Posted January 10, 201114 yr I have two breeding pair of budgies in a small avery, one of the males escaped leaving two femaes and one male. One of the females has been nesting on and of for a few weeks now but produced no eggs, she seemed fine and healthy it was her first time nesting as none of them have breed as yet. But, this morning i found her dead on the floor of the avery and am at a loss as to why this happened. Can anyone enlighten me as to what may have happened. I had noticed her panting on and off but she seemed fine the day before this happened.
January 10, 201114 yr I have two breeding pair of budgies in a small avery, one of the males escaped leaving two femaes and one male. One of the females has been nesting on and of for a few weeks now but produced no eggs, she seemed fine and healthy it was her first time nesting as none of them have breed as yet. But, this morning i found her dead on the floor of the avery and am at a loss as to why this happened. Can anyone enlighten me as to what may have happened. I had noticed her panting on and off but she seemed fine the day before this happened. "I have two breeding pair of budgies in a small avery, one of the males escaped leaving two femaes and one male". That is probably your answer right there ,Two females & one male .If that scanario was reversed it would not be a problem.
January 10, 201114 yr Sounds like your hen was eggbound. If eggbound and no urgent treatment they die.
January 10, 201114 yr Author Sounds like your hen was eggbound. If eggbound and no urgent treatment they die. How can I tell if they are eggbound should this happen again. She looked fine before I went to bed that night
January 10, 201114 yr You said she'd been panting on and off, that doesnt sound fine to me. I would think egg binding was the problem as well. Alternatively she may have been attacked by a rodent or eaten some rodent scat off the floor?
January 10, 201114 yr Did you check her vent area when you found her dead ? Did she have any swelling there..........a hardish one would indicate an egg stuck. A slightly softer one would be a soft shelled eggs she couldnt pass. A soft spongey feel would indicate she was an internal egg layer ( another possibility due to the amount of time she spent in the nestbox ). Did she have a poopy bottom ? Was she thin? How long have you had the nestbox in the aviary ? How many clutches or eggs in a row have been laid ? How old is your hen ? Any calcium supplements given to the birds ? ( and I dont mean cuttlebone ) Edited January 10, 201114 yr by **KAZ**
January 10, 201114 yr Author Did you check her vent area when you found her dead ? Did she have any swelling there..........a hardish one would indicate an egg stuck. A slightly softer one would be a soft shelled eggs she couldnt pass. A soft spongey feel would indicate she was an internal egg layer ( another possibility due to the amount of time she spent in the nestbox ). Did she have a poopy bottom ? Was she thin? How long have you had the nestbox in the aviary ? How many clutches or eggs in a row have been laid ? How old is your hen ? Any calcium supplements given to the birds ? ( and I dont mean cuttlebone ) Hi KAZ When I found her it was about 6;00am this morning on my way to work just going in to give them fresh water and food and found her on the floor. I was upset and I didn't know to feel her, though when I found her she was still soft so I don't think she'd been dead for long. I have kept her to show my husband when he arrives home from work so she is quite stiff now and difficult to feel for anything, she looks a little mucky around the vent but not overly, she was quite fat and about 18months old I had put them in with the nesting boxes about 3-4 months ago she hadn't had any other clutches to date. Though they had cuttlebone I had not given any calcium supplement. I have 1 pair left n the nesting boxes when should I start to give calcium. Edited January 10, 201114 yr by Rex
January 10, 201114 yr Get a hold of some Calcivet and put it in their water for around 2-3 days per week during breeding . Edited January 10, 201114 yr by **KAZ**
February 25, 201114 yr Most likely cause is the other female killed this female its very common for 2 females not to get along and then put a single male in the picture they will fight to the death and if by chance they get along its still not safe, the male will breed with both- Feed both- and 90% of the time They don't save any food for their self and die of starvation because they were to busy taking care of both nesting females
February 25, 201114 yr Most likely cause is the other female killed this female its very common for 2 females not to get along and then put a single male in the picture they will fight to the death and if by chance they get along its still not safe, the male will breed with both- Feed both- and 90% of the time They don't save any food for their self and die of starvation because they were to busy taking care of both nesting females If this was the case there would be a lot of blood as hens fighting each other do a lot of damage.
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