Orange-cheeked chicks

[vixen]

Hi all I have four o-c chicks just hatched:lol: is there any thing else that i could offer the parents? they are having egg food, mini meal worms, soaked/dry f finch mix, millet,chick weed they are in a mixed aviary.thanks also have about 5 hecks eggs.:lol:
thanks Trudy

[Waxbillman]

very well done Trudy i hope they go all the way.

the diets sounds ideal for them, you could also try offering fruit flies and their larvae as well as buffalo worm, but that diet seem pretty good to me

good luck and keep us posted

Matthew

[vixen]

Hi Matthew, will do, do you think they would like ant eggs,as we were cleaning one of our glasshouses out and rolled the ground cover back an found hundreds of black ant eggs different sizes so are they OK
Trudy

[chris]

Hi Trudy,

no harm in trying, i have offered black ants and their eggs before now to my birds however they dn't touch the ants, red ants are something else though they go mad for them

Chris

[laurab]

Don't forget a nice piece of sponge cake :razz:

[Waxbillman]

hello Trudy,

if you can get a regular supply of fresh ant egg then most definatey, 100%
they will definately enjoy them

Laura
:lol: :lol: you and your sponge cake, hmm sponge cake, i wonder whether have any left, i'm too greedy to let the birds have any

Matthew

[vixen]

Hi all, lost all the chicks they just did not feed them. not many visits to nest just playing around in the aviary as if nothing had happen:-( never mind thats what its all about when you keep birds. looking like they are building again
Trudy

[Waxbillman]

thats terrible news, whats in the flight with them?

Matthew

[vixen]

Hi Matt, zebras, java, hecks, gouds, beng,pintail whyda(they have no probs with them)chestnut breasted manns black winged bishop who stays in all the time. they are really happy though eating bathing.
Trudy

[Waxbillman]

hello Trudy i myself would not keep them with zebras extra

Matthew

[vixen]

hi Matt, i hope to sell all my zebras just waiting for the last lot to be independent the babies are feeding the other babies is that normal?
Trudy

[Waxbillman]

hello Trudy

its not exactly normal, but its certainly not un-heard of, its amazing how species do it now and again, for instance last year i have avadavats from the previous round help incubate and feed the next round!

Matthew

[kenny]

hi matt
i have had bengalese sit on other birds eggs and rear them,


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ken

[Waxbillman]

Ken

i like the many different faces you post

Matthew

[kenny]

hi matt
i got the website from the infamous jimmy if you would like the address you can have it mate there are hundreds for all occasions all you do is pick one out and copy and paste its dead easy...otherwise i wouldnt be able to do it

ken