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Re: Re: Re: HELP!! baby not standing yet/JILL
Posted by JILL on 12/15/05

On 12/15/05, LauraJ wrote:
> On 12/15/05, JILL wrote:
>>
>> HI! I DID FIND IT QUITE USFULLY.THE BABY WAS COMMING ALONG NICELY
>> BUT WE HAD A MISHAP WITH ANOTHER BIRD AND HE DIED. IT JUST KILLED
>> ME BUT ALL I COULD DO WAS CRY. I HAVE A COMMUNITY OF BUDGIES AND
>> WHILE I WAS AT WORK ONE OF THE OTHER FEMALES KILLED HIM. THE
>> MOTHER BIRD INFLICKTED HER FAIR SHARE OF PAIN ON THE OTHER BIRD
>> THOUGH. I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY IT HAPPENED BECAUSE I HAVE MANY
>> NEST BOXES. I GUESS THAT PARTICULAR LOCATION IN THE CAGE IS A
>> PRIZE. AT ANY RATE I REMAVED THE OFFENDING BIRD FOR A WEEK IN
>> HOPES THAT HE WOULD RECOVER BUT HE NEVER DID. THANKS THOUGH FOR
>> THE HELP IT WAS APPRECIATED AND I KNOW WHAT TO DO IF I EVER HAVE
>> ANYMORE TROUBLE LIKE THIS,
>> JILL
>
> I'm sorry the baby died. Years ago I bred budgies but I never had
any
> success with colony breeding. There was always 1 or 2 hens that
> wanted someone elses nest box, eggs, babies or mates and it always
> ended with a bloodbath.
>
> LauraJ


I PLAN TO KEEP A WATCH ON HER AND IF SHE DOES IT AGAIN THEN HER AND
HER MATE WILL BE PUT IN A SEPARTE CAGE FROM EVERYONE ELSE. I HAD NEVER
HAD ANYTHING LIKE THIS TO HAPPEN BEFORE SO. I'M HOPING TO GET AN
OUTDOOR AVAIRY BUILT IN THE SPRING AND SEE HOW THEY WOULD DO THAT WAY.
ANYWAY, THANKS FOR THE ADVICE...JILL

Posts on this thread, including this one

• HELP!! baby not standing yet, 12/03/05, by jill.
• Re: HELP!! baby not standing yet, 12/03/05, by LauraJ.
• Re: Re: Re: HELP!! baby not standing yet/Laura J., 12/14/05, by Rowena.
• Re: Re: Re: HELP!! baby not standing yet/Laura J./Rowena, 12/14/05, by LauraJ.
• Re: Re: Re: HELP!! baby not standing yet/Laura J./Rowena, 12/15/05, by JILL.
• Re: Re: Re: HELP!! baby not standing yet/JILL, 12/15/05, by LauraJ.
• Re: Re: Re: HELP!! baby not standing yet/JILL, 12/15/05, by JILL.