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My first introduction to the society finch
occurred when I was looking at a mixed cage full of finches.
I heard a very distinctive song. After listening to
them I had to have a pair. As I learned more about them, I
discovered that they had a charm all their own. They love
togetherness: I have seen them pile one on top of another,
huddling together. When one slips out of the pileup he just
flies around and sits on top of the stack again.
Soon I discovered a very interesting trait about the Society
finches: they love to be parents. They like being
parents so much that they will act as "foster parents", sitting
on eggs that other birds have laid, and feeding other nestlings.
I have had to to use them as foster parents for other finches
(zebras) several times when the parents abandoned their
nestlings.
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This picture shows several different
types of Society Finches. At the far left is a pied fawn.
Next is a Pied Chocolate. Next is another Pied Fawn.
At the far right is a Grey Self. |
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This is a pair of Pied Chocolate Society
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This close up of the two society finches at left
shows them in their nest. They are sharing the nest with a
Gouldian female. The Gouldians and the Societies were
sharing a flight cage and everyone wanted the same nest. I
finally had to move the Gouldians to another cage. Right
now (Nov 2005) the societies are raising a clutch of several
nestlings: it looks like they are taking of at least one
gouldian in addition to their own clutch.
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The society finch at the left is a
male: my best foster parent of all. Here he is shown
with one of his fledglings which fledged about 3 days before
this picture was taken.
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Right now I am working on breeding
Grey Self Society finches. I am looking for another pair
of Grey Self Society finches and another Grey Self male. I
am also breeding a Crested Chocolate Society with a Chocolate
Society.
My son Billy is also working on a line of Chocolate
Pied Society Finches (which can be seen in their nest in one of
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