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amazondoc
at Wed Jun 23 23:48:39 2010 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by amazondoc ]
>>each finch lays 4 eggs at a pop every couple? few weeks....
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>>4 into 200 is 50 clutches....let's say only 5 clutches a yr =10 female finches..
Society finches lay on average 4-8 eggs per clutch. Incubation is 12-13 days, and babies fledge at roughly 2 weeks. At fledging, babies will be roughly the same size as adults.
I only mentioned societies because Jeff was concerned about size issues. If you want something a bit larger, then button quail are a good bet. Buttons can lay in the neighborhood of 200-300 eggs per year, with incubation lasting 16 days. Babies start at bumblebee size, but reach sexual maturity by about 6 weeks.
And if you want something a bit bigger than that, then Coturnix quail are a good bet. Like buttons they can lay a coupla hundred eggs a year, with quick incubation and maturity. And they are, like buttons, very easy to keep in confined spaces.
And if you want something a bit bigger than THAT, then you could always go with bantam chickens. Bantam leghorns, like the quail, can easily lay more than 200 eggs per year. But, being chickens, they'll require a bit more space to maintain than the quail will!
So if someone wants to try alternate food sources, birds like finches or quail or even banties can be a good bet. 
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0.1 Peruvian rainbow boa (Amaru)
2.0 Brazilian rainbow boas (Arco, Olho)
0.3 Honduran milksnakes (Chicchan, Chanir, Hari)
1.0 Thayeri kingsnake (Coatl)
0.0.1 Mexican black kingsnake (TBA)
2.7 corns (Cetto, Tolosa, Uce, TBA)
1,000,000.1,000,000 other critters
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RE: research or regurgitation?? - amazondoc, Wed Jun 23 23:48:39 2010