3 of my chicks are growing nicely, the oldest one is now 11 days old. Bud there is still last egg, which should of hatched 5 days ago. How long do you leave the last egg in the box? I haven´t candeled the egg, I don´t think I would know what to look for really , but 5 days is a long time, isn´t it? Can the egg rot and be dangerous for the chicks?

 

And does anyone have experince with a damaged chick? It sounds strange I know, but my oldest baby has shorter toes on his left foot and I´m afraid the left wing is missing the end piece as well :ausb: , I think his dad might have bitten them off when he was still in the cage with them (he killed one of the babies, so I separated him, as the advice given). Do you think there will be any problems with it? The baby seems healthy, so I would like to keep it

 

 

I would really appreciate some feedback

just goina pop this back to the top couse no ones answered it yet then it will be noticed quiker hope you get the advise you need

just goina pop this back to the top couse no ones answered it yet then it will be noticed quiker hope you get the advise you need

 

 

Thank you, I hope someone can help me with this. I´m starting to think that I shouldn´t breed my budgies. I don´t have enough experience. But I´ll try my best

Most leave any eggs for about week after the due date, but if you feel it's past by now and would rather remove it that's your choice.

 

As to the chick if it hs healthy and the other feathers are working fine I wouldn't worry too much, he will learnt o live like that. It would be a great idea to get a avian vet check him over, either now if you feel you can safly move the whole family or later when he has left the box. If he doesn't have any flight fethers on one side you might have to be ready to clip the other all the time so he doesn't harm himself in flight. THere are many different thing to think about and plan that might not even happen. He might grow some in moult even.

 

With the toes Bea has some birds with missing toes that live fine with other birds.

Thanks a lot :dbb1:

 

I think I will wait for him to grow more, so I can see how good or bad is it. When can I start taking him out from the box to start taming him? He is 11 days old and has fluff and his feathers are starting to grow.I think it´s going to be better to tame him, in case that he´s not able to fly or something. If the other birds are nasty to him, I´d put him to his own cage. I hope he´s going to be okay, he is so cute

 

 

Where can I learn how to clip wings? Is it difficult?

Edited January 25, 200619 yr by Zebra

Well if you take the injured baby to the vet when he's older you can also get the vet to show you how to give a good wing clip. :budgiedance: Like Nerwen said, i have quite a few budgies who are missing toes (from my attempts at colony breeding) and they're perfectly happy. One only has one full toe left and she manages to get around perfectly. Budgies are extremely adaptable.

I'm happy to know that budgies can be okay evan without some toes. I think he is going to be okay, I could see him moving his "shorter" toes, so I think he will learn to hold on a stick. I would like to start taking him out of the box to check him properly and to start taming him.

Do you have any advise? I've never done it, so is there anything I need to know? The female is not tamed much, so do you think she will handle it?

 

Its actually quite scary for me I don't want to hurt him more

 

When I take him out I'll try to take a picture of the wing and foot

How old are they? Most people start handling the chicks about 3 weeks when they begin getting their feathers. When you do start handling them don't keep them away from mum for more than 10 - 15mins.

How old are they? Most people start handling the chicks about 3 weeks when they begin getting their feathers. When you do start handling them don't keep them away from mum for more than 10 - 15mins.

 

The oldest one is 13 days old (the 2nd one is 11 and the 3rd one is 9 days old). I'll wait till they are a bit older though. I would like to start handling just the oldest one for now. Thanks for a tip, I'll make sure I don't keep him away for longer than 10 mins

Here are some new photos of my chicks. I´ve just taken the two biggest ones out for a quick check.

It was so cool to hold them, they are so warm and cute

 

This is the oldest one, his toes are shorter on one foot only, but both ends of his wings were bitten off. So I don´t think he will ever fly. But we´ll see...:angel1: He´ll probably be a flightless chicken budgie :hap: But I love him anyway

 

This is the second one. He looks okay.

 

Here are all 3 of them

 

Yesterday I´ve taken the last egg away, it wasn´t fertile.

Edited January 29, 200619 yr by Zebra

Oh, they are just gorgeous

They are beautiful! My chicks are about 4 weeks old. We started handling them at about 5 days old because the nest was so filthy. My daughter (adult) would hold them in her hands and I cleaned out the bedding and replaced it with new. We did this every day. The chicks are very used to hands, have no fear, and Mom handled it quite well (she's not tamed).

 

I wish you lots of luck with your new family:) I have had the biggest thrill watching them grow and have taken pictures every day to document it. It's wonderful!

 

Julie

Aww they look great Hav ehtey got names yet? He oldest looks really happy to be in your hands, keep up the handling a few time each day (10 minis each) and he should be nicly tamed when he is out of the box.

Aww they look great Hav ehtey got names yet? He oldest looks really happy to be in your hands, keep up the handling a few time each day (10 minis each) and he should be nicly tamed when he is out of the box.

 

 

No, we didn't give them names yet. I was afraid to lose them (2 first ones died). But we are already thinking about the names. I think the oldest one deserves a nice one - he survived his dad's attack. There must be a reason for it :angel1:

 

Do you have any ideas for their names?

Names:

 

Donnelly - Dark courage

Conrad - Brave ruler

Issa - Salvation

Kekoa - Courageous one

Jaimini – Victory

Jayant - Victorious

Zafar - Victory

Names:

 

Donnelly - Dark courage

Conrad - Brave ruler

Issa - Salvation

Kekoa - Courageous one

Jaimini – Victory

Jayant - Victorious

Zafar - Victory

 

 

These names sound great, is it Australian language? Issa is nice name, how do you pronounce it?

Now they are names from all over and different languages. I would say Iss-ah to pronounce it, i liked that one too.

I´ve taken some more pics of my growing "chickens" today . And I´ve looked on the internet for some Aboriginal words (because I though that was the language you wrote) and I found some nice ones :

 

- MALIYAN, WANTHALA - Eaglehawk

- YULUWIRRI - Rainbow

 

I´ve got no idea how to pronounce it, but I´ll figure it out

 

Here are the new photos (not very clear ones ):

My oldest one

 

The 2nd one

 

And the little one

Edited February 1, 200619 yr by Zebra

Aww so very cute

 

I like the loook of the second name there.

 

I use babynamer - don't know url but it's on oxygen. Find the meaning of names and there are heaps to pick from.

Hi Zebra. I think you are doing fine with the babies. :ausb: If you handle them a little bit every time you clean out the nest box, they will be fairly tame once they fledge. At that point, you can remove one to "hand tame" and you should not even have to clip his wings if you are keeping him by himself. He probably will get a little attitude at about 4 months of age, but they outgrow that phase if you are patient. They are just beautiful, and the one that has the wing tips gone probably won't even notice it. Is the actual wingtip missing or are just the feathers missing? I don't think I would trim his flights as for him, his condition is normal and all he's ever known. He will manage fine.

 

I don't have any good names to offer.

Hi Zebra. I think you are doing fine with the babies. If you handle them a little bit every time you clean out the nest box, they will be fairly tame once they fledge. At that point, you can remove one to "hand tame" and you should not even have to clip his wings if you are keeping him by himself. He probably will get a little attitude at about 4 months of age, but they outgrow that phase if you are patient. They are just beautiful, and the one that has the wing tips gone probably won't even notice it. Is the actual wingtip missing or are just the feathers missing? I don't think I would trim his flights as for him, his condition is normal and all he's ever known. He will manage fine.

 

Thanks for help :fear , he looks happy, so I think he´ll be okay. What did you exactly mean by removing one to hand tame him? My plan was to try and leave him with the others for a while to see if he´s okay and if he´s not (if they attack him or something), I would keep him in a different cage. But there is one problem - I must have them all in my bedroom (just for now - we will get a new flat soon), so I´m worried that he will hear the other birds from the other side of the room and he will be unhappy on his own. What do you think?

 

I think both of his wingtips are missing. His dad bit them of when he was 1 day old, I could actually see a little bit of dry blood on the ends of his wings. Then when he grew bigger I could see that the ends are missing. I don´t think the long feathers will grow there.

Oh, I'm sorry. I misunderstood. I thought you wanted one as a pet instead of being in the aviary. He will be fine in the same room as the others if you need to seperate them. Is this the one that has the missing wing tips? I wouldn't seperate him unless he is picked on. Also, I'll bet even if he never gets the longer flights to grow in if he has most of them he will still be able to fly, he just won't gain altitude. You might have to rescue him if he lands on the floor since he will have trouble flying up without the long flights, but he might be able to fly horizontally for a bit. We can hope.

It´s okay I just didn´t really understand what you mean. I don´t think it would be good to tame him too much - so he would depend on me a lot, because I´m at work the whole day and he would be probably lonely and unhappy. But if necessary (if he´ll need to be separated) I´ll try to be with him as much as possible

 

And by the way I´ve chosen their names already :

 

The first one is Mayo, the second one Juli (short for Jullie or Julien) and the third one Bambi

Edited February 3, 200619 yr by Zebra

awww there so cute!

how about LUCKY?

good luck and well done