**KAZ**

Rotten luck mate Have you pulled the injured birds out into a smaller area to assess their problems ?

Females also do this over cage and perch space.

No, it wont grow back. Broken tips of beaks can grow back but not the damage your baby has. It will be in a lot of pain and does need assessment by a vet. It most likely will need handfeeding the rest of its life.

Cool Thanks so much for posting the photos and write up. Some members might want to know your ingredients and quantities too :fingerscrossed:

Agreed....now how old are they ?

Wonderful !!! W.A. is going to do well at the Nationals with your birds at selections G :fingerscrossed:

We already have members lacewings posted on here in the mutations section................ http://forums.budgiebreeders.asn.au/index....c=16974&hl=

Breeding a few pairs at once helps in situations like this. Pity you have no other options. How old are the babies ?

Can you foster the babies into another nest ?

SHE is a yellowface skyblue spangle. looks opaline too. FEMALE not male. Maybe 8 months to a year old.

Its almost always the mother. Put some millet sprays in the nestbox for her to chew on, sprinkle budgie seed liberally in the box, so she has something to do in their. Its usually the overattentive mothers that "overpreen" their babies. If its just the down she preens that fine and they mostly stop and dont do pin feathers. BUT some go further than that and you are going to have to watch carefully and make a decision based on how far it goes.

You cant upload directly...you have to upload to a host like photobucket and then post the link or full size picture if its 480 by 640 :fingerscrossed:

Not spangle. He is moulting too so watch him as moulting and the stress of a new home can make him ill. Lots of protein....mashed boiled egg, minced chicken etc.

What a bunch of honeys :hb: I'll order these two :wine put them on my bill

We have a member called Macka and he is a real character

Liv, could we see how the normal siblings to these guys look today ?

I am not saying its all about medication at all. Its just one of the first things I am addressing to try and establish better immunity within my own flock.Secondly is the newer larger flights to relieve any stresses from overcrowding. Before that is the big cull to reduce numbers as well. Thirdly is the open end for sunshine and rainfall.Its obviously a variety of things that cause health issues in our birds. Health issues must therefore go on to create fertility issues as does hereditary conditions. Haha. Stick a net in the door and start chasing. The smarter ones soon work out where I can't reach and that's when I recruit one of the kids to help with sending the birds down to my end. It's not a job they look forward to but a little bribery always helps . Mostly I can do it alone though.Have had one escape past me in 3 years and luckily enough caught him again. This will always be a risk unless I fit some sort of safety net over the door while catching them. I'd hate to have Red Faced Parrot Finches in these cages. I had a few of them when I had the Gouldians and lost 3 in 6 months due to them rushing by my arm unseen. Budgies are pedestrian compared to those little buggers.When there is no safety door...try this.Get one of those nets that hang from a hoop on the ceilings of bedrooms ....often used over little girls beds for decor item. Hook it over your door of cage...step into it and spread it around the back of you. open your aviary door. Any escapes will be caught in the netting around you. When not in use throw it back on top of the aviary.

Another hen going through her first decent moult A newly fledged baby ( one of Omelette's ) cinnamon grey spangle A young cock moulting

No mate................theres better breeders than me

Are they fertile ? Have you checked them ?

Cant wait to see how they turn out

Some before and after photos Thundra and now ( moulting ) her sister and now

i dont know shannon................They are still babies. We will see how they grow.

Mice do breed in the ground in soil in tunnels and most likely are under your slabs. They can get through 12mm by 12mm wire mesh and they can contaminate the food and water supply and makes birds sick and die.

and the other chick