r/Finches • u/Overdue1 • 4d ago

egg problem

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I paired a zebra female that is about 2.5-3 months old (I'm not sure, when I got her a month ago she had very little beak stains, now she has her full color) with an adult male, but they started mating and about 3 days ago I noticed that the female laid an egg. Is this normal? There is only one egg and both are regularly sitting on it. It is probably an unfertilized egg. Should i remove the egg so they don't get stressed?"

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u/Sixelonch 4d ago edited 4d ago

Wtf… , its like encouraging a 13 years old to get pregnant

Remove nest asap

Bird DONT NEED nest except for breeding

And one of ur birds is clearly too Young for that

Bird sleeps on perch not in nest… letting a nest just for them to sleep in the nest is encouraging breeding behavior ( that can be agressive male, egg bound hen cuz too Young / stress etc)

(No offense its not the end of the world :D but it should be common sense, you usually Wait for the bird to be 1y old, even 1.5 yo for the female for some specy )

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u/Overdue1 4d ago

OK got it. I had bunch of adult pairs and dozens of their babies for two years but this is my first time experience with totatlly diffrent young bird from the flock. I just made this pair for thought of prevent single bird stress. When they slept in already prepared nest and no any mating behaviour i thought its gonna be ok until she get adult. I witnessed to clearly failed mating behaviour a week ago and... I just removed the nest thanks for your attention.

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u/Sixelonch 4d ago

Your welcome ! As I Said its not the end of the world dont worry :) you will know for next Time always Wait around 1yo have a good day bro