Gouldian Finch Chicks

My Gouldian hen has hatched four chicks out of five eggs.

She actually gave me a look when she exited the box for the first time yesterday.

They are very tiny as to be expected and quite ugly with the little shiny growths on the side of there beaks.

I very stoked to get my first success with finches. 

The female has done all of the sitting on the eggs that I have witnessed occasionally joined by the male (even though I have read they share). The male has spent more time in the box since the chicks have hatched however.

The chicks have grown quickly and there parent have allowed me good access as the spend most of the day out of the nesting box.