Losses from the cold

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yep i know how your feeling buzzard got arthritis aswell and takes some to get moven on the cold mornens to get out of bed to go check the birds
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-3 last night better half informs me we lost 2 blue fronted lori chicks and 1 of 2 two week old olive lori chick :x :(
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With weather like that I can understand you and the birds all being a bit chilled. Apart from draght proofing and lots of tucker, there is not much else you can do to weather proof them.
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one dead baby gouldian here :cry:
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Accept that some days you are the pigeon, and some days you are the statue.
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I put 3 pairs of Gouldians into my out door Aviary last Spring as an experiment. Despite several days of minus degrees this winter, I now have 17 Gouldians flying around. The last clutch was in July.b My only shelter is a sheet of Fibre Glass across the width of the Aviary so the birds have to fly under and up to perch at night in the foliage or perches.I am situated in Victoria
not too far from Ballarat.
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Did the same Reg and the buggers are thriving , however I have lost seasoned emblemas and O/Breast ....cant figure it out.
Accept that some days you are the pigeon, and some days you are the statue.
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Not so much from cold, but old age, I think my old normal Scallie hen will be dead by morning, when I feed her this arvo, her wings were dropping, breast bone a little thin (easy to see because she hasn't got a feather from beak to arse), slightly dirty vent, and just not willing to get out of the way. Can't complain though, 16 years old and around 8-10 young a year with out fail, she's been a good hen, will be sad to see her go.
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:cry: Hope she goes peacefully , what a great testiment to your bird keeping to have her live so long .
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She went last night in the nest, cock wouldn't let me take her out till I bribed him with some wet food.
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