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 /CalciBoost/ProBoost SuperMax/ Feast Daily Essentials1, 2 or 3 /ProBoost SuperMax/Potent Brew
Saniclens/Change drinking water source |
Dead-in-shell or chick deaths |
Poor nutrition
Poor hygiene Infection in hens
Lice & mites
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Daily Essentials1, 2 or 3/CalciBoost
Nest hygiene - Enviroclens Enviroclens or Enviroclens Alcohol Hand Scrub
Water/soaked seed - Saniclens
Rest birds or visit vet
Use Zodiac Spray and Blast-Off Anti-mite. |
Hens abandoning chicks |
Sick chicks Inadequate nutrition |
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 Survive (10%) in
Top-Up Food (if bird is sick).
Guardian Angel or 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 and use Saniclens |
Hand rearing |
HRF = Hand-rearing food |
Poorly growing chicks . |
Infection
Poor gut function
Inadequate 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 Survive
Change to commercial hand rearing formula and add Formula Plus
Get correct type
Mix HRF well each time it is taken from the
bowl. Add less water to HRF Chicks huddled together/lethargic - too cold.
Chicks panting, dehydrated - too hot |
Deformed chicks |
Poor nutrition
Other problems |
Add 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 |
CalciBoost and Daily Essentials1, 2 or 3
Visit vet
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Diarrhoea |
Gut infection
StressWorms Other |
Potent Brew/Guardian Angel Guardian Angel or Survive/Potent Brew
BiozineVisit vet |
Eye/respiratory infections |
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Colloidal Silver
Visit vet for correct diagnosis and treatment |
Vomiting |
Trichomoniasis |
Visit vet for diagnosis and treatment |
Going light (young birds) or black spot in chicks |
Coccidiosis (not in parrot type birds.
Megabacteria
Other |
Feast eggfood and/or Flourish.
Visit vet. Use Feast eggfood and/or Flourish.
Guardian Angel to help but not cure Visit vet. |
Feather plucking |
Stress
Lice & Mites |
Potent Brew, CalciBoost, Daily Essentials3 (or Feather-Up)
Blast-Off Anti-mite and Zodiac Spray |
Lice & Mites |
External parasites
Air sac mite and scaly face |
Blast-Off Anti-mite and Zodiac Spray
Visit vet |
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, Colloidal Silver, Guardian Angel. 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. |
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
CalciBoost.
It may take up to 3 days for young birds to recover. |
