well done to keep experimenting to find what works for your birds!

I freely admit that I cheat at this game to make sure I win 😁

Thank you too!

those are melanogaster flightless fruitflies. All time favorites of most of my birds. much more so than hydei for some reason (although I know you have great luck with them)

thats just eggfood that I added them to

I’m glad it was helpful, thanks for letting me know!

Thank you! 😁

Thank you! I'm glad you found it helpful 😁

I am honored to be one of your research channels!

you can try avianexpress.net or newyorkbird supply. they have some imported twinspots of several kinds- do your research before you buy!!

thank you!

thats wonderful- good job!! Simplest answer is to watch the crop and feed when it empties.

if melanogaster fruitflies, almost any waxbill would be happy. if hydei, then larger finches. if musca domestica (miniature house fly)- I don’t know any finch that would eat adult flies, but if they can get to larvae- almost any will eat happily. Some species are more insectivorous than others, may also consider softbills. Also check temperatures against native temp range for the species and check temperament mix with the birds you already keep.

Thank you for the detailed information, it is hard to answer definitively but here are my thoughts. 1) no pair of any finch species should be allowed to try to breed more than 3 clutches per year regardless of whether successful or not. I think you have had two failed clutches and if so can try one more time then separate the pair and let them rest till next year. 2) when parents stop feeding that late in the process, typically there is something wrong with chicks (disease process, crop failure of some sort) or something bothering parents (lack of privacy, too much animal protein that is triggering another breeding cycle, parents young or not suitable temperament…) 3) at that age, crop should be full of seeds, weight should be good, feather development should look good. 4) if one parent is a problem, with zebras you can often remove that bird out of hearing of the other and let other parent finish raising. 5) if you can intervene when chicks are still strong enough to beg, then hand feeding chicks after 10 days old is a lot easier than pulling eggs or young chicks. If chicks are too old, then they may not beg to you and force feeding is tricky. 6) inspect dead or dying chicks and see if there any any clues. is crop full or empty, is weight good or skinny, is skin red and dehydrated, is belly distended with intestines visible, is there diahhrhea …. 7) If it were me, I would bot allow another clutch. I would separate male and female and observe them, the. treat them with a decent antiprotozoan and anti-coccidial. then let them rest and be sure they are healthy before allowing to try again possibly with a different partner. good luck and again, this is all general advice

It is coconut bark. I think called reptilechip. comes in a compressed brick. can get on amazon

Many years ago, I kept live plants and finches, for me, many advantages to fake. there are videos answering all your questions. check out the epoxy playlist, and I think that will answer everything.

dremel tool or file. both are tedious. also cut the bars at an angle using the horizontal wire as a guide so that cut bar tapers toward the horizontal bar. that leaves very little to know pokey edges

I used to have normal shop lights and recently changed over to Luminize jungle dawn LED with UV.

yep. there is a video showing making that tree. epoxy over scrap pvc pipe. yep. just spray painted

Aha, I see. Thank you for your fast infos. Can you tell me the titel of this video with the trees, please? Thank you so much. Kristin 🙂@@Echosaviary

it`s ok, yet I have found it. A tree with a view. Thank you, it is so informativly.

Happy to hear that! Thanks for letting me know 😁

Thank you Dylan!

thank you! You too 😁

thank you Doug!

I never have kept them- what are they like?

​@@EchosaviaryHIGHLY Recommend them, great mixed bird, beautiful song, one of my favourites.

@@Echosaviary very small but cute, active birds , pleasant song good temperament

@@24bidy thank you! I will put them on my research radar!!

@@dougdow3549 thanks Doug!

12 feet by 16 feet by 10 feet at apex

@@Echosaviary thank you. I love your aviary

@@pabloestrada4429 thank you so much, I would have built 10 times bigger if I could!

I do not routinely treat, however pigeon fanciers have products that I could use, like panta-smoke for example, because it is easy to close the aviary and concentrate the treatment.

Did the Gold Breast lay eggs????? Inquiring minds want to know....

@@dougdow3549 I am pretty certain they did, but I can’t find the chamber without taking the nest down. I may do that this weekend just to check

Don’t do it on my behalf. I believe one of my pairs is on eggs, but trying not to disturb them...

Yes, and for some species (like the ones I keep), eggfood and live food absolutely essential.

thanks Robert!

Do you ever feed the parents boiled eggs so they can feedt he young eggs?

yes. eggfood (boiled egg with shell plus various additives) is a staple for breeding birds

I hear ya- Only under extreme duress do I intervene for very rare species- and even then failure rate can be high.

I made all of these plants/trees with either pvc tube/epoxy branches (or real manzanita branches in this case) plus artificial foliage attached.

that is just millet spray that is stuck in a couple eyelets put into a manzanita branch.

I do not close band (USA) so either elastic or split plastic whenever I need to catch youngsters for other reasons (or have a convenient opportunity).

me too! thanks for good wishes.

check out Paradise aviary channel- he does exactly that!

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That was really fun to see. Wish I could have gotten better angle but took what I could get.

I want to see your aviary 😁

@@Echosaviary I'll send you pictures

thank you for taking the time to reply- that means a lot!!

the A&E brand cages are easy to join 2-3-4 wide.. by leaving the side out and using a few cable ties to replace the bolts that are left out

@@Echosaviary Thanks so much for that. Not in the UK though so that idea goes by the way then. If anyone this side of the great divide looks at this post, then I will say that the cage I have is about as big as you'll get over here.

those are coconut chips- they come in compressed blocks. reptile stores would be best resource for buying. also as you might guess amazon carries it too.

you might also look into coconut coir (which is finer and might work in certain situations).