Most of our birds raise their young themselves. It is very exciting to watch the interactions between the parents and their offspring.

If you wish to mate two birds of a species, you must find what is considered to be a true-pair.  Breeding pair is a pair of birds which cooperate over time to produce offspring. They may share some or all of the tasks involved: building a nest, incubating the eggs and feeding and protecting the young.

Availability of place appropriate for making nest, and increasing length of light phase from 12 to 14 hours with 10 hours of following darkness will naturally induce reproductive behavior of finches.

For breeding finches, a wooden half-open nest box or domed wicker nest should be provided. Usually we place some clean grass and hay inside the cage to be used by the finches in creating their nest.

Some special products like   Breeding Aid can also be helpful for improvement of bird fertility, increasing egg number and quality.

The female will lay 4-6 white eggs; these will be cared for by the parents until hatching, usually within 14 to 18 days. The fledglings will leave the nest in approximately three weeks.

The protein diet and special supplements will not only help produce healthy chicks, it will also help them to develop, and molt into their adult color. Molting Aid is a good supplement for new feathers. It includes nutrient needed for feather formation and rapid growth.

For detailed information as to what happened during breeding season click here…