Annie22 0 Posted June 10, 2013 Member ID: 7,671 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 2 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 4 Content Per Day: 0.00 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 50 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 10/06/13 Status: Offline Last Seen: September 18, 2013 Share Posted June 10, 2013 I have a nest of four baby budgies. The eldest baby has hardly any flight feathers left and the smallest one in the nest has no tail feathers. The eldest is five weeks old and the smallest four weeks old. The two in the middle seem to have all their feathers. Would this be French Moult or could the mother in wanting to lay her second clutch be either pulling them out or stressing the babies to the point that the feathers are falling out? Any ideas? Link to comment
robyn 0 Posted June 10, 2013 Member ID: 5,241 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 86 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 1,887 Content Per Day: 0.10 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 10,750 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 25/04/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: June 19, 2018 Birthday: 21/12/1946 Share Posted June 10, 2013 Could be either, can you separate Mum from babies and leave Dad to finish the job? If you want 2nd round maybe put chicks on floor with Dad with a cover for them to hide under e.g ice cream container cut away on one side. See if feathers start to grow back.Even add pics on here to see what others think. Link to comment
**KAZ** 0 Posted June 12, 2013 Member ID: 1,976 Group: Site Members Followers: 2 Topic Count: 521 Topics Per Day: 0.03 Content Count: 25,294 Content Per Day: 1.28 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 152,977 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 24/01/06 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 6, 2015 Birthday: 07/01/1956 Share Posted June 12, 2013 (edited) french moult you would first notice loss of flight feathers and tail, but not total loss of body feathers in most cases....sounds like plucking going on and you need to figure out which parent is doing it....can you post photos for confirmation ? Edited June 12, 2013 by **KAZ** Link to comment
Annie22 0 Posted June 13, 2013 Member ID: 7,671 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 2 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 4 Content Per Day: 0.00 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 50 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 10/06/13 Status: Offline Last Seen: September 18, 2013 Author Share Posted June 13, 2013 I have a nest of four baby budgies. The eldest baby has hardly any flight feathers left and the smallest one in the nest has no tail feathers. The eldest is five weeks old and the smallest four weeks old. The two in the middle seem to have all their feathers. Would this be French Moult or could the mother in wanting to lay her second clutch be either pulling them out or stressing the babies to the point that the feathers are falling out? Any ideas? All four of the babies have all their body feathers and wing and some small tail feathers but don't have their flight feathers or their long tail feathers. Will try tomorrow to get some photos to post. Thank you for your ideas. Link to comment
**KAZ** 0 Posted June 13, 2013 Member ID: 1,976 Group: Site Members Followers: 2 Topic Count: 521 Topics Per Day: 0.03 Content Count: 25,294 Content Per Day: 1.28 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 152,977 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 24/01/06 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 6, 2015 Birthday: 07/01/1956 Share Posted June 13, 2013 Does sound like french moult then Annie Link to comment
Annie22 0 Posted June 17, 2013 Member ID: 7,671 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 2 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 4 Content Per Day: 0.00 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 50 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 10/06/13 Status: Offline Last Seen: September 18, 2013 Author Share Posted June 17, 2013 I have a nest of four baby budgies. The eldest baby has hardly any flight feathers left and the smallest one in the nest has no tail feathers. The eldest is five weeks old and the smallest four weeks old. The two in the middle seem to have all their feathers. Would this be French Moult or could the mother in wanting to lay her second clutch be either pulling them out or stressing the babies to the point that the feathers are falling out? Any ideas? All four of the babies have all their body feathers and wing and some small tail feathers but don't have their flight feathers or their long tail feathers. Will try tomorrow to get some photos to post. Thank you for your ideas. Link to comment
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