lilmisssunshine

Well thanks everyone. I have learnt my lesson. I actually have a 12 week old baby (the human kind) of my own - and my nest also includes a 6yo and an 18mnth... there is no way I would be going back for more as quick as she has! It didn't even cross my mind that she wanted the nest back for her own loopy purposes! Thanks all for your advice. Just for future reference - if this hen ever has more babies should I routinely remove her from them just when the last one is about to fledge? And how long does she go into timeout for? When can I put her back in with the others? And would removing the nest box have the same result as removing the hen? THanks again

Please help me... My beautiful budgies have just had their first babies. We have had two budgies in a large cage for two years (birthday present for my daughter) and we decided to stick a nest box in and see what happened. They laid a few times but nothing happened. THis time they laid six and hatched four - tiny beautiful babies! It has been wonderful. I have got so much advice from here and read so much wonderful info but now the wheels have fallen off... Mum has done really well - she has fed them and fledged them - I check them a few times every day and everything has been great. Until this afternoon. All the babies were fledged this week except for one - it has always been the tiniest. I went to the nest box tonight and the baby is sitting in the doorway with blood everywhere. I pulled it out in a panic and it is okay - but three quarters of its beak is missing and mum has been in the box pecking its head! I think mum must have done this to it! Please tell me what to do - should I separate it - but if I do who will feed it? What do I feed it and how? Will it ever be able to eat seed - will its beak grow back? It is fully feathered and it is still able to move and walk. It has been happy on my shoulder for the last half hour or so. But what am I going to do with this bird? And most importantly - how do I tell if it is in pain (I mean surely it is but what can I do for it?) Why would mum do this? Is there not enough food in the cage? Is there not enough shelter - have I done the wrong thing by handling the babies so much. Please please help!