January 10, 201015 yr Author The issue that I had once was before that I missed my window by a day, and I could not get a ring on the bird. I have had to use oil on 2 others. Others I rung too early, the rings came off, and by the time i realised, it was too late. I am more cautious now.
January 10, 201015 yr Ooh Dave lots of pinkies! Congratulations! Love the video, lots of healthy peeping there
January 10, 201015 yr Author With all the baby shots, I forgot to include pics of my greygreen cock bird who is an only child and growing up with his parents in the kindy cage at the moment. Here he is with Mum Two shots on his own.
January 10, 201015 yr With all the baby shots, I forgot to include pics of my greygreen cock bird who is an only child and growing up with his parents in the kindy cage at the moment. Here he is with Mum Two shots on his own. He is very nice. I like your video, too.
January 15, 201015 yr Author There has to be an infection in the nestbox, probably stemming from the hen. In the last few days, the little ones have gone from being bright pink little things, to a pasty pink. This morning I found the eldest one dead, looking very pale. I am concerned that the hen is passing some infection on. What can i do? What can I put in her food/water to help?
January 16, 201015 yr There has to be an infection in the nestbox, probably stemming from the hen. In the last few days, the little ones have gone from being bright pink little things, to a pasty pink. This morning I found the eldest one dead, looking very pale. I am concerned that the hen is passing some infection on. What can i do? What can I put in her food/water to help? I find putting triple C in the parents drinking water helps in these cases.
January 16, 201015 yr Also check carefully for red mite. These guys can suck the life out of the babies. Check for little black brown spots around cracks and crevases as they live off the bird and come out at night.
January 16, 201015 yr Author No visible signs of red mites. I have added triple c to their water They really do appear to have gone down hill fast. Another baby died, so the nest of 5 is down to 3, with one looking shakey.
January 17, 201015 yr Oh Dave, I'm so sorry. I do hope you mange to find out what's wrong so you're able to save the rest. It would be awful to lose the lot.
January 17, 201015 yr Author Well, the three eldest are gone, and the two young ones are not looking the best. It is funny, as they do not appear to have a full crop. No fosters available at the moment, just have to try to ride it out and hope the Triple C in the water helps.
January 17, 201015 yr Well, the three eldest are gone, and the two young ones are not looking the best. It is funny, as they do not appear to have a full crop. No fosters available at the moment, just have to try to ride it out and hope the Triple C in the water helps. Times like these you need to be topping up with crop feed with some triple c in the formula. Have you ever crop fed ?
January 17, 201015 yr Author Well, the three eldest are gone, and the two young ones are not looking the best. It is funny, as they do not appear to have a full crop. No fosters available at the moment, just have to try to ride it out and hope the Triple C in the water helps. Times like these you need to be topping up with crop feed with some triple c in the formula. Have you ever crop fed ? Yet to crop feed. They are so tiny, i would hate to try
January 17, 201015 yr You need to learn to crop feed too Dave...and there is crop needles for younger babies. Try seeing if they will suck in a runny mix made up with the triple c water in it.
January 17, 201015 yr There has to be an infection in the nestbox, probably stemming from the hen. In the last few days, the little ones have gone from being bright pink little things, to a pasty pink. This morning I found the eldest one dead, looking very pale. I am concerned that the hen is passing some infection on. What can i do? What can I put in her food/water to help? I am sorry you are having these problems Dave, especially as you don't have any nests to foster to. Are the chicks slowly going a pasty white colour? I had a couple of nests like that in 2008. I had heard you could try giving them a drop of olive oil to the beak or even treat the parents with Lincospectrum. I tried both alternatives with limited success and since then have simply fostered the chicks to a healthy mum. BUT you can't do that .... I agree with Kaz here, if you want to try and save them I think you need to try crop feeding as most times when the chicks get ill the parents stop feeding them and let them die.
January 17, 201015 yr dave just a question is the mother of these chicks the same hen that was ill last time and spread infection to a lot of chicks last year or diffrent hen i only ask as i remember you had chicks die last year but you fostered out chicks and they were fine i was wondering if its same hen it was mabe your probblem solved to a degree
January 17, 201015 yr Author different hen. This is an albino hen that produced two lovely chicks in her first clutch. Breeding Pair Previous chicks One thing I have noticed is that all my pairs have had a more stressful time in their second clutch of breeding. Kiwi and Twitch had 4 in their first clutch, and only 2, one who had leg deformitites and had ot be euthenased in the second clutch. Dark Green Cock and GreyGreen Hen had 3 in their first clutch and only 1 in their second. Dumber(RIP) and his DF hen only had one clutch due to his death. Latte and Earl had 2 big strong boys in their first clutch and 2 smaller hens in their second clutch (smaller due to being hens I think) Now this pair. Maybe they are only meant to have one clutch, simple as that. General rule for my birds, not all.
January 18, 201015 yr One thing I have noticed is that all my pairs have had a more stressful time in their second clutch of breeding. Kiwi and Twitch had 4 in their first clutch, and only 2, one who had leg deformitites and had ot be euthenased in the second clutch. Dark Green Cock and GreyGreen Hen had 3 in their first clutch and only 1 in their second. Dumber(RIP) and his DF hen only had one clutch due to his death. Latte and Earl had 2 big strong boys in their first clutch and 2 smaller hens in their second clutch (smaller due to being hens I think) Now this pair. Maybe they are only meant to have one clutch, simple as that. General rule for my birds, not all. I am not sure whether there are any hard and fast rules as to how many clutches they have - be it 1, 2 or even 3. It comes down to breeding conditions in your breeding room and the breeding condition of your birds.
January 18, 201015 yr Author One thing I have noticed is that all my pairs have had a more stressful time in their second clutch of breeding. Kiwi and Twitch had 4 in their first clutch, and only 2, one who had leg deformitites and had ot be euthenased in the second clutch. Dark Green Cock and GreyGreen Hen had 3 in their first clutch and only 1 in their second. Dumber(RIP) and his DF hen only had one clutch due to his death. Latte and Earl had 2 big strong boys in their first clutch and 2 smaller hens in their second clutch (smaller due to being hens I think) Now this pair. Maybe they are only meant to have one clutch, simple as that. General rule for my birds, not all. I am not sure whether there are any hard and fast rules as to how many clutches they have - be it 1, 2 or even 3. It comes down to breeding conditions in your breeding room and the breeding condition of your birds. :sadsorry: I did not say there were any hard and fast rules. I just observed that with some pairs that were great with their first clutch, there were a few issues with their second. Another little one died in the nestbox today. I checked the last survivor and there is food in its crop, so it has bee fed. Just interesting to see what will happen. I know that sounds harsh, and I am yet to master crop feeding, but if the birds come into this life and get an infection early, chances are they are not going to either fully mature to be a good bird, or they are always going to carry an infection. I know it sounds harsh, and I have treated the water with Triple C to give the birds a chance, but if this little one dies, and I think it will given what happened to its siblings, I will remove the nest box, treat the pair in there for whatever they might have, then return them to the aviary. There are no signs of any mites. I think that the infection has come from Mum.
January 18, 201015 yr One thing I have noticed is that all my pairs have had a more stressful time in their second clutch of breeding. Kiwi and Twitch had 4 in their first clutch, and only 2, one who had leg deformitites and had ot be euthenased in the second clutch. Dark Green Cock and GreyGreen Hen had 3 in their first clutch and only 1 in their second. Dumber(RIP) and his DF hen only had one clutch due to his death. Latte and Earl had 2 big strong boys in their first clutch and 2 smaller hens in their second clutch (smaller due to being hens I think) Now this pair. Maybe they are only meant to have one clutch, simple as that. General rule for my birds, not all. I am not sure whether there are any hard and fast rules as to how many clutches they have - be it 1, 2 or even 3. It comes down to breeding conditions in your breeding room and the breeding condition of your birds. I did not say there were any hard and fast rules. I just observed that with some pairs that were great with their first clutch, there were a few issues with their second. Another little one died in the nestbox today. I checked the last survivor and there is food in its crop, so it has bee fed. Just interesting to see what will happen. I know that sounds harsh, and I am yet to master crop feeding, but if the birds come into this life and get an infection early, chances are they are not going to either fully mature to be a good bird, or they are always going to carry an infection. I know it sounds harsh, and I have treated the water with Triple C to give the birds a chance, but if this little one dies, and I think it will given what happened to its siblings, I will remove the nest box, treat the pair in there for whatever they might have, then return them to the aviary. There are no signs of any mites. I think that the infection has come from Mum. not harsh dave wise i must admit i only ever breed my birds one round rest for a month then another if they looking good i stagger my pairs so as i can do this only ever have i breed a few pairs straight after as they were sooooooooo good looked like no chicks were raised Edited January 18, 201015 yr by KAZ
January 18, 201015 yr Author That will be my new policy - one clutch, so make it a good one!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
January 19, 201015 yr Author Last one died overnight. Nestbox has been removed and the triple C treatment will continue for a little while until they return to the aviary next week sometime
January 19, 201015 yr Last one died overnight. Nestbox has been removed and the triple C treatment will continue for a little while until they return to the aviary next week sometime Very sorry to hear that Dave
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