fertile finch eggs

[txtesez]

I'm looking around trying to find any fertile finch eggs. I've hatched chickens, ducks and even turkeys, but I've always wanted finches so thought I'd look into hatching them myself but not sure about where to find the eggs and where to go from there. I also have saved a white wing dove from a downed tree (people didn't know there was a nest in there until too late). yes, please don't lecture about contacting wildlife rehab; I didn't know at the time, at any rate I dropper fed it up until it was able to eat on its own up until adult hood. So I feel confident that I could also take care of little finches if I needed too but advice welcome.

 

[quintinp]

I'm looking around trying to find any fertile finch eggs. I've hatched chickens, ducks and even turkeys, but I've always wanted finches so thought I'd look into hatching them myself but not sure about where to find the eggs and where to go from there. I also have saved a white wing dove from a downed tree (people didn't know there was a nest in there until too late). yes, please don't lecture about contacting wildlife rehab; I didn't know at the time, at any rate I dropper fed it up until it was able to eat on its own up until adult hood. So I feel confident that I could also take care of little finches if I needed too but advice welcome.

Finch eggs are commonly incubated. As for finding finch eggs, you could go to a family owned pet store to see what they have. I have been to one locally, and their finches lay their eggs in their food bowl. They threw their eggs away, but you might find someone who has them to give.

To be honest though, a reputable breeder won't give/sale fertile eggs to someone. If you have a friend that has finches that are laying, you could try to get some from them.

By the way, unless you are familiar with feeding a baby bird, you should wait to find someone that could teach you (I know that you dropper fed a white wing dove, but they are HUGE compared to a newborn baby finch. You will have to have a very small syringe to feed them when they are born, and you can easily drown them if you go too fast, or aren't making sure that they are eating all of which you are feeding them.

You will need an incubator made for parrot eggs, or an egg turner that you can place in your incubator that will turn the eggs every hour. The Rcom incubator is a great choice, but you can also use the Brinsea Mini Advanced, if it has the quail egg attachment.

I wish you the best of luck, and if you do get those eggs, and they hatch, SEND SOME PICTURES MY WAY!

 

[jimlas]

Not sure if you realize that finches will require hand feeding. They do not go right to seed like a chicken. I have raised finches for a few years and had to rescue you plenty from inexperienced parents and had to hand raise them. It is usually impossible to handfeed a two day old, tiny as can be,baby finch, and very easy to kill them trying. I do not know why I had great success but it is something to think seriously about )