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Breeding Blue-faced Parrot Finches |
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Feeding |
Breeding |
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Blue-faced do not seem to be at all fussy |
No fostering is required with Blue-faced |
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They receive the same seed mix/ soft food mix as the Pin-tailed Parrot Finches - Link |
Other breeders
do not report this but I have difficulty
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They
are more willing to experiment with new foods and
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Cocks are generally more robust but the main difference is the extent and intensity of the blue face |
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They
make more use of egg food even when they are not
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Once a true pair
is installed in an adequate cage or flight
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Grit is available
at all times as is crushed oyster shell
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Mine nest in
half-fronted 5 in. cube nest boxes
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While it could
be that the birds which I obtained were too in-bred
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The
number of eggs seems to vary considerably
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In-breeding could
have been involved but a vitamin or
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These birds are
amongst the lightest of sitters that I have experienced
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Such problems seem to arise more readily in birds kept in small cages
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For this reason,
one is sometimes unaware that a pair is nesting
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Apart from these initial problems, Blue-faced Parrot Finches are very easy to keep and breed |
Apart
from the slightest noise during the first few days after hatching, particularly
in the morning, the chicks seem to make very little noise |
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This isf a very discreet breeder such that on one occasion
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The young learn and wean quickly |
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Errol Crosbie
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