we have.....

[Missy]

...an egg. One of the finches laid an egg. It would take two or three of them to cover a penny! Later on I will post a pic. As for now, I have cut up some small strips of stuff for her to build hereslf a warm little nest. (THey already had nest cups to build nest in) Once she's a little less fidgety I will take a pic.

Whee - hee! I'm excited, and the kids are learning something too.

[Kimberlina]

Hope you have a nice little bird soon.

[Darlene]

So that's what they were doing...

[Missy]

LOL< Darlene. Now we're waiting to see if the cockatiels lay an egg too...they were the ones causing DS to ask all sorts of questions.

Animal Planet has nothing on my house! ROFL

[Missy]

Here's the egg with a penny by it

[Missy]

And here's Lucy sitting on it later

[hollyhill]

Oh, Oh, Oh, how absolutely adorable!!!! That egg is soooo tiny! Has she hatched eggs before? What is the incubation period?

[PrairieRose]

Aaaww that's adorable!

[Missy]

I don't know wether or not she's incubated before, we only got her two weeks ago. She and Ethel. And last week we got Fred, so... I have no idea. But i have called the pet shop and they said that their finches lay all the time.

[Missy]

Sorry forgot to answer, Lucy's eggs (she'll lay a few more in the next few days) will hatch in about 2 weeks

[Missy]

She laid her second egg this morning!

Exciting stuff!

[Missy]

three little bitty eggs buh-ha-ha-ha-ha (the count from sesame street)

according to all the research i have found will lay between 3-5 eggs, and will start incubating anytime between now and when the last one is laid. She'll incubate for about 2 weeks.

I noticed Ethel helping put in the nest, sitting on the eggs while Lucy was eating. She got off right away when Lucy came back, but there wasn't any bickering about it. Fred hasn't gone near.

DS1 is all sorts of excited about this whole process. He's keeping a journal about it as a school project.

[Katybird]

That is so cool. Thanks for sharing it with us.

[favesis37]

how neat, can't wait to hear if they hatch

[Missy]

four little bitty eggs!

I hope I am not boring anyone with all of this. We are quite excited wit the whole process. It is neat to see, especially for the kids how she cares for her eggs. She rolls them and rotates their position too. I have marked them with numbers as they are laid so that I know if say eggs numbers 3-4 hatch and number one doesn't. I wish I had a light box, I'd try candling them to see if they are fertile.