deb

i decided to add a photo of the eldest who is 14 days old because i am worried about their size as well, they used to be plump looking but they are starting to look skinny.They always have food in their crop but she does not fill them up like she used to and she is also spending alot more time out of the nestbox.They are not eating as much of the egg and biscuit anymore.

The hen and cock are about 2 years old but it is their first clutch.i will try the iodine block and see if it helps.

The nest box i have has a small opening at the back for the light to come in but i had the box covered with a cloth to stop cold air coming in the back of the nest box but i removed it this morning so light can get in the box now.At what age can you remove the hen and the male will look after the babies.

no foster hens because the rest of my hens are either too old or too young for breeding.i am a bit upset by the plucking because it is my first cabinet breeding and i wanted everything to go right so i spend ages reading on breeding and have been trying to do everything right but i still end up with problems.i was planning to wait till i had another pair before i put this pair in the breeding cabinet but she was trying to nest in her quarintinee cage on the grate so i moved her to the breeding cabinet.

My hen has starting plucking the down feathers off the babies, i have been searching the forum and reading different suggestions so what i am wondering has anyone tried putting a mix of babyoil and dettol on the babies and does it work. i am wondering if i do it could it cause the hen to reject the babies because they smell funny.Does anyone have any other suggestions that might help to stop her. The eldest is 13 days old and she is bald.

i feed it to my budgies and some of my birds love it where as some will not touch it.

Glad to hear you finally had a fine day so you could get some more work done.i hope your daughter is going well and the op has help reduce the pain she was in.

Yes, Maesie, mine only hatched a little bit early. My first 3 where on the 9th,10th and 11th of june and then number 4 was the 15th so i have one that looks like the runt of the clutch.

they are so cute and growing so nicely, they look the same size as my babies.

your babies all look like they are doing well, they are so cute but i especially love the group hug picture.

Dylan sounds so cute and it is great they way he got used to them so quickly. Lucy, my 2 year old has always been around budgies but still screams if they land on her, i have finally got her to touch the babies but she will not hold them.

they are still so cute, hope everything goes well with the op.

your babies are cute and have grown up so fast.

it must be relaxing now the budgies have gone home. i am fortunate that i have had the budgies since my kids where little so they know not to open the cage and my 2 year old is scared of the budgies.

congrats on the eggs and i hope some are fertile this time for you.

they are beautiful pics, your daughter is good with the camera, My daughter loves to take photos as well but she rushes and they all end up out of focus.

that is a gorgeous photo and i hope you had a nice holiday.

i am sorry to hear that you had such a horrible day,that is so awful about the petshop. i hope you can find the hens owner.

i hope the operation goes well, my thoughts and prayers are with you.

Glad to hear that you got some rats, hope you get the rest before they do anymore damage.

i hope Arkady is going to be okay for you.

that is so cute, the one thing i love about my budgies is that whenever you are feeling down you can got and spend time with them and they are so relaxing to sit and watch.

i hope it all works out and you can get it organised before you move in.

he is so cute and glad to hear that you have a good baby, you are very lucky.

Hey Maesie they use the same network mobile phones do, so reliability should not be an issue... If you get a strong mobile phone signal you should be right. As for security, it is the same as any broadband connection. make sure you have an up to date antivirus (i can advise a good free one!) Firewall (windows XP with service pack 2 has a decent one) and perhaps if you are dilligent anti spyware program (i know a good free one for that too ) as for the providers, as long as you have a strong signal then all of them should be pretty similar- so sort out which contract and price you like. My boss at work has totally got rid of his land line and just uses mobile phones and Wireless internet and tells me the price works out pretty similar if not a little cheaper. Mick