bad day yesturday!

[darren]

start of my day didnt go down to well ,got up saturday morning no heating,went out to the bird room found one dead chick and another that hasnt been fed by either parents.

i have started to hand feed the chick untill hopefully they start to feed it,fingers crossed thats its soon as there are another 5 eggs to hatch next one due tomorrow,otherwise i am going to be busy for a while ,one good thing is that the chick survived the night

[BudgiesBuddy]

Sounds like one of the typical days of a breeder. Best of luck tomorrow

[Hezz]

I am sure you'll do a great job, Darren. Sometimes s**t just happens.

[serz]

hope you have a better day tomorrow and the little ones parents start to feed it again.

[darren]

this morning went into birdroom and again she hadnt fed it,but on a happier note another chick hatched so fed the chick before i went to work this morning came home this evening checked on them and both chicks with empty crops went in and mixed some chick food up when i went out and opened the box up slowly....there she was feeding the older chick hmmm left her to it went back in for half hour checked on them again and the day old chick still hadnt been fed hmmm, figured it out i hope, chick one 3 days old now chirping like a good en chick 2 one day old no sound seems like she will only feed them if she heres them call, or is it just me lol

[brian r]

Feb 6, 2012 21:00:55 GMT darren said:

this morning went into birdroom and again she hadnt fed it,but on a happier note another chick hatched so fed the chick before i went to work this morning came home this evening checked on them and both chicks with empty crops went in and mixed some chick food up when i went out and opened the box up slowly....there she was feeding the older chick hmmm left her to it went back in for half hour checked on them again and the day old chick still hadnt been fed hmmm, figured it out i hope, chick one 3 days old now chirping like a good en chick 2 one day old no sound seems like she will only feed them if she heres them call, or is it just me lol

i read somewhere that too stimulate feeding, an older chick from another pair is placed in their box and the noise it makes gets the hen feeding so seems like what u said, shes gotta here the calls

[Hezz]

Hope chick number one does enough calling for the pair of them then. I do remember someone mentioning or me reading that too, Brian, now that you mention it. It stirred a memory buried under a load of ****.

[BudgiesBuddy]

If the chick if healthy enough to cry for food, hen will feed her. Sometimes hen won't feed all chicks if she is unable to make enough crop milk. Just make sure she has some soft food available to her all the time. Is cock feeding her?

[darren]

hello yes the cock is feeding her but she only seems to feed the one that makes the noise,so looks like i will have to feed them untill they can scream

[darren]

i am also hoping that begginers have read this and taken some of it on board and when they do start breeding or come across the same problem they have some insite on how to deal with it and not just hoping evey thing would be good and take no action and find there new chicks have died

[budgiefriend]

Very good point, Darren. Hope the babies are eating well.

[BudgiesBuddy]

Yes Darren, breeding requires a lot of reading and research to do everything right

[Hezz]

How are the chicks doing now, Darren?

[darren]

hi hezz both chicks are doing fine now thanks then hen is feeding them both fine,the other eggs no luck with them hatching due date been and gone but hey 2 chicks is better then none

[budgiefriend]

Congrats on 2 baby chicks! I can't wait to see photos and hear stories as they learn about this wide new world. Well done!