WE had a nest near our pool house and the eggs hatched last week. We noticed yesterday that the birds were looking for food each time we passed it. There were lots of people over. Today, there was only one actively asking for food. the other two were barely moving/breathing. We brought the nest in and started giving sugar water from a syringe i had from work with a fine tip. After about 3 hours, we moved onto egg yolks mixed with sugar water. The birds have eaten every 15 to 20m minutes and two are pooping normally, one has a diarhea stool. any advice. We stopped feeding 30 mintues ago and have moved them to a bed of old towels as advised in one site surrounded by hot water bottles to maintain some heat source. What should we expect to do for tomorrow and are we doing everything correctly? What can we expect for the next week/two weeks.
Thanks very much
Posted in Bird Feeding
Tagged 20m, birds, egg, eggs, heat source, hot water bottles, mintues, pool, starlings, sugar water, syringe, towels
hiya everyone , i have a pair of budgies in a big cage inside, on the 14th june they layed their 1st egg and they have layed 6 eggs , i know that the eggs are fertile, the 1st oine was supposed to hatch on sunday04th july but it ne4ver but today tues 6th july 10 there is a small crack in the 1st eggs she layed , not even a crack but just like if i put a needle in an egg , NOW FOR MY QUESTION WILL IT HATCH IN THE NEXT 2-30-4HRS.
thank you and no silly answers like (have you got a nest box etc) becuze i have everthing you need to breed them, i have got a aviary bebing build as my uncle will supply me more budgies and other birds, thank you
i’ve had a male and female budgie for over a year. Who i feel are clearly bonded because they always feed each other, preen, and the male is always singing to the female. Lately they have been flying around the cage more and when i play budgie sounds ( don’t want to get more budgies to encourage them) the male sings and gets excited. The male has been rubbing his head and beak to his favorite perch and the female as been knawing on it. I’ve been feeding them enriched bird seed with vegies mixed in. As well as fresh fruits, vegies, and crushed egg and of course a cuttle bone. I have a nesting box lightly dusted with aspen shaving as well as some aspen shavings in a container by a perch to encourage the female to put it in the box. I also have some baby bird hand feeding formula just in case. They are in my bathroom where they get a lot of light and the lest amount of interaction from us, my cat, and dogs as they will ever be able to get. I did have to move them there so i don’t know it that will of caused them stress and made them not breed is so how long until they do? I’ve done EVERYTHING to get them to breed and i’ve been trying for a week now. I’m not sure if they are “in season” I tried to get some pics but i couldn’t figure out how to get them up. So the male’s cere is a deep deep blue, while the females cere is crusty and darkish brown with white around the nostrils. I know that when the females cere is deep brown they are ready to breed but my female is also albino so that might change how it looks.
So i need to know if they are ready to breed and if what i’m doing is correct to help them breed. If there is anything else i can do to encourage them to breed it would help SO much!
PLEASE NO nonsense answers i’ve gone all over the interent and i really need some info. I know that they will breed in their own time but i want it to be as soon as possible. Thanks to those who answer!
They get plenty of noise in the bathroom because they are right by a window and can hear the birds outside.
Her cere has had white by the nostrils for about a week what does this mean? It doesn’t seem to be getting whiter but her entire cere is darker than it was a few weeks ago. PLEASE HELP i need info!
Yes i’m positve they are male and female and i’ve had them for over a year the males stipes on his head are gone.
Yes i’m positve they are male and female and i’ve had them for over a year the males stipes on his head are gone. Sorry this is so long but there is a lot to it!
Posted in Bird Nest Boxes
Tagged aspen, aspen shavings, baby bird, beak, Bird, bird seed, box, Budgie, cat and dogs, cere, cuttle bone, egg, female, females, fresh fruits, HELP, interaction, knawing, male, nostrils, perch, PLEASE, preen, stress, vegies
Would it best to leave the egg outside of the nesting box or move it into it. If so, how can I do this safely? Also, the female has been sitting on this egg and left the other one inside its nesting box after already sitting it. Could it die if left unattended?
I want to find out. And should I put in some water and food in the nesting box so that the bird doesn’t have too get out so he or she can sit on the egg for a while? And how long do chicken eggs take too hatch? My chickens keep on having sex andlaying eggs yet they never hatch.
ok I need some help here! I went on a trip for a month and came back the day the first egg hatched but they weren’t in the nest box they were in the cozy keep!! which is this log that I know isn’t big enough for all the birds when they hatch so what should I do? take the eggs out and put them in the nest box which the momma bird is to scared to go any were near? I wanted birds don’t get me wrong! and I’ve been looking up bird stuff and know enough to know I’m in a pinch! should I move them into the nest box there scared of? I tryed that once but she wouldn’t go in there! so I moved them back which I know wasn’t smart to move the baby let alone the eggs so what should I do?
Hello, my pair’s third clutch was finally successful. But only one chick made it outta the egg.
so anyway, it is healthy. and the pair is breeding again 
i freaked out that the hen would die (it happened to my previous bird,, laid too much eggs.it bcam very weak and died), so i shifted the 2 birds and the one chick to a normal cage without a nest box (hoping that they would stop mating).. the chick can sit properly on the perch and move around.
Is this okay?? will the parents feed the chick??? it is not weaned yet. otherwise i wouldn’t have a problem. it has been 3 hours since i moved them and the chick has not been fed yet. or should i keep the mother and the chick in the breeding cage and move the dad to the normal cage?
