Meroman
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If the eggs were being sat in a very dry atmosphere there is a chance they dry up from the inside or maybe the hen whilst moving them during incubation made a tiny hole or crack in them with a claw which would cause them to dry out as well...
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A cock goldie will be fine by himself, you'd only need a hen if you intend breeding them...
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Dotty it would be hard on the hen if she had already reared 2 clutches of chicks but the fact that she has not means she will be well able to rear another one without problems to her health. When you remove the eggs to let her go down again break them to see what is inside, you will then know if they were clear, dead in shell or dried out.
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Kev I'm no fool when it comes to goldies
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Great to see Craigy, a credit to you......
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Definite cock.......
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Greenies,siskins and redpolls are good for starting off with because they are relatively easy to breed. You could put them all in one big flight or one or two pairs in smaller flight cages. Its up to you really what suits you the best regarding the space you have etc etc.... I have a wall of treble breeders and three flights which measure 14ftx5ftx8ft in height which I house 3 pairs in each flight you could put 4 pairs in a flight this size but its not ideal because some cocks get bored when their hens are sitting and break up nests/eggs. So space is a factor when the breeding season comes
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A good British finch mixture and some wild seed heads as already said teazle but not every day because it is a fatty seed, if you cant pick weeds some soaked seed a couple of times a week will do...
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Put down some poison in block form, secure it so the mouse cannot carry it away because with the seed that is scattered from the birds they have a ready food supply and carry off other food stuff including poison to store it and by tying it down it ensures they eat it and die.
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Moll I'd say its most likely mite, do as skycat and Bunny's says and burn all the perches and nests, if you still have young in the nests or eggs in them take them out,get a ball of moss, put it in the nest pan and fashion a new nest with a light bulb then replace the chicks or eggs in the new nest. You need to spray all your cages with an antimite treatment, if you soak a beer mat in Jezes fluid for a few hours hook it behind the nestpan and any remaining mite wont get near the new nests...
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That should help.. The first picture was taken 2 days ago, 30th May.. I dont doubt for a second that the photo is 2 days old and apologise if I caused any offence, it is a cracking photo of a cock goldie which by any standard is difficult to achieve. I was just trying to explain the difference between the two photo's with regard to the blaze on the birds for Dotty Doo. Looking again at the photo it is obvious that the goldie is feeding a hen on the nest because his beak is stained with dandelion juice. The wording in my post was misleading and I did not intentionally set out to discr
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The answer is yes to both your questions, the American Goldfinch is kept in captivity for both straight breeding, muling and hybridising. Strangely enough it is not allowed be kept in captivity in its native country America!!
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When the goldfinch is in the moult the last part of it to moult out is the blaze,the orange you see in the blaze of the goldfinch in the first photo is due to the fact that the bird has not fully finished the moult, they start to moult in august and sometimes it can be October before they fully finish. Although a rare occurrence it can happen that birds get stuck in the moult which usually means there are underlying health problems with the bird and this could be the case in this photo. If you look at the second photo you will see the goldfinch in that photo was snapped in early summer beca
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Great to see, well done...
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Hopefully he filled the eggs.
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The cock was driving the hen to nest again, he is obviously in top breeding condition. After she finishes laying on the next round remove him but leave him in view of her, she will be well capable of rearing the chicks by herself.When they jump the nest you can put him back in for the third round.
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How are they doing?
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Well any joy?
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Good news good luck with them....
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Depending on the hen they usually lay the first egg after two or three days but sometimes anything up to a week....
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If those eggs were birded they should be hatching about now???
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Sound of a cock chaffy driving a hen to nest beats all. A goldfinch swishing and singing is a close second....
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As Fireman has already said he puts the cock goldie with the hen canary months before the breeding season and they bond, some people take a round of canaries off the hen first because they come into breeding condition before the goldie. If you go down that route obviously you'll need a cock canary and when he fills the first round of eggs leave him in view of the hen canary separated by a wire divider then when she is going to nest for the second round and squats for the canary the goldie should oblige....
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When buying Natives try and buy them from a recommended breeder/source. Contact me and I'll give you details of a few lads around the Deise.....
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For reference I put an article up here on Siskins, you can more or less treat Lessers in the same way. http://www.thehuntinglife.com/forums/page/index.html/_/craft-diy-livestock/british-birds/the-siskin-r10
