Hi all, well my breeding season is well on it ways with 28 pairs down. I have a lot of clear eggs

which is sad but I also have over 35 fertile.

To date I have 16 chicks ranging from 1 day to about 10 days, I lost my 1st chick yesterday and

another one from the same nest is struggling the mum won't feed it . She was a good mum last year

but not this year.

I rung my 1st chick today also.

Sorry no pics at the moment.

Wondered where you were Splat, hope you escaped the flood drama's. Good luck with your breeding season Splat.

It's a bit topsy turvy here, I think season is all over the place and I think birds are a bit also.

Yes Robyn the floods were bad, we were meant to leave the town but Greg and I stayed because I our birds.

All birds were up in cages 5 feet high off the ground.

If the levy banks broke they reckon we would of being sitting in 2 and 1/2 meter high water so was really scary,

but it held thank god, lol I wish I did leave I would of got a $1,000. but stayed so missed out lol.

We were basically isolated for a week.

the birds were down before the floods started and I had to separate them so I could put them all up high so I ended up with a few

egg bound hens that died in the end.

But all is going fine now thank god.

 

What do you mean it is topsy turvy there, meaning the weather. Very similar here.

Hi Splat by topsy turvy I mean some of my birds seem to be out of whack."sort" of moult a little while later moult again.

I only have 4 nests, I had soft eggs, treated with calcium. Big grey egg eater I had, I retried him good until first chick, fed it whole seed and it died.

Swapped his last 2 eggs, in surrogate nest, now have those chicks. Left swapped eggs in his nest 3 days later they were gone. So was he.(back in aviary)

 

Seem to be a bit settled now, I have 13 chicks and 10 eggs, one nest nothing yet. I think the weird summer etc could have been a bit to do with it. Another run of rain now, days of it.

I think someone else had lots of clear eggs as well. Strange eh!