robyn

She may be egg bound, I'd say vet treatment needed and quickly.

Sounds like a virus passing from one bird too another. Do you have dirt floors? Definite need for avian vet advice to track down the bug. It's no good trying to advise on treatment until you discover what you are dealing with.

Hi, bread is okay once in a while, mine used to love white or wholemeal. I think if you use bakery as opposed to s.market bread, they don't use a lot of preservatives etc. I think it's just now and then as like us too much can make them fat.

As a precaution I would catch her and treat the wound with betadine /iodine eg as a rat bite, pet or not could cause a bad infection so see if you can avoid this by treating her first. As a handy hint, pepper is a good thing to help stop bleeding, if you need it in the future.

If your birds have an infection you will have to act quickly to save them. I agree with Nadene, either triple c or a drop of Ivermectin on back of neck a.s.a.p TREAT ALL BIRDS not just the ones showing symptoms. Normal birds would not have staining above cere. If you hear any wheeze/squeak sounds it could be serious, they go down hill rapidly and infection will pass from one bird to the rest. Good luck and fingers crossed for them, let us know how you go or for more advice. Post under health problems eg so we can follow post.

Sorry you lost her. It sounds like she had some type of tumour there. You did everything you could for her, well done good luck with your other birds.

How far down the beak was it broken? Unless she is able to crack seed she would starve. You will have to try and observe her and check to see if she is dehusking her seed, if she is able to do this her beak may grow back if the root of it is still intact. Their beaks have to be clipped, on occasion, when they don't get enough to chew on for their beaks to stay "normal". Maybe she has a chance, others may be able to advise if they have had similar problem. It really depends on how much of the top beak remains I think. Let us know how she gets on.

Great job Witherd, will look very stylish when finished but can see your point for any future uses of building. Cubby house, study, teens retreat (or parents hideaway) the mind boggles l.o.l. Will be great to see it finished.Good luck with the finishing touch's.

I'm not into show birds but I'd say Green Normal is a green with no splits etc. any other colour would have been achieved from the original "green normal" so isn't classed as normal? Does that sound right?

The nest box issue was my thought as well Jimmy, it looks a bit small to add a nest box but otherwise they look great, for a breeding room e.g. maybe hang a box from the front may work.

Definitely !!! cages are the way to go. To stop all this aggressive behaviour, as well as a lot of heartache. She may not be a nasty bird, with her own nest and partner she could be a great Mum. Just be aware she could go either way so keep a good eye on any eggs/chicks she has to make sure. Good luck with her.

Has your Cock bird started to grow more normal flights or are they still "broken". They may breed o.k chicks even if they (the parents) aren't quite normal, if it's only through injury etc not genetic. Would be interesting to see, if they look o.k otherwise, you may get some really good chicks from them. Even though the general opinion is only breed your best birds. I think the others need a chance as well, in pet types.

Could be male mauve, opaline, cinnamon ? Tail feathers if pulled out when a chick sometimes don't re-grow. I had one but he had little short tail feathers and bred some nice chicks. Can you add a picture of your bird on a perch, to show what his tail or lack thereof looks like? Could be he's dropped his tail feathers in his first moult if he is around 9 weeks. First picture still shows faint bars so not that old. He's very pretty but doesn't really look like a french moult bird. See what others think.

Just popped in to-day by chance. Your chick is lovely, very nice grey by the look of him. His beak has lightened up to normal I see. Really nice.

Hi Jimmy Banks, and all. How long have you been a member of the forum for? april 2009 How long have you kept budgies for? 2009 What is your favourite mutation? probably pied . Blue or Green Series? either How many birds do you keep at the moment? 0-.nil :( What do you prefer Pet or Show type? show/normal. as pets type. What got you into you into budgies? Brother-in -law gave me 2. (which expanded at times to 60) Unfortunately or fortunately, whichever. We also are on the move, so as we don't have any idea of the house, yard etc yet and it takes a while to build another aviary, I'm out of the game for now, much to my disappointment. I have sold all my buds, cages etc for now. I pop in for a read every now and then and hope to keep in touch with bbc until I can start my little flock again. Good luck to all with their birds in the meantime. .

Good to see you have a result after so long. Worth the wait I hope. Did you candle eggs to see if more are fertile?

I have had large clutches up to 10 chicks survive in the nest. It depends on how good the parents are. If it is being fed I'd leave it, they aren't really runts just the youngest, who could end up larger than siblings, as chicks mature and leave nest, last chicks get the full feeding from parents. If it isn't being fed you would have to hand rear it.

Why not post the pics you already have, then more after they moult to see how they compare.

Well done, beautiful babies. Hope Mum's eye is okay now. Proves she's a good Mum so hopefully her next partner is more loving.

I think another cage would be best option, don't forget if you breed them you could have another 5-6 or more chicks as well. I don't think a "foot x foot" cage is big enough for a bird to be in full time though.

My neighbour collects cuttlefish for me when they go on holidays, I have a plastic bucket full at the moment. They are washed then rinsed in cold water and left to sun dry. Then I put them into the bucket for use.I have never had a problem with mine. Even better when it's free, about $1.00/$3.00 a piece to buy. BUT check to see if you can legally take them from the beach as I have been told you can't in some places, same goes for shell grit from the beach.

I think maybe one more would be okay it would even up the numbers so there isn't "one man out" so to speak , no nest box though. It's great you give them time out of their cage for exercise.

Hi, as Nadene has said the Cinnamon must come from the father, as Cinnamon is a sex linked gene, no hen can be split sex linked, so it's Dad masking the cinnamon. I thought I read somewhere that a white chick with cinnamon & plum eyes can be a fallow??? BUT I'm not sure about that others may be able to say for sure.

Maybe a picture would help with sex of bird in question?

"It" is very nice anyway, more pics as it moults out would be interesting, to see if it does lighten up or darken even more. It's always good to see something a little "off centre" to see which way it turns out.