Post by thezoo on Feb 17, 2020 2:05:12 GMT
Feb 17, 2020 1:31:07 GMT Hezz said:
I definitely expected the little one to look far worse. Sorry about my other post, now - he certainly deserves to be given a chance to pick up.Seeing as the egg has worked, have you tried feeding bud with dried eggfood? You can moisten it into a paste or even further to a semi liquid if that makes it easier for him(?). None of my birds have ever given hard boiled egg a second glance, but they will all eat the eggfood.
(I hope the yolk was cooked when you mixed it with the formula??) Raw eggs can carry salmonella.
The black mark on his beak is a normal thing for a young chick, as well. It will disappear as he matures. I'd also add that in the side view photo from yesterday, he does seem to have a crop-full.
Colony breeding is not recommended for this very reason - hens will try to kill other hens' chicks. Budgies can be blood-thirsty killers in too-close breeding confines. You are better off giving a breeding pair their own smaller cage with its own nest box so that they can raise their brood in peace.
His Passwell’s mix has egg in it. It’s what he is on now.
And yes I do know the black mark is normal , (it’s Not that kinda black mark) generally budgies with this black in their beaks will make great breeders . I have learnt . .
I guess I’m not explaining it properly. When hubby gets in from work with laptop I will re load some better pics.
Also I have in the past experienced the nastiness of budgies killing others young. Something I don’t normally have an issue with. I guess I got complacent while I was trying to deal with saving POOPADINK that I just added his dad to the main Avery “ASSUMING” he wouldn’t re hook up so soon. Was just a bout of mis judgment and bad timing.