Baby finches

[Obsidian]

My little society finches finally had a successful nest. We have three babies and two more eggs to go.
I'll try to keep updates and pics but I don't want to bother them too much.

 

[Veggiebin]

How fun! I used to work with orphaned wildlife birdies. I love the babies

 

[cmzaha]

Congratulations, they have sure tried hard

 

[Lin19687]

WOW that was fast !

How cute !

 

[Obsidian]

View attachment 30561 Congratulations, they have sure tried hard

Yes they have, guess third time was a charm

 

[dibbles]

So sweet...thanks for sharing

 

[Steve85569]

Congrats!
We have lots of birds but have never been able to watch any of the finches nesting.
"Happy Wren" got moved to the other end of the house this winter while the nest house was empty though. Loves it when the sun comes up...

 

[MuddleDesigns]

Sweet little babies! Congrats!

 

[Obsidian]

Babies are getting big.

 

[cmzaha]

Wow, yes they are. I was going to ask how they are doing and now I know

 

[Obsidian]

Eyeballs and feathers

It's been really fun watching these guys and the sounds, man are they loud now when begging for food. I don't think I'll breed again though, at least not anytime soon.

I've decided to keep them all. I'm going to build a large flight cage and try to pair up two of the same gender so I don't have 2 breeding pairs to contend with.

The third baby will get a zebra finch buddy since these guys shouldn't be kept in odd numbers.

Sorry for the grossness, they don't keep the nest clean.

 

[cmzaha]

They are getting so cute

 

[Obsidian]

New picture, they should be leaving the nest soon.

 

[cmzaha]

They are gorgeous Congratulations

 

[zanzalawi]

Oh my goodness they grow so fast! Amazing! They’re so pretty

 

[Obsidian]

Thanks

They keep falling asleep half hanging out of the nest and I've been trying to get a picture but they wake up.
This is the middle child and a extra shot of a mantis on a orchid

 

[lenarenee]

....insert sound of 10 year old awwwwing and squealing "they're sooooo cuuuutttttee!!!!

Plus......."can we get some?"

So happy to know they're doing so well!

 

[cmzaha]

yep, that would be my 10 yr old Autumn, (granddaughter) how she love animals and bugs. Every-time I stop to see her she brings out a different chicken for me to see. I think she has posted more You Tube videos with the chickens. Sorry Obsidian a titch off the topic

 

[Obsidian]

Middle baby is really tame. He's been letting me pet him so I took him out of the nest to look around for a bit.
He stayed on my finger for a minute or so before jumping back in the nest. I really hope he stays tame.
The large lump on his neck is the crop stuffed with food.

I gave up on building a cage and just bought a nice big flight cage for them all.

 

[Obsidian]

yep, that would be my 10 yr old Autumn, (granddaughter) how she love animals and bugs. Every-time I stop to see her she brings out a different chicken for me to see. I think she has posted more You Tube videos with the chickens. Sorry Obsidian a titch off the topic

Reminds me of myself. I had a chicken named butterscotch when I was about that age.
She would come when called and let me pick her up. I'd tuck her under one arm and catch grasshoppers for her. Chickens are a lot smarter then most people think. I wish I could have some but there isn't room, not with the dogs.