urgent please have a look at my baby pictures

[tiaralady]

hi i need urgent advise on my babies they are 3 weeks old and dont seem to have enough feathers compared to my other babies at this age ,i think they are being plucked as ive seen down on the box floor there necks seem really thin but they are being fed well please help asap .

[Gaile]

mum is plucking them hard as you can see the bruising on the chicks....you could put small pieces of millet in the nest box for mum to nibble or remove mum and let dad feed them or apply some cream like sudocream x
it alos looks like she could be plucking the new feather which could cause damage to the feather folicals

[birdguhl]

oh dear - wee sweeties - I'm sorry i can't help at all - but hope you can get a solution to this problem fast - there is a lot of expertise here i.e. Gaile and others

[Deleted]

That looks really sore, i would remove the hen and let the cock get on with it.
Remember once a plucker always a plucker, so if you need to breed with her again your best to foster the chicks.

[Hezz]

Mar 18, 2013 23:54:35 GMT @corie said:

That looks really sore, i would remove the hen and let the cock get on with it.
Remember once a plucker always a plucker, so if you need to breed with her again your best to foster the chicks.

That's what I was saying to myself, looking at the photos.

Good luck with them!

[budgiefriend]

Good luck, and keep up posted. Poor little babies.

[tiaralady]

hi i have removed mum an transfered dad and babies to my inside breeding box which is heated and so he cant here mum ,he has not gone into the box yet ive been watching him for while so im worried he wont feed them ,what can i give them myself to help ,helen

[BudgiesBuddy]

You should have kept them in the same breeding cage. It's better to put the hen inside.

Do so if the cock doesn't go inside the nest box and feed them.

[Deleted]

Mar 19, 2013 9:39:46 GMT tiaralady said:

hi i have removed mum an transfered dad and babies to my inside breeding box which is heated and so he cant here mum ,he has not gone into the box yet ive been watching him for while so im worried he wont feed them ,what can i give them myself to help ,helen

Agree with BB, this should not have been done.
Should of asked before you made the move, oh well all done now, do you have any hand raising formula.

[tiaralady]

hi i thought i was advised to move them away from the female ? i have put them back as they were but the male has not looked at them for two hours and they are crying for food so i have let the female go in to feed them ,i need to know what to feed them on if i nned to i tried soaking seed and cryshing it form a spoon but hey dont seem to know what do do with it so am abit desperate now ,

[tiaralady]

i dont have any formula as ive had no problems before ,i ive in a n=tiny village so will nee to get it online can you send alink to what i need do they still need formual at 3 weeks i see whole seeds in there crops ?

[Captain Howdy]

Mar 19, 2013 12:09:00 GMT tiaralady said:

i dont have any formula as ive had no problems before ,i ive in a n=tiny village so will nee to get it online can you send alink to what i need do they still need formual at 3 weeks i see whole seeds in there crops ?

If your going to try hand-rearing them then yes you need to feed them formula.
I use Versele Laga Nutribird A19 High Energy.

Do you have any other pairs at the moment with chicks around the same age? If so try fostering them over to them one at a time and see if she accepts them.
Do not move them all at once in case they are rejected and you need to put them back with the cock bird.

[Deleted]

Mar 19, 2013 12:04:34 GMT tiaralady said:

hi i thought i was advised to move them away from the female ? ,

I said remove the hen and let the cock get one with it, by doing what your done your upset the cycle.
The hen doesn't feed at this stage of development, she has a rest and gets ready for her next brood, she couldn't care less about them right now they are just annoying to her.

[BudgiesBuddy]

Soak some pellets in water and feed them while you get the formula.

[BudgiesBuddy]

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