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So coco chick is now about 7 days old and getting quite big and caremel chicks are ament to be hatching inside the same nest on the 20 th (4 days ) how will the little chicks manage with the big one

Fraza

They won't.
Are your big chicks due to fledge by the 20th when the others are due to hatch?

lovezebs I doubt it it’s in 4 days and it hasn’t got feathers yet just little wings wish I could add picture intact I’ll add one onto gallery for u

Can’t even find a link but I’m sure it about 10 days okd

Right I’ve checked the old threads and found out that it’s 9 days olds

Fraza

My post just vanished into thin air

What my response was....

The parents will probably feed the big loud chicks, and the young ones will more than likely get buried and starve.

Do you have another good pair to place these eggs under?

lovezebs no not really only other option is the zebra pair thst let the others die or I have an inexperienced society pair who have just laid eggs I could possibly swap the eggs round so that by the time the others pair eggs hatch then the chick will be fledged and then coco can bring up there chicks whilst they are bringing up there’s

Fraza i remember ihave raised chicks on the same situation only one chick with more eggs the difference was arround 13days and all the chick were weaned lol
Just add more fake eggs when all extra eggs hatch like this the little ones aren't buried,

haroun yeh maybe I might do that

To late ela@lovezebs the eggs are hatching early mine mostly hatch after 21 days but this ones about 17

Fraza

Hi Fraser, and congratulaions on the hatching.

Make sure the new infants are being fed, not just the big boy.

lovezebs yeh it looks very active anyway so fingers up

Fraza

Keep an eye on the little one, to make sure that there is food in the crop,

lovezebsyeh what can I do tho if it isn’t being fed

Fraza

If it's not being fed, you will have to buy some hand feeding formula for birds and hand feed it until it fledges, or sadly let it die.