Post by ferolyn on Oct 11, 2012 1:40:08 GMT
Hi from Adelaide,
New here. Need help please! Got a pair that laid 6 eggs for the first time. All hatched but the last 3 hatches, I found them under the big ones and have not been fed as the crops were empty. One has already died... found it underneath and looked like a flat dried soft leather. The other one, still breathing but not wriggling and it's not making any sound... I went mixing some hand raising mix... followed instruction per age of chicks as in 1part to 6 part warm water. I tried hand feeding it with a syringe... was looking at buying a crop needle but am not so confident using it. So, I fed one by giving a tiny drop on the right side of its beak. It went swallowing and filled it's crop a bit.... Kept it warm on a slightly warm wheat bag. Few minutes later it it stretched out it's legs and motionless... it died. There's still a slightly big one in the nest about two weeks old... noticed that it's hardly fed at all.... need help what shall I do? Did I kill the other one that tried to feed?
New here. Need help please! Got a pair that laid 6 eggs for the first time. All hatched but the last 3 hatches, I found them under the big ones and have not been fed as the crops were empty. One has already died... found it underneath and looked like a flat dried soft leather. The other one, still breathing but not wriggling and it's not making any sound... I went mixing some hand raising mix... followed instruction per age of chicks as in 1part to 6 part warm water. I tried hand feeding it with a syringe... was looking at buying a crop needle but am not so confident using it. So, I fed one by giving a tiny drop on the right side of its beak. It went swallowing and filled it's crop a bit.... Kept it warm on a slightly warm wheat bag. Few minutes later it it stretched out it's legs and motionless... it died. There's still a slightly big one in the nest about two weeks old... noticed that it's hardly fed at all.... need help what shall I do? Did I kill the other one that tried to feed?
its a good job you are here with us.