum
I'm inclined to agree with Babs here, societies will all pile into one small nest, it's comical watching em
lols,
However if one has layed an egg in the nest sooner or later the egg will probably get broke,
The bird that is now sitting out on the perch could possibly be the hen that actually layed the egg, she probably won't feel comfortable in sitting in the nest now because she possibly knows that it's now to cramped,
Two birds in a std size nest with egg / eggs is fine but with 4 birds it now changes everything,
The bird sitting on the perch obviously may not be the bird that layed the egg as we'll never really know for sure but I wouldn't worry to much,
What you could do is actually leave the egg in the nest for a few days and then take the egg and carefully hold it upto the light and if it looks full then place it back in the nest,
If the egg looks clear ( empty ) then simply disguard it
Personally I'd say it's most probably clear but give it the benefit of the doubt at least for a few days
Hi mate welcome to the forum
I'm inclined to agree with Babs here, societies will all pile into one small nest, it's comical watching em
lols, However if one has layed an egg in the nest sooner or later the egg will probably get broke,
The bird that is now sitting out on the perch could possibly be the hen that actually layed the egg, she probably won't feel comfortable in sitting in the nest now because she possibly knows that it's now to cramped,
Two birds in a std size nest with egg / eggs is fine but with 4 birds it now changes everything,
The bird sitting on the perch obviously may not be the bird that layed the egg as we'll never really know for sure but I wouldn't worry to much,
What you could do is actually leave the egg in the nest for a few days and then take the egg and carefully hold it upto the light and if it looks full then place it back in the nest,
If the egg looks clear ( empty ) then simply disguard it
Personally I'd say it's most probably clear but give it the benefit of the doubt at least for a few days