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Re: why are my canary chicks dying?
Posted by Tiffany on 4/30/08

Failure to thrive..
With young finches in the nest it's practically impossible to
notice any changes in health or determine the actual cause of
illness/death.
Though - it can almost always be traced back to the adult birds.
A few possibilities: Coccidiosis, Gastric Yeast, Parasites,
Bacterial/Protozoal Infection, poor genetics.
Have you tried treating the adults with a broad spectrum
antibiotic?
Was it just one clutch that died or multiple clutches under
different parents?
If there are no outward signs of infection my first guess
would be coccidiosis. No way to really know though without a
trip to the vet - see if you can just take a fresh fecal
sample in for them to culture.
That will at least tell you whether there's an infection, and
if so - whether it's bacterial or protozoal so you'll know
which type of antibiotic to go with (amoxitex or tetratex).
Good luck!

On 4/29/08, jay wrote:
> any advice please! we breed canaries and today a nest of 3
> 8 day old chicks, 1 14 day old chick and 1 11 day old
> chick (2 weeks ago) they have all died. they have the best
> seed and soft food on the market. can anyone give ANY
> advice on why they are dying. we do have more chick 10
> days and under and they seem fine. tia


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Posts on this thread, including this one

• why are my canary chicks dying?, 4/29/08, by jay .
• Re: why are my canary chicks dying?, 4/30/08, by Tiffany.
• Re: why are my canary chicks dying?, 5/03/08, by jay.