Gouldian Young Dying

[Finchman18]

I have had pretty good success this year with quite a few young Gouldians raised from afew pairs (better than my previous years) however i have lost about 3 chicks now after fledging, they seem to go really light and on observation seem to have a very prominent breast bone. All the chicks have been wormed and are fed fresh seed, sprouted seed and various other foods. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Would coccidiosis be a possibility?

[werty]

I have had pretty good success this year with quite a few young Gouldians raised from afew pairs (better than my previous years) however i have lost about 3 chicks now after fledging, they seem to go really light and on observation seem to have a very prominent breast bone. All the chicks have been wormed and are fed fresh seed, sprouted seed and various other foods. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Would coccidiosis be a possibility?

aviary or cabinet breeding?

how many gouldians do you have?

[Reubenvg]

Not being removed from parents too early? or being scared to death by other birds (butcher birds etc)

[Craig52]

I have had pretty good success this year with quite a few young Gouldians raised from afew pairs (better than my previous years) however i have lost about 3 chicks now after fledging, they seem to go really light and on observation seem to have a very prominent breast bone. All the chicks have been wormed and are fed fresh seed, sprouted seed and various other foods. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Would coccidiosis be a possibility?

That is a very good average for loses. I would suggest that the parents have stopped feeding them before being self sufficient and have gone back to nesting to raise another clutch. You also have to take into consideration that if there are 5 young in the nest,two or three of them are days apart in age but usually they all leave the nest at the same time.
I don't believe coccidiosis is the problem but it wouldn't hurt to dose them. Craig

[Finchman18]

Thankyou everyone for your input, I ran 3 prs this year producing 36 offspring. The young that died i forgot to mention had been weaned in approx May, and so were well and truly able to fend for themselves. Werty they are aviary bred and once weaned young are moved to a large indoor/outdoor flight until coloured, all in all has been a good year and for the numbers produced a loss of 3 seems not too bad, however would like to get to the bottom of what the cause is. Young that died formerly dropped there wings and appeared slightly fluffed. And during inspection after they had died the breastbone seemed abnormally prominent, and there also appeared to be a clear type discharge coming from beak. On a further note they have all been treated for worms and air sac mite with moxidectin.
Cheers

[werty]

Thankyou everyone for your input, I ran 3 prs this year producing 36 offspring. The young that died i forgot to mention had been weaned in approx May, and so were well and truly able to fend for themselves. Werty they are aviary bred and once weaned young are moved to a large indoor/outdoor flight until coloured, all in all has been a good year and for the numbers produced a loss of 3 seems not too bad, however would like to get to the bottom of what the cause is. Young that died formerly dropped there wings and appeared slightly fluffed. And during inspection after they had died the breastbone seemed abnormally prominent, and there also appeared to be a clear type discharge coming from beak. On a further note they have all been treated for worms and air sac mite with moxidectin.
Cheers

something wrong when young birds die that long after being weaned

what month did you treat them with moxidectin?

the flight they were placed in, does it get direct natural sunlight?, if so how many hours of direct sun does it get?

3 dead out of 36 isn't good, I produced 90+ this year and only lost 1 that fledged

the 3 that died, what was their appetite like?, were they eating everything given to them everyday?

do you use fosters?

[Finchman18]

Yes they get natural Sunlight they are aviary bred get approx 8hrs light each day. no i do not use fosters i wormed with moxi in june

[vettepilot_6]

Gizzard Worms? extremely hard to rid need to autopsy if you want to be absolutely sure...was talking to Russell Kingston and he said he has dosed up 20ml of moxi to a ltr to rid birds of them (one of the causes of going light)

[Finchman18]

Gizzard Worms? extremely hard to rid need to autopsy if you want to be absolutely sure...was talking to Russell Kingston and he said he has dosed up 20ml of moxi to a ltr to rid birds of them (one of the causes of going light)

Thanks mate, ill try this.

[vettepilot_6]

Gizzard Worms? extremely hard to rid need to autopsy if you want to be absolutely sure...was talking to Russell Kingston and he said he has dosed up 20ml of moxi to a ltr to rid birds of them (one of the causes of going light)

Thanks mate, ill try this.

How are your young going now Finchman18 ?