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ok so i have 4 babys the oldest 2 are 15 days and i took them out of the nest 3 days ago because i was worried about the 2 smaller 1s and thats going really really well.

my problem is the 2 small 1s (1 is 9 days the other is are really really small, 1 has a very very over feed crop and has dark spots in it its so tight, and the other has absolutly nothing in it and is sooooooooo small..should i take these 2 out and hand feed them??? would you guys if it was you? i hope the pics work

Hi there i am no expert but i would say get them to a vet to get checked out especially the one with the spots in the crop, and yes hand feeding them is a good idea as long as you have sufficient experience with such tiny babies...

sadly both dies

i am so sorry to hear that! its so heart breaking when a little one passes on, especially when you try your best to help them! how are the bigger two doing? I am new here, getting to know everyone - have followed alot of your posts and threads before- if i am correct you have always battled with your babies?
Again - sorry man thats terrible!

this is the first time i have done babies, the older 2 are doing great there pin feathers are just coming through and they are so loving

Cute man, will you post some pics? what colours are they? I may get my first breeding pair this weekend, an albino hen and rainbow male, nest active already!

I think the black spots are possibly the colour of the food that was fed. My "rainbow" hen and greygreen/split pallid cock have a chic and it had the same looking spots and I gave it a feed of apple sauce which clears the crops and it survived.

hey julie, seen as you have a rainbow hen maybe you can help, i just got a rainbow male an albino female, breeding pair, and i am wondering if i would ever get an albino baby? and if i could clip my breeding pair wings, as they are not in an extremely large aviary, more a large cage?