Sue55 0 Report post Posted May 29, 2017 Hi my name Susan, I am from Manitoba Candada. I have two plus zebra inches.Not sure of the plus yet. My two had babies and I don't know how many there are,but I can hear them. I've had to separate my two because the male has plucked the female bald. My tow aren't happy with me right now. I'm hoping to get some much needed info from more experienced zebra finch people. Sue55 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Emmy 528 Report post Posted May 30, 2017 Hi Susan Welcome to the forum. It's the usual story (lol) you buy a pair of zebra finches and before you know it you begin to lose count of how many you have Here's something you can try to stop the male plucking her feathers. Cut 6 /8 --10 cm lengths of normal parcel string - gather them together and fold them in half and put the loop through the cage wires and then pull the other part through the loop to secure to the cage and he will be more interested trying to pull the string apart and leave the female alone. This has worked for me before. Hope it's of some help to you The wee ones can make some noise when they are letting 'mum' know they want to be fed. Are you just going to keep zebra finches? I have a few different types of finches and other birds too. At the moment I have some eggs in my incubator , found them on the bottom of my inside flight in the aviary and one was a diamond dove's egg and I had to help the tiny diamond dove chick out from its shell yesterday (it was stuck in shell and would have died if I hadn't helped it get out) and I'm now hand rearing it. I'll be feeding it (using a cocktail stick) every 2 hours for the first few days. This photo was taken when it was an hour old. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Andyn 534 Report post Posted May 31, 2017 Hello Susan and welcome to the Forum. I'm sure members on here will help and advise as much as you need. I used Emmy's idea of string to stop the feather plucking and in 11 out of 12 cages it worked. I have a White cock bird who is a notorious hen & chick plucker he didn't stop completely but was not as aggressive with it. Also I noticed that the fledged babies like to play with the string too. Enjoy your birds and enjoy the Forum. Perhaps we'll see you enter our monthly Photo Competition. AndyN Share this post Link to post Share on other sites