Blue-faced Parrot Finches - Feeding and Breeding

Breeding Blue-faced Parrot Finches

Feeding	.	Breeding
Blue-faced do not seem to be at all fussy		No fostering is required with Blue-faced
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 distinguishing between cocks and hens
They are more willing to experiment with new foods and are generally more inquisitive than Pin-tailed Parrot Finches		Cocks are generally more robust but the main difference is the extent and intensity of the blue face
They make more use of egg food even when they are not rearing chicks than do the Pin-tailed		Once a true pair is installed in an adequate cage or flight there is very little to prevent breeding
Grit is available at all times as is crushed oyster shell mixed with dry vitamins and minerals They make great use of this They like water cress		Mine nest in half-fronted 5 in. cube nest boxes in which I form a nest of coconut fibre The birds don't bother to restructure my nests to any great extent They are not fussy
While it could be that the birds which I obtained were too in-bred or closely related, a few seemed to be prone to a rheumatic type of condition whereby they slowly lost function of the legs		The number of eggs seems to vary considerably Seven is my maximum, all were fertile and six chicks fledged but....
In-breeding could have been involved but a vitamin or mineral deficiency is the more likely cause		These birds are amongst the lightest of sitters that I have experienced Just approaching the aviary is enough for the birds to come off
Such problems seem to arise more readily in birds kept in small cages		For this reason, one is sometimes unaware that a pair is nesting Care needs to be taken that a pair is not disturbed excessively such that eggs or chicks chill
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
		This isf a very discreet breeder such that on one occasion the first I knew of a pair nesting was when three chicks fledged
		The young learn and wean quickly







Errol Crosbie Copyright © 2009.All rights reserved.Revised: August 21, 2010

Breeding Blue-faced Parrot Finches

Blue-faced do not seem to be at all fussy

No fostering is required with Blue-faced

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
distinguishing between cocks and hens

They are more willing to experiment with new foods and
are generally more inquisitive than Pin-tailed Parrot Finches

Cocks are generally more robust but the main difference is the extent and intensity of the blue face

They make more use of egg food even when they are not
rearing chicks than do the Pin-tailed

Once a true pair is installed in an adequate cage or flight
there is very little to prevent breeding

Grit is available at all times as is crushed oyster shell
mixed with dry vitamins and minerals
They make great use of this
They like water cress

Mine nest in half-fronted 5 in. cube nest boxes
in which I form a nest of coconut fibre
The birds don't bother to restructure my nests to any great extent
They are not fussy

While it could be that the birds which I obtained were too in-bred
or closely related, a few seemed to be prone to a rheumatic type
of condition whereby they slowly lost function of the legs

The number of eggs seems to vary considerably
Seven is my maximum, all were fertile and six chicks fledged
but....

In-breeding could have been involved but a vitamin or
mineral deficiency is the more likely cause

These birds are amongst the lightest of sitters that I have experienced
Just approaching the aviary is enough for the birds to come off

Such problems seem to arise more readily in birds kept in small cages

For this reason, one is sometimes unaware that a pair is nesting
Care needs to be taken that a pair is not disturbed excessively
such that eggs or chicks chill

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

This isf a very discreet breeder such that on one occasion
the first I knew of a pair nesting was when three chicks fledged

The young learn and wean quickly

Errol Crosbie Copyright © 2009.All rights reserved.Revised: August 21, 2010

Breeding Blue-faced Parrot Finches

Blue-faced do not seem to be at all fussy

No fostering is required with Blue-faced

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 distinguishing between cocks and hens

They are more willing to experiment with new foods and are generally more inquisitive than Pin-tailed Parrot Finches

Cocks are generally more robust but the main difference is the extent and intensity of the blue face

They make more use of egg food even when they are not rearing chicks than do the Pin-tailed

Once a true pair is installed in an adequate cage or flight there is very little to prevent breeding

Grit is available at all times as is crushed oyster shell mixed with dry vitamins and minerals They make great use of this They like water cress

Mine nest in half-fronted 5 in. cube nest boxes in which I form a nest of coconut fibre The birds don't bother to restructure my nests to any great extent They are not fussy

While it could be that the birds which I obtained were too in-bred or closely related, a few seemed to be prone to a rheumatic type of condition whereby they slowly lost function of the legs

The number of eggs seems to vary considerably Seven is my maximum, all were fertile and six chicks fledged but....

In-breeding could have been involved but a vitamin or mineral deficiency is the more likely cause

These birds are amongst the lightest of sitters that I have experienced Just approaching the aviary is enough for the birds to come off

Such problems seem to arise more readily in birds kept in small cages

For this reason, one is sometimes unaware that a pair is nesting Care needs to be taken that a pair is not disturbed excessively such that eggs or chicks chill

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

This isf a very discreet breeder such that on one occasion the first I knew of a pair nesting was when three chicks fledged

The young learn and wean quickly

Errol Crosbie Copyright © 2009.All rights reserved.Revised: August 21, 2010

Other breeders do not report this but I have difficulty
distinguishing between cocks and hens

They are more willing to experiment with new foods and
are generally more inquisitive than Pin-tailed Parrot Finches

They make more use of egg food even when they are not
rearing chicks than do the Pin-tailed

Once a true pair is installed in an adequate cage or flight
there is very little to prevent breeding

Grit is available at all times as is crushed oyster shell
mixed with dry vitamins and minerals
They make great use of this
They like water cress

Mine nest in half-fronted 5 in. cube nest boxes
in which I form a nest of coconut fibre
The birds don't bother to restructure my nests to any great extent
They are not fussy

While it could be that the birds which I obtained were too in-bred
or closely related, a few seemed to be prone to a rheumatic type
of condition whereby they slowly lost function of the legs

The number of eggs seems to vary considerably
Seven is my maximum, all were fertile and six chicks fledged
but....

In-breeding could have been involved but a vitamin or
mineral deficiency is the more likely cause

These birds are amongst the lightest of sitters that I have experienced
Just approaching the aviary is enough for the birds to come off

For this reason, one is sometimes unaware that a pair is nesting
Care needs to be taken that a pair is not disturbed excessively
such that eggs or chicks chill

This isf a very discreet breeder such that on one occasion
the first I knew of a pair nesting was when three chicks fledged