How often will zebra finches lay eggs in captivity without a male? I need them to have eggs for my baby egg-eater snake. How can I encourage egg laying?
They can lay eggs weekly
The best way to encourage regular eggs is to have a mate present, but like with human reproduction, nothing is a given with or without a partner.
Best arrange alternative food sources for your scaly child. There are a lot of snake food websites that sell small quail eggs and other appropriate foods. www.finchinfo.com/
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I have a pair of society finchs, but I am not sure if they are male and female. They both built the nest and one of them laid 6 egg. The one has sat constantly only to let the other relieve it to feed and get water.
Will 2 females do this or do I have a male and female? They sat on the eggs for over 25 days and I took them away and they were no good. If I have a male and female, when will she start another nest of eggs? Please help.
By Kathy Barlow from Milton, FL
I used to have finches too. Females lay eggs, but they are not furtile eggs. I would think you have two females. I had three females and they would lay unfurtile eggs. But then one died so I got another one from the local pet store. Needless to say it was a male and boy did they have at it! Anyway I took him back but one of the females laid fertile eggs and they did not take very long to hatch so I had like four babies. They take care of them totally. You really don't need to do anything if they do have babies. But I do hope you feed them more than seeds. Mine loved fruits and veggies. Especially cucumbers. Just cut a slice and put it between the bars and they will love it. Lettuce is good too, but mine loved cucumbers.
I had zebra finches. Mine laid eggs almost weekly, altho the eggs never survived until someone finally told me I was giving them the wrong type of nest. Once I corredted that, they had one clutch of 5 eggs, and every one of them lived! I then had 7 of the cutest and sweetest birds I had ever had! Once they got old enough tho, I did quickly separate the males and females so I didn't get over-run! I had only bought the initial pair to enjoy with no thought of breeding!
Hi,
I have a question my finches lay eggs but never hatch. Could you tell me a lil bit more about the nest stuff and the food. I would love to see them have babies. They sit on the eggs but nothing happens.
Hi i just had 5 baby zebra finches i bought the breeding material on ebay for cheap and you can do up to 10 nest with the amount you get i also gave them a cuttlebone they need the calcium in her system for the breeding to begin after 3 or four days she will start laying eggs i use a coconut shell and they love it i tried bird breeding boxes they always went after the coconut shell . I also bought them the gravel and grit which has little bits of shell in it which gives her lots of calcium which is what she needs to be able to breed and have fertile eggs another treat is millet spray she loves to nibble on that once the babies are hatched . Well i hope this helps .
I live in the woods, as a matter of fact I live right by the reservoir. We have a lot of Wildlife including deer, Fisher Cats, rabbits, and too many bird species to mention, my favorite are doves and finches. The red Cardinals are so beautiful I can never manage to get a picture, they are so elusive. Anyhow I have 2 bird houses and they always are being used by the finches. I also have a 3rd house. I call it the condo. It also is being used by my finches. It has a 1st and 2nd floor, till this day I still don't understand why they patch the first floor with nesting materials, so the two holes on the first floor cannot be entered.
About a week
Yes they are male and female
you obviously have two females...females lay eggs without a male but will not hatch due to fertilization...boil an egg for 20 minutes let it cool and smash shell and all up and feed to them as a treat its called egg food and it gives them the calcium they need if they lack calcium the eggs could get stuck in your female finch...mine love egg food...and orange wedges or romaine lettuce...all these with seed or pellets give them vitamins they need
How you can tell the finches appart is the male Finch has orange cheeks and the female doesn't have any.if you have one gender the eggs will never hatch. You have to have one of each.
Hi, I want to know how many months does it take for a girl finch to get pregnant? Because I have a girl and boy.
I have a pair of zebra finch. But they are not laying eggs. I bought them over 1 month. When they are laying eggs??
Female will lay eggs no matter what. If there is a Male he will spray them after the last egg is laid and they start hatching 12 to 14 days after the last egg is laid. Male finches are pretty then the females.
I think if eggs where there for 25 days
And they wer no good u maybe have 2 females they could ley eggs without a male..without male eggs r no good...
It will take atleast a year for them to start breeding (if they are only a month old)
Same with my finches they already hatches 2 eggs but sad to say all are infertile..
Why they are always do that kind of taking care of the eggs??
Finches Don't get pregnant they lay eggs
When does a finch get pregnant again for the second time?
Some finches lay eggs weekly.
