I have 4 finches; 3 females and 1 male. The four finches were in the same cage. The male mated with two of the females. Both females have their own nest and six eggs but one of the females kept coming out of her nest and chasing the other female through the cage so I turned around and set up a new cage and took two of the females and the eggs and put in the new cage. The other female and male are still in their big cage with their eggs. The two females that I put in the new cage used to sit on the eggs and turn them. In the last 4 days they haven't gone in the nest to do anything with the eggs. What do I do or will the eggs be okay?
Add your voice! Click below to answer. ThriftyFun is powered by your wisdom!
It was good that you separated the females. If these eggs are viable, they will continue to sit on them. If not, that may be why they are not sitting on them. I would leave everything alone and see how it turns out.
If you are sure that they are not sitting on their eggs at night, then it looks like your finches have abandoned eggs. Eggs wont be viable.
Hovering about and tampering with their nest makes most finches very nervous and it causes them to abandon their nest and eggs.
Eggs may be left unattended for brief periods of time (up to about 15-30 minutes), while the parent birds stretch their wings, or take a break to eat and drink. www.finchinfo.com/
If the parents do not seem attentive to the eggs, it may be wise to place the eggs under the care of foster parents or to incubate them artificially.
Add your voice! Click below to answer. ThriftyFun is powered by your wisdom!
