Sad news

After only just posting news that the baby finches were doing well i found one dead in the avery, it seemed to be the smallest one out of the three, and the others so far seem okay so fingers crossed that the other 2 stay healthy.

I have removed the Bengalese finches nest as the egg had been in there for over 3 weeks and the parents had started to leave the nest so i felt it was safe to remove it, but tonight the babies are perched on the feeder and the parents and foster parents are in the box so not quite sure what we can do about that i might need to add another box for the babies to go into at night.

Well thats all the details i have at the moment, thanks for looking

Lally

Growing up fast

Well its been a couple of weeks since i last reported on the little finches and i have to say that everything seems to be going really well they are the same size as the parents and are now able to eat from the feeder so the noise level is slightly lower, which i am sure the neighbours are very pleased about.

The egg in the Bengalese nest has not hatched so i think its infertile so if nothing has happened at the end of this week i think i will remove the nest so that we don't have anymore babies.

We also have two new additions to the family totally unplanned we went to see the animals in a well know pet store and saw two Chinese hamsters that we all fell in love with and so they just had to come home with us, we have named them salt and pepper but they are very nervous and wont climb the tubes to go to bed they sleep in the tubes, hoping that they will settle in in a couple of days.

On other news should be able to get onto the allotment for the first time on the 1st Aug, its a daunting task clearing but if we all get together hopefully its should be fun working together. I will take photos and post them as we go along, nothing will be ready until next year for planting so its going to be a hard winter hope the kids are up for spending time in the great outdoors.

Well thank you for looking take care

Lally

first flight

Well i came out of the back door first thing this morning i saw the largest of the baby finches sitting on one of the perches so i had missed the maiden flight but then it took off for me to watch its so exciting and also there is news from the nest of the bengalese finches there is 2 eggs in the nest but not sure if anything will happen as they have been such good foster parents to the 3 finches already born time will tell. I will keep you posted.

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How time flys

Hi there

Just thought i would do a quick update on the baby finches its only been a week and they have grown so much managed to get a photo this morning as they were waiting for their breakfast. They are really looking like birds not pink things with the odd feather, they should be ready for their first flight anytime soon as they usually leave the nest after 3 weeks hope i get to see it.

Well thanks for looking

Lally

A little crafting

After watching the wonderful Barbara Gray i had the urge to get the brayer out and start practising for my workshop with her in August and these are the cards that came out. Let me know what you think good or bad.

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Some good news

This morning i had some good news regarding the allotment that myself and some of the local community are starting up the council have sorted out the problems that had come up and hopefully in a couple of weeks time i should have my plot at the moment it has 8ft brambles covering it, but we may have a chance of council help to clear, fingers crossed for that.

On other news which is also good the baby finches survived the night and i managed to get a photo this morning as you can see the three chicks seem to be doing well unsure about the 4th chick time will tell, but i think its time for me to leave well alone may just check on growth once a week.

Thanks for looking