The parents were young birds we pulled out of the finch aviary and put into the budgie aviary so we could sell them. They started breeding and laying right away. We ended up with 5 nests of eggs and chicks! We pulled all the chicks, left one bird on her nest since we could not find her partner and had to toss the other eggs since the parent birds flew out of the nests. We gather the birds at night, its easier on us and them.
So at the end of it, we caught 24 finches which were all 4 months or younger and pulled 12 chicks from 3 nests. 2 are nearly fledged and we struggle to get them to eat, but I'm not giving up since it was our screw up by not realizing their parents would breed so quickly.
So at the end of it, we caught 24 finches which were all 4 months or younger and pulled 12 chicks from 3 nests. 2 are nearly fledged and we struggle to get them to eat, but I'm not giving up since it was our screw up by not realizing their parents would breed so quickly.