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i used the square wire mesh made for aviarys

im sorry but he is disabled he cant do what is natural and that is fly take of go up which ever way you put it you have stopped it doing its natural thing ie break your leg you can still hop to the other side of the room but you cant walk there (a bit extreme comparasen i know) the problem i think i have is that i dont tame my birds have no need to tame

i for one dont think an animal should be disabled all be it temparally to tame it

http://www.taypool.homestead.com/crests.html a few more pictures

yes you can breed them as for the other do you want to linebreed or inbreed.to me inbreed no and line breeding only if you have perfect records,and definatly only if you are breeding show birds pet birds are are big no no

the only worry i have is if your birds get overweight it is recomended that the perchs are high and the food is placed on the floor as this is were they get the best exercise from flying up not across

ive just removed a chick thaat was 5 weeks old when i did the hen was already sitting on 4 eggs the first two fertile 4 to 5 weeks is the norm as for dad 12 months solid is a very long time are you breeding in an aviary if so i would remove all nest boxs if you cant do that put him in a cage on his own for a couple of months

you should only move eggs to another hen if she already has them if there are no eggs in the nest she will know its another hen has laid it and probably destroy it

sometimes the hen does not start to incubate untill after the second egg is laid so the first could be around 20 days so dont worry if they dont hatch after 18 moulting is a stressfull time and normally the birds arnt in breeding condition so i would candle the eggs after 4 to 6 days to see if they are fertile

i dont know about this mine are on a seed diet and i would be worried if they were green,first stress then enteritis would be my geuss if it doesnt change after a couple of days or gets a really bad smell take it to a vet as enteritus is fatal

no i dont agree with fattening them up feed them the best quality (but you should do that anyway) and ensure thw conditions are at the best

i have bird tracker 6 for my pc okay but vert time consuming putting all data in and keeping it up to date i tend to uae my breeding books more you can order nest box cards and books from here http://www.budgerigarsociety.com/

yes they will but please ensure you do some research first

their a couple of thoughts on it one not enough calcium when in the egg or the hen sits to tight i have just had one out of a pair of birds that have had 6 rounds of eggs over the years and this is the first and only one from these birds i checked my records and these birds have had 22 chicks with this being the only one i lean towards the calcium idea as this was the last planned time to use this hen in my breeding programme as she was at the age when i retire my hens for health reasons

under him but i am afraid he is probably to old for it to work now

got to agree

small amount of baby shampoo but keep it away from eyes this is what a lot of breeders of albinos use to clean them for shows mix it with warm water wash the bird then use three containers of clean warm water and rinse the bird out in these works a treat

dont know if people saw it but there was a programme called river cottage he had mice caught them and let them go after a while he marked some with lip stick and found they were just returning

contaminate the food cause them stress

are all your boxs the same height

did you check the floor of the cage in case the mother pulled the chick out by accident

mothers dont eat dead chicks you need to take it out now or you could contaminate the other chicks and they will die

i totaly agree any animal charity that spends millions building new head offices and pays their top person hundreds of thousands and then lays of inspectors is a joke

this sounds like enteritis - diarrhoea loose green and watery discharge from the nostrils (could this be the goo on its face).if it is and it is not treated it is fatal keep this bird ina warm place at least 25c and try to get it to the vets soonast until you can try giving it cold black tea with a little sugar but the heat is the most important

finch please dont name shops your post had to be deleted