Cloud and Domino tossed one of the chicks, but the other two are still doing fine. It's not surprising, especially considering they're first-time parents. Many, if not most, finches make mistakes at first, but letting them try is the only way they'll learn to care for their youngsters. I often try to pair a new parent with an experienced parent so the new one can be "shown the ropes", but in this case, Cloud and Domino quickly bonded ... head over tail feathers for each other ... so I left them together.
Pearl and Smudge's single youngster is doing fine, as are the society babies. One of the society moms is SUPER-protective of her nest, and has a royal fit if anyone gets too close. She "allows" me to give them fresh food and water, but still sits in the nest and glares at me the whole time. LOL! I'd much rather have a protective parent, of course, than one that's uninterested in the babies. :-)
We lost one of the birds we'd bought at the bird fair. She'd had problems with egg-binding ever since we brought her home, and even though we gave her a heat source and as much calcium as we could without overdosing her, she just couldn't pass those eggs. :-( It's just "one of those things". Unfortunately there's not much else one can do with a finch. Sometimes with larger birds, a vet can manually expel the egg ... a very delicate procedure that I wouldn't dare try myself ... but finches are so small that it would be difficult if not impossible. :-(
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