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    Generally speaking, warmth and quiet is normally enough to bring a sick bird round (if it's not serious) A diet of soaked millet and egg food should aid recovery. Maybe caught a chill?

    I add a general tonic to the drinking water to help give then a boost.

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    One of my BCCFW cock birds has been bold at the back of his neck since I bought him back last summer, at the time I was hoping it was just moult but it's not growing back, any suggestions?

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    Thanks for reply Andy

    She seems to look worse every day. You can now see the quills going up the wing. I'm trying everything I can at the moment but I can't seem to bio this one in the bud!!

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    Hi all. One of my penguin hens is very tatty looking. I suspect feather mite.

    The tail feathers are almost non existent and what's left is very tatty

    If I spread her wings the feathers also look damaged

    I've tried treatment with johnsons anti mite but if anything it's got worse.

    What else can I try?

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    The white eggs will be the fertile ones and the pale grey would suggest dead in shell?

    All nest boxes should be at the same height which should eliminate there being a "best" nest box. There should also be more boxes than pairs so they can pick which ones they want to nest in

    I suspect they were over fit and just wanting to get on with laying the next round and too impatient to incubate and rear the ones they already had

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    Dan,

    I think Alan BT thought you had pulled them when he said 6 weeks to regrow but I think mite damage doesn't get repaired as the blood flow to the feather has receded back down the quill. Super Mite should do the trick though.

    The other birds haven't been pulling the tatty tail one around have they?

    Oh right, no I haven't pulled them. I've sprayed her with johnsons anti mite and I'll do it again in 5-7 days and hope there's an improvement.

    The hen was only housed with her mate and I never saw any pulling going on. I'm not sure if it's linked or if you remember my post but the cock bird has droopy wings? They don't sit tight like they should do

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    Hi all. One of my new penguin hens I bought about 2 weeks ago is slowly losing her tatty tail feathers. I have spread the wings and had a look they all look tatty but not as bad as the tail.

    I have seperated her and sprayed her with johnsons anti mite extra (pump spray bottle) is there anything else I should do to help her to a speedy recovery?

    How long for the tail feathers to come back?

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    Evening all. I've got 2 chicks left the nest about 4 days ago but not quite feeding themselves yet. The problem I've got is the cock bird is very aggressive towards the hen as I'm assuming he wants to go down for another round. Question is I'm going to split them up but who do I leave the chicks with, mum or dad??

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    No it's an adult/young bird Andy. I'm going to transfer him to one of my flight cages in the hope a little bit of exercise and extra flying space will do him some good. I will monitor this over the winter and see how he is come spring and decide whether or not to use him in my breeding scheme

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    Hi Dave. I was expecting it to be normal from a certain age but not sure what age they would be. They do return to the nest at night, I know that for a fact

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    Hi all I've got two 14 day old chicks in a nest at the moment and the parents no longer seem to be sitting on them, or if they are it's for short periods of time. Is this normal?

  24. Posted

    Well as it turns out I've moved my birds over to panicum and instead of wasting most if the foreign finch mix I was feeding, there's now no waste at all and the babies seem to be being fed better on this aswell. Thanks everyone for the advice

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    My birds waste an incredible amount of the foreign finch mix I feed them. I will try feeding panicum alone for a while and see if there's any change. I have a few pairs on eggs/chicks at the moment aswell