mickmck 716 Posted June 27, 2013 Report Share Posted June 27, 2013 wonder if anyone can shed any light on this , i have a pair of gold mosaics , had a clutch off them 4 eggs three chicks , she been sat on eggs again and hatched 3 out of 4 again , chicks were only days old when i found one dead in the nest , gutted !! then a day later found another dead in the nest , got one left , what do you think was the cause of the dead chicks ??????????????? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Clipper 207 Posted June 27, 2013 Report Share Posted June 27, 2013 have you checked for mite? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mickmck 716 Posted June 27, 2013 Author Report Share Posted June 27, 2013 have you checked for mite? yeh had a look seems ok Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tilfertilfer 706 Posted June 27, 2013 Report Share Posted June 27, 2013 buy new ones with the bow money 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gnipper 6,543 Posted June 27, 2013 Report Share Posted June 27, 2013 Is the last one getting fed plenty? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mickmck 716 Posted June 27, 2013 Author Report Share Posted June 27, 2013 buy new ones with the bow money Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mickmck 716 Posted June 27, 2013 Author Report Share Posted June 27, 2013 Is the last one getting fed plenty? seems ok gnipper Quote Link to post Share on other sites
fireman 10,997 Posted June 27, 2013 Report Share Posted June 27, 2013 Could be a few things really,mite or her just not liking feeding the bigger chicks and now she only has one to choose from she'll either get on with it or leave it to die,what goes on in a nest at times is any ones guess really if your not there to see it type thing.Good luck with the one that's left but were there any black spots on the dead chicks bellies?. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mickmck 716 Posted June 27, 2013 Author Report Share Posted June 27, 2013 Could be a few things really,mite or her just not liking feeding the bigger chicks and now she only has one to choose from she'll either get on with it or leave it to die,what goes on in a nest at times is any ones guess really if your not there to see it type thing.Good luck with the one that's left but were there any black spots on the dead chicks bellies?. cant say i noticed any black spots mate , what would that be ? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jeppi26 1,855 Posted June 27, 2013 Report Share Posted June 27, 2013 Ad the same thing other week mick 5 in the nest next day all on the floor was gutted Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gouldy257 79 Posted June 27, 2013 Report Share Posted June 27, 2013 had a mate that happened to he had 5 hatched out all dropped of a day apart but the pair went again and he has 2 rared out of 3 now is that them birds first time breeding? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
fireman 10,997 Posted June 27, 2013 Report Share Posted June 27, 2013 Could be a few things really,mite or her just not liking feeding the bigger chicks and now she only has one to choose from she'll either get on with it or leave it to die,what goes on in a nest at times is any ones guess really if your not there to see it type thing.Good luck with the one that's left but were there any black spots on the dead chicks bellies?. cant say i noticed any black spots mate , what would that be ? It's called Black spot and is hard to miss as it's a big black spot on the chicks belly,not totaly sure what it is but once got a lot of chicks are lost through it,but like i say mate quite unmissable if you look over your dead chicks rather than just chuck them in the bin .It can be treated with esb or some other antibiotics like amoxocillen. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mickmck 716 Posted June 28, 2013 Author Report Share Posted June 28, 2013 ive been and retrived the dead chicks as they were wrapped in tissue in the bin , and you were right fireman they had a black dot on there belly , i wonder what causes it Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mickmck 716 Posted June 28, 2013 Author Report Share Posted June 28, 2013 had a mate that happened to he had 5 hatched out all dropped of a day apart but the pair went again and he has 2 rared out of 3 now is that them birds first time breeding? its there second round this season bud , got 3 nice chicks off her ist round Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Outlaw Pete 2,224 Posted June 28, 2013 Report Share Posted June 28, 2013 I'm fascinated by this " Black Spot ". Never heard of it before and have just emailed my boss, to see if it's known to us, amongst wild broods. I'm gutted now that I didn't know about it in time to look at the guts on that brood of swallows that died out in Pat's car port. (Oh! Another nest there, with eggs, yesterday) Absolutely any scrap of information of Black Spot most gratefully received. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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