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Post by christine on Apr 10, 2012 21:23:41 GMT 10
Hello, My finches have started laying eggs now. I was wondering if a white zebra finch ( I guess she is a zebra?) and a normal grey zebra finch lay eggs will I get any white finch babies. I don't know their backgrounds. Also, I give them eggs and eggshells. I tried fruits they won't eat them. I read somewhere they would like baby peas? I also give them millet. Thanks Regards Montana  |
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Post by avinet on Apr 10, 2012 22:13:44 GMT 10
Hello, My finches have started laying eggs now. I was wondering if a white zebra finch ( I guess she is a zebra?) and a normal grey zebra finch lay eggs will I get any white finch babies. I don't know their backgrounds. Also, I give them eggs and eggshells. I tried fruits they won't eat them. I read somewhere they would like baby peas? I also give them millet. Thanks Regards Montana It depends  To start with there are white Zebras and white Zebras - and the genetics can vary depending on which white you have. The proper white is a recessive gene so for you to get white babies the male will have to be split to white. That is certainly a possibility - most Zebras are split to a variety of colours, and you never know what might turn up until the babies feather up. A bit like budgie colours and one of the pleasures of breeding Zebras. When we had our shop we had a few grey Zebras given to us that weren't in great condition so I took them home and put them in an outside flight to feed up. Zebras being Zebras it didn't take long for them to start breeding and we soon had the full range of colours in babies. A link for details of Zebra mutations is at zebracrazy.byethost13.com/EngIndex.htm For diet - Zebras don't normally eat fruit - the like greens - endive, Chinese greens, spinach, Swiss Chard etc and I always chop it up small. Maybe a few corn kernals, or peas - squash these a bit to open them up for the bird to get into the middle stuff, maybe a bit of grated carrot, even a bit of grated pumpkin. They also love green grass seeds - I used to sow some of their finch seed mix at regular intervals in the garden and pull up a plant a pair daily to give them once the seed head is nicely developed and green. The seed should be a mix of different millets and panicum with a bit of canary. We also have a range of weeds here that are good to give but they likely will have different names in the USA - your local finch breeders might have recommendations for your local weeds  cheers, Mike |
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Post by christine on Apr 11, 2012 20:56:14 GMT 10
Thanks! There are quite a few eggs in different nests. It will be fun to see what colors appear. I do give them Romaine but I will try spinach and swiss chard also. Regards Montana
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Post by avinet on Apr 11, 2012 22:35:21 GMT 10
Do try to grow some finch seed Montana, even if in pots. Your finches will love you for it cheers, Mike |
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Post by christine on Apr 12, 2012 20:44:08 GMT 10
Thanks, I will try that. I found an abandoned nest with two broken eggs in it? I also have a female finch who divebombs all the other finches. Now wondering what I will do with all these babies if they survive? Regards Montana
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Post by meandem on Apr 14, 2012 9:36:11 GMT 10
Do try to grow some finch seed Montana, even if in pots. Your finches will love you for it cheers, Mike Yep, yep, yep! |
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