Rightio, so I purchase four beauties of Finches. 3 males, and one female, it's been rocking good, no problems as of yet.
They built a nest (I provided the wool) but the female wouldn't go near the bloody thing, so I emptied it's contents in the trash, and let them build their own, with what I provided (Loo paper, burlap, dry grass, cotton, etc) They immediately took home to it, and the female has laid four eggs in four days.
I am worried about two things, if some help could warrant.
1: She is layin' an egg per night, each morning there is another eggs in the nest, she hasn't eaten any(eggs), so it's a good sign she likes her cuttlebone.
2: Theres two males that accompany the nest, Jim, and William, they both tend the eggs as if they were their own, while she usually chills on the perches, (she does go in for approx. 4 hours a day), but the two males are more previlent. (sounds like a Maury Povich spin-off "You are not the father!"
But, I'm worried that once the eggs hatch, that Jim And Bill (get it?) will fight over who's the dad.
Also, at night, all four of me finches all cram themselves into the nest, which don't bother me none, but is that normal?
I think honestly that Jim is the father, cause I done what seen him mate with the female.
Would I need to seperate them? Also, I've been growing millet for my Cockatiels, and I (since the female laid) have been grinding up the finches some, is that okay?
Also...Sparticus (the third male) is still doin' his mating call (which by the way is 3 seconds long, and is just a cash register ringing in[drives me nuts])so...
I guess the real question here, is is it okay to just let them do as instinct tells em? Or should I interfere, and move Jim, and the lass out into another older-smaller cage.
Cheers,
Brunste.
