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Zebra Finches advice
I've just started breeding my male and female zebra finches -she layed 4 eggs a few days ago, one hatched but it's now been 3 days why haven't the other 3 eggs hatched? are they okay?
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Not all eggs will be fertilized, but it may just be the time they were laid. Usually, my Zebra finches would push the bad eggs out of the nest after awhile. A littel note you may already know, but that killed my first laying female because I didn't. Everytime you turn the lights on and off in their darkened room, the finches think it's a new day. My poor first girl laid 14 eggs in a week. She didn't survive to a hatching. I started reading everthing I could after that. Luckily, I was able to get a new female quickly. Mates will greive themselves to death. My poor boy didn't eat until I brought in the new girl.
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yes, they are fine. Some eggs probley take longer than other ones it takes time! they are probley healthy and everything. Jast take good care of them and they okay there is nothing to worry about!
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They may not be fertilized :/ Try holding them up to the light, if you cant see anything in them then they probably will never hatch.
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I once had a couple of love birds that layed eggs. They laid a bunch, 5 or 6, but only three of them hatched. The other 2 or 3 were just sitting at the bottom of the cage for a couple days. We didn't want to move them incase they were just late hatchers, but we eventually had to. The eggs were much to cold to have any luck hatching. This could very well be the case with your zebra finches.
Next time you are breeding them, it would be a much better idea to consult a veterinarian who is familiar with Avians(birds). You could still call a Veterinarian and see what they think. It won't cost you anything just to make a phone call and get some advice.
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i'm really not sure because i've never had zebra finches but i am sure that the other eggs are fine and that the first one was just early =]
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i couldnt honestly tell you the answer but my guess is they are fine, they just arent ready to hatch. but i dunno!
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They're fine. Not all eggs hatch at the same time. If within 2 days they don't hatch hold them up to a light and if you see a big black dot in the middle... it's just an egg and there aren't any babies in there. Hope this helped.
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