Your hen may be going to nest too soon. Or they may be too fluffy around the vent area. Have you clipped back some feathers ? :happy-dancing:

Edited October 3, 200816 yr by KAZ

I clipped the feathers on all the birds vents. I do not actually know if the eggs are infertile or not I am just asking these questions so I am prepared. I am still hoping that they are fertile. I forget that you need to count from when she starts incubating. I was counting from when the first egg was laid. The first egg is not due for 5 days yet. I tried candling in the nest box with no sucess. I shine the led torch down on the eggs and see nothing, Absolutley nothing. The eggs are all whitish colour except for the newly laid eggs, these are pink.

 

To clip vent feathers do I get a pair of scissors and cut away at the area or do I pluck the feathers out with tweezers? I do not even know exactly where the vent is. I am thinking it is in between the birds legs. Is their a tutorial that can show me how to do this?

 

Thanks very much for the help I will keep you updated.

White eggs are fertile eggs :happy-dancing:

That is good then.

 

I have a question reguarding silverbeet and breeding birds. The silverbeet has to much iron and it reduces the budgies calcium intake right? Is it okay to feed silverbeet to the breeding budgies once a week? Or should it not be fed at all?

 

Thanks very much.

Its okay, but better is the chinese vegies....bok choy, pak choy, ,,,,,,,,,and english spinach ( the small kind )

Hi

 

One of summers eggs hatched today :question:

He/She has not been fed yet but I have read that it can take up to 24 hours?

 

I will keep you updated

Hi

 

One of summers eggs hatched today :question:

He/She has not been fed yet but I have read that it can take up to 24 hours?

 

I will keep you updated

Preferably not 24 hrs. If the baby hasnt been fed by dusk, feed it yourself and pop it back under the mother.

Would I need a syringe or will he eat from a teaspoon?

 

He has a white milkish substance in his stomach but their are bubbles...

Is the mother still supposed to incubate after the chick has hatched?

 

Thanks

Would I need a syringe or will he eat from a teaspoon?

 

He has a white milkish substance in his stomach but their are bubbles...

Is the mother still supposed to incubate after the chick has hatched?

 

Thanks

Tiny newborns will suck it in off anything if near there beak...be sure not to get it in nostrils. But sounds like your baby has been fed anyway.

Mums sit and keep chicks and the rest of the eggs warm YES.

Hey Pearce congrats on you chicks, I agree with Kaz it sounds like mum has done her job and fed her baby already,

Hi

 

Thanks for the comments.

 

If a baby has not been fed, will the crop still be white?

The reason I am asking this is because the babys crop is white but it is not big, bulky or full like some other baby pictures I've been viewing.

Nope... the white in the baby's crop is crop milk from the mother. You'll be able to tell if it's empty. The baby is probably due for another feed that is why there is not much in there. Keep an eye on it... you may need to top it up.

Your baby HAS BEEN FED. Dont worry so much

okay THanks

 

I will go buy something from a pet shop.

 

I do not have an eye dropper or a pestle and morter so I cannot use Libbys crop milk that is on this site.

okay THanks

 

I will go buy something from a pet shop.

 

I do not have an eye dropper or a pestle and morter so I cannot use Libbys crop milk that is on this site.

As I said...the baby has been fed. Dont be too quick to take over if Mum is doing her job. Dont expect to see huge crops on a newly hatched chick

It doesn't look like you'll need anything for this one... I'm sure it must seem like an eternity since the mother last fed but don't worry. It sounds like the mother has everything under control...

Hi

 

Thank you for all the help.

I have good news, the babys crop is full.

I Will keep you updated.

Check morning and night and leave them be in the meantime. Too much checking will transfer anxiety onto the mother and she may resent the interuptions and you may be affecting her feeding times with the baby

Hi

 

The second baby hatched today, I thought they hatch every 2 days?

Both babies have been fed by the mother.

Their is also a nest in a tree in the backyard and their are 2 babies in their to.

 

I will post pictures at a later stage I do not want to disturb them anymore.

 

Thanks .

Very good news

Hi all

 

Summers 3rd baby hatched today while I Was at work. All 3 babies have been fed. Neon and thunders first baby also hatched today. Summer has 7 eggs, do you think if all the eggs hatch she will be able to cope with feeding them all? I could transfer one to neon but I would not know when? I can see the size difference in summers 3 already, so imagine what it would be like for the oldest and the youngest in summers box.

If you have any ideas please post

 

THanks very much.

Summer now has 3 babies and neon has 2. Every baby has been fed. Instead of the entire crop being filled with white milk, their are black dots in their... could they be seeds? Or a disease? The crop milk has black dots in it. I will post pictures if you cant understand me.

 

 

Thanks,

Summer now has 3 babies and neon has 2. Every baby has been fed. Instead of the entire crop being filled with white milk, their are black dots in their... could they be seeds? Or a disease? The crop milk has black dots in it. I will post pictures if you cant understand me.

 

 

Thanks,

 

 

Dont worry they are just black seeds in their.When they get older they wil be completley stuffed with them. I know it is a very scary experience but you will get the hang of it and you will learn in your own time what is right and wrong. :bliss:

Summer now has 3 babies and neon has 2. Every baby has been fed. Instead of the entire crop being filled with white milk, their are black dots in their... could they be seeds? Or a disease? The crop milk has black dots in it. I will post pictures if you cant understand me.

 

 

Thanks,

 

 

Dont worry they are just black seeds in their.When they get older they wil be completley stuffed with them. I know it is a very scary experience but you will get the hang of it and you will learn in your own time what is right and wrong.

 

okay Thank you very much missylu.

 

I have added some shavings to the nest box. I am hoping they keep the babies warm and I am also hoping summer doesnt throw them out like usual.

Congratulations on all your babies - sounds like things are going smoothly