Yay, I never thought I would win Budgie Of The Month, Thanks everyone

 

I took this photo when I had two of my older chicks inside, and this one didn't like the camera.

 

Kirsty

 

Please let me know if this is the right sizing,

Kirsty

The baby does still have the father, who feeds it quite well, but does not keep the baby warm. I am worried about putting it in with other chicks, because its mother died recently, and the baby might have the same "disease". It might pass this on to the other chicks. The mother died a week ago, so he has lasted for a week, and is starting to grow some down at last, but only just starting. I just want to warm him up somehow, without cutting the father off. Perhaps he can go in with the other chicks, now that he has lasted a week? He is 18 days old.

 

I would like to put him in with the other chicks, do you think it is safe by now?

 

Thanks,

 

Kirsty.

I have a baby Budgie inside, but he is really cold at night, how do i keep him warm?

He has a shoebox, with an old piece of towel in it, but he shivers all night,

and he is half the size of Lemons babies, and they are 3 days older than him.(he is 1 & 1/2 weeks, they are 1 week)

 

Kirsty

Hi all,

 

The Dad has taken over the feeding, but he is not sitting on the 1 remaining baby, one of Lemons chicks is 3 days older and is twice the size and its eyes are open, but this ones eyes are not open, and it is half the size of lemons baby that is 3 days older.

The baby has not grown any bigger since the hen died, and the dad took over.

 

HELP PLEASE

 

Kirsty

 

Is there food in its crop ? If not it needs crop feeding. If you cant do it then you need to get the chick to someoneone who can.

 

He always has heaps of food in his crop.

He sits in the box all night without any warmth, as the dad does not sit on him, how do you recommend i keep him warm at night?

 

Kirsty

Hi all,

 

The Dad has taken over the feeding, but he is not sitting on the 1 remaining baby, one of Lemons chicks is 3 days older and is twice the size and its eyes are open, but this ones eyes are not open, and it is half the size of lemons baby that is 3 days older.

The baby has not grown any bigger since the hen died, and the dad took over.

 

HELP PLEASE

 

Kirsty

Apart from a contagious illness, bugs can come into their system from contaminated water. Water is easily contaminated, especially in hot weather, when seeds from their beaks gets into their water dishes or drinkers and sours the water. Is this a possibility ?

More info:She has sucessfully raised two previous clutches.

Was this her third clutch in a row ?

 

 

 

I had trouble with the water with her last clutch, so i have changed that daily,

 

I have given her a break between her clutches of about 2 months.

 

Kirsty

10 days old, eyes still closed, and the same size as the other hens 7day chicks.

The Hen was all fluffed up, and poopy bottom,

Will the remaining chick be okay if the dad does not sit on it to keep it warm?

 

Thanks

Kirsty

Blossom was showing signs of being sick, so i immediately separated her, and the Dad took over the feeding, but one chick died this morning, as he was not sitting on them overnight, but he does sit on them in the day. Blossom also died yesterday. I have another hen I have been thinking of fostering the 1 remaining baby to, but what if the baby is sick? It might make the foster mothers babies sick? The Dad is still feeding it, but not siting on it, so it feels cold.

 

Kirsty

The Babies are 7,5, & 3 days old, I have fostered the youngest as it is the same size as the forster parents chicks,

and the first hen is now feeding her two remaining chicks.

 

Thanks

Kirsty

My hen is not feeding her babies, and she sits beside them in the nest box, so they are cold.

I have another hen with two babies, should i put them in with her?

Kirsty

 

 

More info:

 

She has sucessfully raised two previous clutches.

Has a supportive mate.

I have not seen Lemon chuck them out, so i suppose it would have been blossom, will she stop that now that she has an egg herself?

 

Thankyou

Kirsty

Lemon chucked the two eggs out just after she laid the second egg, so she hadn't started sitting yet. She has a supportive partner, in an aviary with another breeding pair (who now have one egg). She seems very healthy. We have had some hot weather, but now it is cool - but it wasn't really that hot where we are, so I don't think that would be the problem.

 

Lemon had chucked one egg out, and then I changed the nest box, because she had made a hole in the bottom, and then she chucked the second egg out.

 

The last clutch are now four months old, so she did get a rest without the nest boxes for a few months.

 

Thanks for your help, maybe she will lay some more eggs especially now that her neighbours have one egg (do they know when others lay eggs ???????)

 

Thankyou.

Kirsty

My hen has chucked two eggs out of her nest box onto the ground, and they have broken, but she does not eat them,

What do I do? She has had 1 clutch previously very succesfully.

Thanks

Kirsty

Thanks guys,

The cock has been talking to her a bit more now, but he is intimidated when she pecks him.

I have two show Quality birds that I have paired up, and it was love at first sight!

Thanks

Kirsty

I have four Budgie's, I have paired them up TODAY and they dont like each other, but they dont fight, they just avoid each other, Will they finally pair up? I want to keep them as pairs, as they are good colours together, What do I do?

 

Thanks

Kirsty

In other words you'd get all blues... no albino's, but some of your boys could be split albino

 

As for a name... I say Angel.

 

 

I have named her Angel!

Thanks JB

Thanks guys,

How do I know if a grey bird is split for ino?

Please excuse my ignorance but what is ino?

Thanks

Kirsty

How long do you quarantine your budgie's for, when you get new ones for your aviary?

Here is an example of the cere i am talking about.

 

 

The baby on the left IS a clear hen, the baby on the right looks more like a cock, but is in fact a hen....

I think your new bird is possibly the same. a cock would have a more consistent (and darker) pinky/purple cere

 

 

Hey you should enter this photo in Budgie of the month! Its so cute

eyes

Yes,

 

Have you been on a dolphin cruise?