How many times baby zebra finches should feed a day?
Baby birds have very high metabolisms, so need to be fed several times per day. One day without food will kill a very young bird. Zebra Finch babies are about an inch in length when they hatch, and their coloring is pink with a few white downy feathers. Around three days of age they start making audible noise that is something like a “ff ff” sound, but it is a very soft sound and some people do not hear it until day four or five. The babies will make a little more noise with each passing day. If for some reason the parents do not feed the chicks they will die at day three when what is left of the yolk sac is used up. Some inexperienced Zebra Finch parents do not care for their young properly after they hatch. The pair should be allowed to rest and then try again. Zebra Finches can live on finch seed mix alone but it is better to offer your Finches a more varied diet. I like to add millet, fresh fruits, sprouts, and egg to my birds’ diet. Fruits like sliced apples, oranges, grapes, melo
