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hey mavis,
you must be getting so sick of my post by now lol,
anyways today i was at home and i watched the male enter the box several times so i was happy is that a good sighn?
when he was coming out he didnt seem to have anything in his mouth like the pine shaving that are in there, but whilst i went in to change there food,water, vegies e.t.c i noticed that the pine shavings are pushed up towards the side of the box leaving the middle wiht not many shavings is that a sighn that he is adjusting the box how he wants it?

thank-you hope to hear from you soon!

hey well today when i woke up i noticed that the male was biting the whole of the box and also at the perch underneath the whole is that good. THEN later on that day i saw only 2 of ma 4 birds in the aviary so i new they were in the box then i waited and the male came out then the female, when the female came out the she was panting is it possible that they might mate in the box? also do they get tired after they mate?

well i have been seing them alot alot in the box both of them so today when i went to change food water e.t.c i had a peek in the box but there was nothing <img src="/images/graemlins/frown.gif" alt="" />

JUST KIDDING THERE WAS AN EGG!!
my first ever egg!! it is big and white!!
im so happy

Brilliant - congratulations. I still remember that feeling when my two laid eggs for the first time, also a bi of dread as I never intended to breed. I left them to get on with it and ended up with many broods and babies, unfortunately I was too soft about them and ended up keeping them all!

Wait till you hear that first cheep - it's magic!!

ok thanks very much!

well i went back in there today and now there is 2 eggs and the birds have started incubating them!

i have read on the net that they dont ususally start to incubate until the 3-4 eggs? is that right?

hope to hear from you soon mavis?
were have you been lately?

Yes that is right with finches, but i am not sure about with other birds. I would think thank that all birds are pretty much the same when it comes to egg laying. Hope this was of some help!

Thanks!
Dean