SOME CAGE BIRD MANAGEMENT TIPS FOR FINCHES SUCH AS CANARIES

Usually two broods are produced annually, from May to August. In captivity, it is not advisable to leave the female to a third brood, as it is exposed to more intense fatigue, and this just before moulting, stressful ordeal for birds. The female lays four to six pale blue eggs, finely marked with pale pink and lilac, average size of 16 * 12mm, the female incubates alone from 10 to 12 days while the male feeds the nest.

In captivity, some females begin hatching the first egg, the other from the third egg. From that time, special attention will be paid to the behavior of the male, some have a bad tendency to bite or destroy the nest egg. If this is the case, we must separate the male from the female (place it in a cage-competition within the aviary where the female, or if the couple is housed in a battery, to a separation fence so that the female is the 2 / 3 of the battery if possible). The female will take care of raising young only if it is separated from her mate. In the case of a farm without problems, after hatching, the female feed the young one, while the male feeds the female to the nest. To the 6th-7th day, the young can be ringed. To the 10th-11th days after birth, the female does more warm her young, and the male begins to feed them directly. The young leave the nest to the 12th-15th days and will be fed by parents until about the 30th day.

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