It Won't Be Long Until They Fledge!

Five l'il society chicks, at least one of which is crested! :-D  Pardon their poopy nest box.  Five chicks plus two weeks equals a grungy box.  I'll take care of it the moment they leave the nest.  :-)  Three are typical fawn pied, and the others are a darker fawn pied color.

Kenny (chocolate pied) and Dolly (very light fawn pied) are currently incubating 4 eggs.

My top trio, which I've named Bacon, Lettuce, and Tomato (LOL!) are sitting on 5 eggs. I think both hens are laying, as fast as the eggs appeared.  This could be a BIIIIG clutch if they're all fertile!  All three of them are fawn pied.

My bottom trio, Snickers, Twix, and KitKat (all chocolate pied) have started mating again and working on their nest.  Their two youngsters will be weaned within the next few days.  :-)  I believe their fawn pied youngster is a male.  If so, I'll be keeping him to go with Lucy and Ethel, my two fawn pied "single" ladies.  As you might can guess, if he's a male, I'll be naming him Ricky. ;-)

Another Pair Is On Eggs! :-)

My societies Kenny and his (still unnamed) girlfriend have 4 eggs that they've just started incubating.  :-)

The two fledglings are doing well, and have started nibbling at the seeds by themselves.  It won't be much longer until they're weaned ... around the last week in October, to be on the safe side.

The five chicks in the community cage are doing well.  Everest, another female, has started pitching in with the feeding.  I'm surprised the parent trio allowed her into the nest, as protective of it as they originally were, but they did.  :-)

Eggbread Attack! ;-)

They sure do love homemade eggbread! ;-)

Just-Banded Chicks

I just banded the five society finch chicks.  I put them on my fabric cutting mat as I banded each one, so I wouldn't get them mixed up.  The lines on the mat are 1" apart.  It's slick, so there were wonky legs and wings sliding all over.  LOL!  They're all banded and back in their nest now, with their parents. :-)  I can't tell yet if any of them will be crested like their dad.