However, once the eggs hatched and the chicks had developed their feathers, we were confident which chicks belonged to which females. When the Bengalese laid a load of eggs across two nests, we were originally unsure whose eggs were whose as there was one male with three females. This is most noticable in the chocolate self Bengalese finches. With our Bengalese and Cherry juvaniles being 5 to 6 weeks old today, their colours have developed more since they first fledged. The large leaf shown is quite sturdy, and can easily support the weight of a few finches, though we are yet to see the Zebras try.Īnd while on the theme of Zebra finches, we have also added two new short videos to the Video Centre page, one of Darwin having a bath, then one of Florence also having a bath. The egg can be seen in the top picture, while the new silk leaves can be seen in the bottom picture. However, it seems they are really going for fertile eggs, if you know what we mean! Unsuprisingly, the Zebras are happy enough to attempt to another round of egg laying. Recently we have now put a nest at the top of the spiral rope, and one side of the cage is now decked out with new silk leaves. Since then, the Zebras were moved to the original large cage to allow us to divide up the Bengalese and Cherry finches, once the fledglings had become independent. Our two Zebra finches, Florence and Darwin were our first finches, and when the Bengalese and Cherry finches were sitting on eggs in January, we also let the Zebras keep their eggs, but sadly they were unsuccessful to hatch any chicks.
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