Hi everyone....

 

I would like a bit of feedback on why this may be happening to me?

 

I have had 24 chicks this season and 4 of them all from different nests have had some sort of leg/foot injury.

One was euthanized at the vets...(it was broken) 2 came good after about 4 weeks in the hospital cage and 1 is still recovering......the vet said the other 3 were not broken injured in some way and all he did to them was give them a vitamin injection told me to seperate them in a seperate cage with heat, whitch I had already done with 2 of them, the other one wasn't weaned properly so I left that one with the parents for 2 more weeks and he seems fine now....

 

I don't give my birds extra calcium meds only from the food I supply.

 

Every 7 days they get a mixture of the below every 2/3 days...

 

* corn cobs

* Broccoli

* egg and biscuit

* Cucumber

* Beetroot

* peas

* bread

* apple

* banana

* oranges

* mineral blocks are in the avairy(I dont use cuttlefish)

 

Should I be giving extra calcium to my birds? Should I be doing more prior to breeding next time?

 

Not sure if this is the reason, maybe just bad luck...

It DOES sound like you need to be adding calcium to the breeding birds as it sounds like some of the babies have rickets or low calcium related leg issues.

CALCIVET in the water prior to breeding is good and also through breeding a couple of days a week while feeding chicks.

If you can get some vetafarm SOLUVITE D BREEDER also it would help too.

 

Calcivet

 

soluvite d breeder

Thanks Kaz,

 

Sorry I have not replied I have no internet til the 25th so I'm at my sisters place....

 

Thanks for anwering, I will order both of those tonight.

 

What it "rickets" please??

I think rickets is deformations caused by calcium deficiency.

Thanks Kaz,

 

Sorry I have not replied I have no internet til the 25th so I'm at my sisters place....

 

Thanks for anwering, I will order both of those tonight.

 

What it "rickets" please??

 

"Rickets'' Is basically the inability of the bird to matabolise and absorbe the minerals in the body, Vitamin D is the key as without this the bird cannot take in the calcium it is receiving . Make sure the mineral additive you put in the water has Vitamin D . Also dont overdose as this can cause more harm than good. Two Days in the water is usually enough.

Thanks Kaz,

 

Sorry I have not replied I have no internet til the 25th so I'm at my sisters place....

 

Thanks for anwering, I will order both of those tonight.

 

What it "rickets" please??

 

"Rickets'' Is basically the inability of the bird to matabolise and absorbe the minerals in the body, Vitamin D is the key as without this the bird cannot take in the calcium it is receiving . Make sure the mineral additive you put in the water has Vitamin D . Also dont overdose as this can cause more harm than good. Two Days in the water is usually enough.

 

Thanks for explaining Matt.

You need soluvite D breeder for this as suggested above.

You need soluvite D breeder for this as suggested above.

 

 

So the CALCIVET and the SOLUVITE D can go in the water together, twice a week, only a few weeks before breeding and while raising chicks?

 

Or twice a week all the time?

I will check the instructions on my soluvite D and let you know as I use it in my soft food.