Post by lemon on Apr 23, 2022 21:24:52 GMT
After a number of eggs cracked and fell to the bottom of the cage my daughter and I decided to incubate the rest of the eggs.
It was a lot of work and few weeks later 3 eggs out of 5 hatched. Sadly they grew weaker each day and did not survive the first week. I am convinced they all died due to aspiration while hand feeding using a spoon.
I have hand fed older (weeks old) finches before and did not expect this to be so difficult. Needless to say we are devastated by the sudden death especially all within 4-6 days.
I have read this sticky post: budgerigarsforum.proboards.com/thread/3287/hand-feeding-budgie-chicks
The question I have is, is it a lot more difficult to feed newly hatched budgie chicks or there is something else we are doing wrong?
I used a spoon and the chicks were kept in the incubator with 97F and 60% humidity.
Any thoughts will be greatly appreciated. Thanks!