I have 4 finches that were given to me a few weeks ago, 3 females and a male. Today I was cleaning cage and 2 females had 6 eggs each. What do I do? Should I take one with eggs and put her and eggs in a new cage? Please help.
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Since you wrote that each has 6 eggs, this means that each has a separate nest and your finches have her own place to lay eggs. However, if they are all sharing, they may lay together and even co-parent. Better not to move their nests. Monitor your females' behavior, make sure you have supplies to care for and hand-raise any babies in case their parents are unable to.
As social birds, Zebra finches prefer to be kept with others of their own kind, but occasionally friction can occur between roommates. If your finches have no fights, then I think the best course of action is not relocate the nest and to wait for the young to fledge.
Touching the eggs may be a bad idea, often if they are touched , the mother may not hatch them . These type of birds take care of there own through nature, and they know when a egg is good or not.
I would not move any birds until the babies are hatched and a few weeks old.
Nature will take its course. I would not disturb the eggs , and I would not move the mothers . Just leave them along and let them hatch naturally .
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