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Zebra Finch Laying Eggs?

Two zebra finches in a cage.My zebra finches have laid eggs for the second time . First one didn't hatch except one, which I found dead on the bottom of cage. I removed the nest and old eggs and cleaned everything. My husband's clothes are in the same room as the cage but we don't bother them, just food & water. How can I keep the next ones if they hatch alive?

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My zibra finch had eggs 1 hatched . She stopped taking care of it and then I found it on the bottom of cage dead.. Now she has more eggs . What can I do to help them live ?

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December 8, 20210 found this helpful
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These are birds, and they know what to do to take care of there own. This type of breed can even tell when a egg is good or bad. Let nature and the birds take its course. When cleaning respect the nest, because , if touched to much , birds will abandon the them.

 

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December 23, 20210 found this helpful
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Since your zebra finches have laid eggs for the second time, then they are young. A pair of young finches may be unsuccessful in their mating attempts, the female may still lay her underutilized eggs. Also young hen may neglect her eggs and fail to bring them to full term. This is quite common for young finches.

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Single eggs in a clutch may fail to hatch, due to an unborn chick not developing properly, or because that particular egg somehow managed to avoid fertilization.

Watch your birds next time, but do it carefully so as not to disturb them. If the chicks do not hatch again, then check to see if all the eggs were fertile. Hold the egg in front of a candle or strong light to observe for any signs of fertility. A fertile egg will clearly show a blood vessel network; an embryo formed that resembles an opaque shape will be clearly visible.

The most obvious sign that the parents are abandoning their chicks is finding the chicks on the cage or aviary floor. If you find a tossed chick next time, and it's still alive, warm it in your hands before putting it back in the nest.

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You may need to put the chick back several times.
Another clear sign the nest has been abandoned is if the parents aren't in the nest and don't go back in to the nest for several hours. If their environment is quite warm they may not need to brood their young as often. However if several hours go by and you are fairly sure the finches have made no attempts to return to the nest, it's time to check the clutch: put a finger inside the nest, if the chicks and remaining eggs are cold the touch they have been abandoned.
The best course of action is to know when the eggs are due to start hatching. Wait 3-4 days after the first egg was to have hatched, then check the nest. If the oldest chick is still alive, it is being fed. If it is dead, then it was not fed. The last option is for you to hand feed the chicks. This is not only extremely difficult and time consuming but it's also quite risky for the chick.

 
January 4, 20221 found this helpful
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It may be what food is being fed. More probably the adults are being startled and when leaving the next inadvertently knock a young one out of nest. I didn't isolate my birds, so we were careful to not startle them at their cage. We did move about the house as usual and birds and people cohabitated.

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We fed our finches a regular but varied diet of birdseed with treats of thistle seed, a few bugs, meal worms and greens like grass or even a bit of lettuce. I feel however that the young birds are falling from next accidentally when mom or pop become startled.

 
Anonymous
December 3, 20210 found this helpful

Have to observed that every time the male mates with the female he will crow...he's so proud....now, to eggs...we had lots of them in fact when each female died, they were FULL of eggs..we had a very dominate male that would make the female stay on the bottom & would not let them get to the bars, food, water except to enter the nest-rarely....so, after 3 females ending up the same way..we went back to the pet store & asked for the meanest, evil female they had...this one could even get along with her own sister....so, off we went to bring our male his new female... from moment one she never let him get off the bottom again & she enjoyed all the good things...one thing I forgot to tell you....the male would pull all the feathers off the head and back of each female before she died....the finale female picked that male featherless AND we never heard him crow again!

 

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December 4, 20210 found this helpful

Do not disturb the eggs. If they are meant to hardheaded, they will. If you interfere they may abandon the eggs.

 
December 24, 20210 found this helpful

If your zebra finches are laying clutch after clutch and abandoning the nest or the eggs just aren't hatching remove the nest and give them a break for at least 2 months.

 
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