Zebra finch chick abnormality

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Re: Zebra finch chick abnormality

Post by ac12 » Wed May 09, 2012 2:34 pm

You may have to separate the M and F to get the hen to stop laying eggs. I had a hen that kept laying eggs. I had to separate her from her mate, then she stopped laying eggs.
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Re: Zebra finch chick abnormality

Post by hardroumli » Sat May 19, 2012 11:39 am

Hello everyone,

Check out this video and compare the chick with the others in the nest.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gSySVNgI ... ture=g-upl

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Re: Zebra finch chick abnormality

Post by Lisa » Sat May 19, 2012 12:25 pm

Hmm, didn't think she looked too bad till you showed the others. Was she the last born? It's almost like she's a week behind the others. How do the parents respond to her?

P.S. Why am I calling it a her? lol

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Re: Zebra finch chick abnormality

Post by hardroumli » Sat May 19, 2012 2:45 pm

Lisa wrote:Hmm, didn't think she looked too bad till you showed the others. Was she the last born? It's almost like she's a week behind the others. How do the parents respond to her?

P.S. Why am I calling it a her? lol
Hi Lisa,
SHE!!!! :) Is the first or second to hatch, and I remembered something that I forgot to mention before that at the age of four or five days this chick was thrown out of the nest by the parents most probably the male. And when I found it at the bottom of the cage, I returned it to the nest without giving a thought about why it was tossed.
But now after realizing the condition I became sure that the parents must have discovered the abnormality and rejected the chick.
As you can see, this condition affects the head movements and the growing of feathers and maybe much more that we can't see and I really want to know what is it because I've had it in a previous clutch.

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Re: Zebra finch chick abnormality

Post by FancyFinch » Fri Jun 01, 2012 10:53 am

Any updates on this little thing?
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Re: Zebra finch chick abnormality

Post by hardroumli » Sun Jun 03, 2012 10:00 am

FancyFinch wrote:Any updates on this little thing?
Euthanized :cry: ....

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Re: Zebra finch chick abnormality

Post by Lisa » Sun Jun 03, 2012 10:04 am

Aww :( Sorry to hear that.

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