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Clearwings are hard to get onto around here. So either way I need to get 2 birds? okay, So what birds would I need to get if I wanted to have rainbows? I believe Neville has already told you what you need

They had a first successful clutch with no problems. I would say some form of stress in this case. Doesnt mean it will happen again in the future.

Another good reason to stop her now

Gorgeous chicks Amy Great photos

I agree with Dave

Could you try and post a picture please......link on how to is in my signature. And please give us more info to go on as well so we can help you better.

I agree with Dave. I am not mad at you either, but do feel somewhat helpless and feel like giving you advice could be wasted.

She really needs a large aviary to fly in and to holiday in. You dont have one do you ? Might help her muscle tone.

Waiting on three fertile eggs in a greywing to dilute nest............checked this evening to find one of the parents had eaten the eggs with live nearly ready to hatch chicks in them

Its small.................no more water in that than a small dish. $40 by the time they post it. I am sure you could find something where you live. As far as safe goes...............they usually are coated or treated with something. You need to find that out.

Total lack of calcium and possibly nutrients to the baby.......at three weeks it should be almost fully feathered, able to walk around the nestbox and flap its wings learning to fly before it leaves in one week. What preparation did you do with regard to parental feeding and supplements to the parents before breeding them and during the raising of chicks ............chick ? why only one ? How old are the parents ?

Wrong thing to do. Internal egglaying means there is no fully formed egg to lay. best thing to do when you want a budgie expert is ask mum and dad.........they would know way more than we would here

I tried that once before. Mac or Tess ate one up and then later I found one of them had been sick and there was thrown up egg on the ground. Not pretty. Decided not to adopt that idea again. ` You probably gave them an OLD egg Dave :rofl:

Dont waste them Dave.......throw them hard on the pavement in front of the dogs and they will gobble them up and leave no signs there ever was an eggy pavement

Seriously Dave its about time you began to candle eggs, then at least you could toss out the "empties"

Pet shop staff notoriously get sexing wrong. Most people assume any blue on a budgies cere means male BUT if the blue is with white its female. These are females BEFORE AFTER

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You dont need a third bird right now. Another female will be double the trouble for Edward, and another male means they may fight over the female. Leave it as it is. Females are notorious for wanting ALL THE PERCH SPACE and ALL THE FOOD and ALL THE EVERYTHING IN A CAGE Just make sure the cage is large and lots of places to fly in there and be and perch and eat and drink. Sharing is not what female budgies like to do. Make sure the cage is huge and lots of eating and drinking places and lots of good perching spots. In case you were wondering why Buddy is female when the cere has blue ? Any blue with white is female. Buddys cere has white on it, so female. PS they are only babies too

Hi Tooty Edward is male Buddy is FEMALE

Post pictures when you can. Buddy sounds like its a female. If you want tame budgies you wont have them tame for long as you have more than one. Any more than one is a flock and they will prefer each others company rather than yours. Adding yet another will make it ten times worse if you want tame budgies. PS any cage outside must always be under your supervision. Never a cage outside alone. Too many tragedies occur when budgies are outside in cages alone.

I am seeing a crop full of seed that is really meant to be a crop full of crop milk not seeds. Seems to me the parents arent feeding the "formula"they are meant to be feeding the chicks. If not enough liquid in the feedings this will result in dehydrated chicks as RIP has suggested. Inexperienced parents can feed wrong and dads who are keen to feed babies sometimes feed wrong. If you have additives in the water, they may be avoiding drinking it and then feeding a feed that doesnt have enough fluids. Just my thoughts. ADDITIONALLY............you have had enough deaths to warrant the expense of an autopsy. Failing that I would shut down breeding for now if possible until you get some tests done on the birds. Trying to remember something too ..............I heard something once about black toenails indicating an illness.....cant remember which illness it was..........the toenails on that red eyed chick are black and they shouldnt be.............should they ?

She may well be carrying an egg, because you had a nestbox in for her. BUT it would be a really good idea to stop her and to let her settle into the new home and rest for around 6 months ...more maybe.

Can you have him in an adjoining cage and only put him in under supervision ....like when you are working in the birdroom ?

Hi and welcome First thing to say is Bird do not have PREGNANCIES ..........they dont get pregnant, they dont carry eggs in their body. They form one egg at a time, mostly only if they have a nestbox and all conditions are right for them. Signs of mating does not automatically means eggs and babies. She must not have another clutch right now. Three is one clutch too many, and she needs to settle into her new home. Make sure you have no nestboxes and nothing she can see as a nestbox. okay..........edit..... You already have a nestbox. Bad move if she has already had three clutches. New advice. Remove her to a seperate cage from the male........no nestbox, and allow her to stop her egglaying cycle. she will drop an egg or two from the perch but she will stop. How old is she ?