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Post by carlshave on Mar 31, 2012 20:36:57 GMT
Hello all
I have abit of a problem I think, my baby budgie has came out nest but think its came out to soon, cos it carnt fly yet or even stand on a perch, it's just staying at bottom of cage,
Shall I just leave it out ?
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Post by BudgiesBuddy on Mar 31, 2012 21:17:26 GMT
Put him back in the nest box.
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Post by carlshave on Mar 31, 2012 21:20:42 GMT
I did ealier four times and each time I went and checked he was out again :s
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Post by BudgiesBuddy on Mar 31, 2012 21:26:36 GMT
Sometimes hens force them out when they are going for second clutch. How old is the chick? Are there more eggs and chicks in the nest?
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Post by Gaile on Mar 31, 2012 21:44:17 GMT
does he have a little hidey!!
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Post by carlshave on Mar 31, 2012 21:51:16 GMT
does he have a little hidey!! What's a hidey? Lol |
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Post by carlshave on Mar 31, 2012 21:53:57 GMT
Sometimes hens force them out when they are going for second clutch. How old is the chick? Are there more eggs and chicks in the nest? Nope there was only 2 chicks in and the first left last week but still goes in and out of nest, I hope hen doesnt breed just yet becos I need to move them to another cage as need to move the one they in now but was waiting till chicks were feeding them selfs |
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Jan 12, 2012 22:54:32 GMT
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Post by Nicola on Mar 31, 2012 22:57:51 GMT
Hi Carl  . I would try to get him back i the box first. You could always try handfeeding as well. Something like this would be good also: It is Barrie Shutts photo, not mine  |
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Post by Bonesy on Mar 31, 2012 23:07:37 GMT
Some babies are "forward" and keep coming out in curiosity, you get fed up of shoving them back in the box every five minutes! lol!
Have a ladder near the nest box hole so they can grip onto it and get back in, and also have a small old icecream tub on the floor, upturned, with a hole for them to get in and shavings underneath as s hidey hole to keep warm in.
Soph.
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Feb 29, 2012 21:44:11 GMT
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Post by Bird Junky on Mar 31, 2012 23:14:12 GMT
Hi A hidey hole is usually a small upturned box,(Marg, carton)
with a little door cut out so the chick can sleep/hide in it.
Your hen will prob be already laying eggs by the time the
first lot of chicks are weaned. Yours B.J.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 31, 2012 23:23:08 GMT
heres one of my chicky hides....  but i also use these...  they do the same thing.... |
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Post by carlshave on Apr 1, 2012 8:05:23 GMT
Hiya just checked and chick is 39 days old so I have left it out best as was out again this morning, I have now blocked up best as I Dnt want man laying another clutch just yet need to move breeding cage and there nest
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Post by Bird Junky on Apr 1, 2012 10:25:34 GMT
Hi Blocking the nest won't stop her laying unless
she's finished. Laying like having a baby can't be
put off just because the hospital is full. Yours B.J.
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Post by BudgiesBuddy on Apr 1, 2012 10:36:10 GMT
At 39 days old, the chick is too old to be forced back to nest box. In fact they are fully weaned and separated from parents at 42 days old.
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Post by carlshave on Apr 1, 2012 19:30:55 GMT
Hear is chick, carnt stand on perch for long, soons falls of Attachments:
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. I would try to get him back i the box first. You could always try handfeeding as well. Something like this would be good also: It is Barrie Shutts photo, not mine 
