Problem |
Possible reasons |
Suggested solutions |
Poor breeding |
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Clear eggs |
Poor nutrition
Birds not in condition
InfectionsWater problems |
Daily Essentials1, 2 or 3 /Maxima Daily Essentials1, 2 or 3 /ProBoost SuperMax/Potent Brew/Maxima
Aviclens (Saniclens)/Rest the birds or visit vet
Change drinking water source |
Dead-in-shell or chick deaths |
Poor nutrition
Poor hygieneInfection in hens Lice & mites |
Daily Essentials1, 2 or 3/Calcivet (CalciBoost)
Nest hygiene - Avisafe
Handling eggs - Avisafe (Enviroclens)or Hand Scrub
Water/soaked seed - Aviclens (Saniclens)
Rest birds or visit vet
Use Zodiac Spray and Blast-Off Anti-mite.
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Hens abandoning chicks |
Sick chicks Inadequate nutrition |
Aviclens (Saniclens)/ Daily Essentials1, 2 or 3 /visit vet
Daily Essentials1, 2 or 3 /ProBoost SuperMax/Potent Brew |
Poor chick growth (Chicks need top-up feeding) |
Inadequate digestive function leading to low energy level in chicks Inadequate feeding by parents |
Three options
Potent Brew in Top-Up Food
Potent Brew and Poly-Aid (Survive)
(10%) in Top-Up Food (if bird is sick).
Spark (Energize) in drinking water Foster chicks to other parents (parent birds
may improve with experience) |
Birds not in condition |
Inadequate diet
Water problems |
Daily Essentials1, 2 or 3 /ProBoost SuperMax
/Potent Brew/ Maxima.
Change drinking water source |
Hand rearing |
HRF = Hand-rearing food |
Poorly growing chicks . |
Infection
Poor gut functionInadequate nutrition (home made HRF) Wrong energy level HRF Too low % solids in HRF Wrong brooder temperature |
Potent Brew or BioPlus and/or Flourish.
Visit vet quickly
Potent
Brew or BioPlus and/or Flourish and Poly-Aid (Survive)
Change to commercial hand rearing formula - Low or High energy HRF
Get correct type Mix HRF well each time it is taken from the bowl. Add less water to HRFChicks huddled together/lethargic - too cold.
Chicks panting, dehydrated - too hot |
Deformed chicks |
Poor nutrition
Other problems |
Add Calcivet (CalciBoost) to HRF Visit vet |
Crop not emptying or crop filling with air |
Too high % solids in HRF Infection |
Mix the HRF well each time it is used. Use more water in food
Potent Brew or visit vet quickly |
Sick Birds |
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Convulsions, falling off perches, tremors, fits, head stretching or other
"nervous conditions" |
Nutritional deficiencies Disease |
Calcivet (CalciBoost) and Daily Essentials1, 2 or 3 Visit vet |
Diarrhoea |
Gut infection
StressWorms Other |
Potent Brew/Spark (Energize) Spark (Energize) or Poly-Aid (Survive)/Potent Brew
BiozineVisit vet |
Eye/respiratory infections |
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Visit vet for correct diagnosis and treatment |
Vomiting |
Trichomoniasis |
Harkanker Soluble |
Going light (young birds) or black spot in chicks |
Coccidiosis (not in parrot type birds) MegabacteriaOther |
Coxoid - prevention not cure but can be used as a treatment. Use Feast eggfood
and/or Flourish. Visit vet. Use Feast eggfood and/or Flourish.Visit vet. |
Feather plucking |
Stress
Lice & Mites |
Remove stressor
Feather-Up and Calcivet plus Potent Brew
Blast-Off Anti-mite and Zodiac Spray |
Lice & Mites |
External parasites also air sac mite and scaly face |
Blast-Off Anti-mite and Zodiac Spray |
Overweight birds |
Inadequate protein in diet |
Feed a softfood with Daily Essentials3 and/or ProBoost SuperMax |
Respiratory problems |
Bacterial, fungal, viral or parasite infections |
Wheeze-Eeze. If symptoms persist visit vet. |
Lethargic, fluffed up, may have fits or loose balance, sitting on bottom of cage.
Egg binding in hens. |
Inadequate dietary calcium. |
Calcivet (CalciBoost) direct to the beak (2 drops per canary, 4 per budgie, 6 per
cockatiel, 1/2 ml per grey parrot. Repeat after 2 hours. If egg-binding is suspected, see a vet if egg is not laid after 2
oral doses of Calcivet (CalciBoost).
It may take up to 3 days for young birds to recover. |
