u/Majestic_Effect8598

They are such posers!!

Picked up these beauties today to introduce to my young males. Quarantine for 30 days first! Thankfully the breeder gave them moxivet so that should eliminate many possible issues when integrating new birds. In any event - welcome to the flock ladies!!

Just look at these boys and they’re awkward stage!! beaks, changing colors and their neck plumage starting to show. Adorable!

I wanted to share something with you, but I have to preface this by saying that I do not consider myself any kind of an expert. I’ve just done a lot of research and a lot of thinking and I’m pretty creative. Also worth noting that this is a Prevue F050 cage in an apartment.

I have a flock of eight - soon to be 12 - And in order to help give everybody a little bit of privacy, to help break sight lines when anybody is being mischievous, and to provide a completely different kind of enrichment, I took my very normal every day branch clusters that you buy at the local bird shop and, on the underside of them, I have zip tied bird-safe plastic terrarium plants. Specifically the mandarin plant. I didn’t attach them on the underside of every single branch in each of the clusters, but just enough with the idea being that it creates a kind of canopy for the section just below it.

Cleaning is a breeze because I just have to detach the perches like normal and give them a good spray down and things just fall right off. The birds love walking through the leaves. And because they’re terrarium plants made to be assaulted, They are sturdy and can’t be destroyed.

I wish I could describe to you guys the difference it has made for my birds. They all get along and they are all very much a tightknit flock however month old fledglings, and two pairs of adults has been very interesting 😂. This has helped calm things down so very much and everybody very quickly is finding their spot. Not to mention, as I said, the enrichment - which I must admit, was an unintended consequence. I did my best to make it look as natural as possible and it kind of gives a nice interesting vibe to the cage.

Just sharing a cool idea. Havnt seen it anywhere before.

My Zebra Finch flock got a new home this weekend. They are sure loving it! Plenty of space!

All four babies came out of the nest for the first time today. They are flying around and hopping around on the perches great. Albeit uncoordinated. They are also still trying to hold on to things and often fall off. I’ve noticed that they havnt yet developed the notion of personal space hahaha they like to crawl on each other even out of the nest. Too cute!!

More progress taming my zebra finch! We started with a flat hand and now we are moving to a finger. He is more and more confident and just hops right on now. I can even move with him on!! I have found that the more dominant and confident birds are more likely to be tamed.

I have some infertile eggs from my very first round of trying for baby finches. What should I do with these?? I k ow the answer is probably to throw them away but that feels odd to me somehow

Super excited with the progress I’ve been making in taming my zebra finches! Particularly as I’m a new bird owner (almost two months now). It’s taken a long time but now two of my birds willingly jump into my hand for millet. The male even lets me move around slowly. The female has only done it within the confines of the cage but the male does it outside too. So awesome!