We have a new youngster in the house! My M/M/M society foster trio has hatched a single hatchling within the last 24 hours or so. I don't know if the other eggs are viable (last time I candled them, I couldn't tell either way). The bio parents are either Patches & Sandy or Tip & Echo. Tip & Echo were adopted a couple of weeks ago, but they had an egg in the nest. I *should* be able to tell once it gets its adult colors in a few weeks. If it's pied, chances are, it's Patches & Sandy's baby. If it's fawn or CFW, it's Tip & Echo's. Of course, with zebra finch genetics, sometimes it's just the luck of the draw.
And here's a photo I snagged of the M/M society foster pair's babies (left side of the cage). Pardon the poo! ;-) The remaining egg apparently wasn't viable, but I haven't disturbed them to candle it. Not much sense in it, at this point. :-)
I just love those little wiry things!
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