Hi all,

I have a nest hatching, no1 chick arrived okay

2nd egg looked like mum had pecked eggshell about (little f. nail size) membrane still looked intact but dry, not pecked from inside so it had to be mum.

I checked a while late there was a dead chick thrown out of nest box into cage. Chick looked okay ( was due to hatch) but dead except it's abdomen was yellowish.

Would this be yellow belly I've heard about? If so is it contagious? another chick hatched today looking okay, fed etc. she still has 2 eggs to go. It's her 2nd round.

any thoughts welcome.

Hi all,

I have a nest hatching, no1 chick arrived okay

2nd egg looked like mum had pecked eggshell about (little f. nail size) membrane still looked intact but dry, not pecked from inside so it had to be mum.

I checked a while late there was a dead chick thrown out of nest box into cage. Chick looked okay ( was due to hatch) but dead except it's abdomen was yellowish.

Would this be yellow belly I've heard about? If so is it contagious? another chick hatched today looking okay, fed etc. she still has 2 eggs to go. It's her 2nd round.

any thoughts welcome.

 

Sounds like yellow belly, do you have any moxti T, That is what I give to the parents.

This is taken from Rob Marshall

Any condition that weakens the embryo predispose that baby budgerigar to yellow bellow infection. yellow belly is an infection of the yolk sac killing one to three day old chicks. strep ( Enterococcus Faecalis) infection is the most common bacteria associated with yellow belly in budgies. Moxi t is the best treatment foe nest with yellow belly infection. The identification and elimination of what causes the failure of the baby to absorb the yolk sac is however the only way to completely eradicate this complex and poorly understood disease. Excessive dust levels accumulate in he breeding room and cabinets are a common cause of the spread of teh disease from cabinet to cabinet. French Moult and Strep infection often appear together in dusty aviaries.

I dont know if yellow belly is contagious but good idea putting this on so quickly.

Yellowbelly is also seen in early hatchings and isnt due to infection but to the yolk absorption thing. Bad timing, early hatching, things not working out thats all.

So basically bad luck lol

Thanks all, Thanks Splat & Kaz for info. don't have any moxi T splat heard of it but don't know what it's used for. Do you give it to parents prior to breeding or only i there is a problem? If it's an vetafarm product I could probably get it from my pet shop as it's listed on their site for stockists.

 

As to nest now have 4 chicks hatched, one to go, looks fertile as well. She laid 6 lost that one chick but others are all nice and pink fed, active etc. so really hoping it was a one off thing. It's the first time I've gone 2 rounds with any hen but she laid before others fledged. They are pair that had my nice violet/mauve spangles so finger crossed for more of the same.

 

Thanks again for any further advice.

Thanks all, Thanks Splat & Kaz for info. don't have any moxi T splat heard of it but don't know what it's used for. Do you give it to parents prior to breeding or only i there is a problem? If it's an vetafarm product I could probably get it from my pet shop as it's listed on their site for stockists.

 

As to nest now have 4 chicks hatched, one to go, looks fertile as well. She laid 6 lost that one chick but others are all nice and pink fed, active etc. so really hoping it was a one off thing. It's the first time I've gone 2 rounds with any hen but she laid before others fledged. They are pair that had my nice violet/mauve spangles so finger crossed for more of the same.

 

Thanks again for any further advice.

no 6 chick hatched all five doing well, think maybe lost chick could have been due to "egg absorption thing" as Kaz put it or maybe because mum had pecked shell and let in bug?

Would have been full clutch if it had survived.