two of my birds died in the nest box and l was wondering what could have caused this? By The Way they are babies and tehre was a total of 5 eggs, 4 hatched, 2 alive (looking good). Also at what week can l take them out of the nesting box and put them in a seperate cage?

There are many factors that could have caused them to die.

 

Infection from vermin - mice, rats

Killed by either parent

Parental infection passed on

 

You need to give more details, and even then it is merely guesswork

 

When they are old enough to feed themselves then you can remove them. If the parents look like they want a new clutch, but them on the floor of the cage in an ice cream container with seed/bedding in it. Ensure they are feathered though, not just down, so they have to be old enough

Other reasons are empty crops............did you check to see if they had food in their crop ?

 

Breeding cabinet ? or colony breeding ? you didnt say...........

 

if colony breeding other birds can stop a parent going back into their nest to feed their babies for a period of time. This can result in deaths.

Edited September 14, 201113 yr by **KAZ**

How old were the chicks when they died? And how old are the survivors now?

its not colony breeding its normal breeding ( i,e two birds in one cage with one nestbox)..the chicks that died were roughly couple days old :S but they were all pink no feathers, and some of the crops on the ded babies were full some werent. l think its to blame on the parents looking after babies for the first time and me being novice, i.e not feeding babies if they werent being fed.