Post by mariam on Jun 10, 2013 11:34:40 GMT -8
Hello Everyone
I've been facing this situation for over a year now. I have around 8 Cocktail birds in one big cage from these 8 I have 3 couples and they all been breeding for so long. They nest, wait for the chick to grow for 1 - 2 weeks then I find it dropped out its nest, and everyone attacks + bites it to death! I fed up as I've been witnessing almost 20- 30 cases since last year!. The chicks are totally healthy and fine, they just abandon them, and when I get to take them away, nobody survives because they are too young to be hand-fed.
Someone told me that couples get jealous and they try to destroy each other's nests, another person told me that they might not be couples, it could also be a single bird that gets in and throws all babies outside. I just don't get the whole mass killing and when everyone gathers to attack the baby after its been thrown outside.
Help
!
I've been facing this situation for over a year now. I have around 8 Cocktail birds in one big cage from these 8 I have 3 couples and they all been breeding for so long. They nest, wait for the chick to grow for 1 - 2 weeks then I find it dropped out its nest, and everyone attacks + bites it to death! I fed up as I've been witnessing almost 20- 30 cases since last year!. The chicks are totally healthy and fine, they just abandon them, and when I get to take them away, nobody survives because they are too young to be hand-fed.
Someone told me that couples get jealous and they try to destroy each other's nests, another person told me that they might not be couples, it could also be a single bird that gets in and throws all babies outside. I just don't get the whole mass killing and when everyone gathers to attack the baby after its been thrown outside.
Help
! 
