I have one pair of pigeons who's babies never mature. They hatch and make anywhere from few days to a few weeks and the die. They don't seem sick or weak prior to dying I just go in the coop one day and find one dead and the next day I find the next on dead. Today I found both dead at about 4 days old. Parents are healthy eating, drinking etc...
Other pigeons pairs in my flock have raised babies normally. Any idea what going on?
Baby pigeons dying
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Re: Baby pigeons dying
They might be bad parents. But I would do a dose of 4-in-1 medication to be sure it's not a medical issue. I have seen a lot more successful hatches since I started a more regular worming/treatment schedule.
Re: Baby pigeons dying
What are you feeding? We found on wheat they die or scratch when young
they could not process as it gets caught In craw.
they could not process as it gets caught In craw.
Re: Baby pigeons dying
I have fed part wheat for years and I think every flyer does without a problem. I would guess it is young bird disease and you might try 3 or 4 days of Terramycin in the water.
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Re: Baby pigeons dying
Add in antibiotics while babies are present or now or both?
I have an all in one pigeon med I can give again.
I have an all in one pigeon med I can give again.
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Re: Baby pigeons dying
Some of my squeakers seem to gorge and eat too much when I feed. Their crops would be packed full to overflowing. Ii always wondered if the dry food expanded more than they could handle when the drank. I started feeding up high and offering only a small amount down low after the older birds are mostly full and seems to have fixed that.BC Hunter wrote:What are you feeding? We found on wheat they die or scratch when young
they could not process as it gets caught In craw.