NEED HELP

[karl]

my blue-face parrot are all going well but for one thing when the egg hatch the birds feed the babys for a week or so then abandon a nest and the babys die need help pls p.s i have 2 pairs

[Buzzard-1]

I've had the same problem!! In my case the males forced hens back to nest before the young fledged I run 2 hens to a cock bird now.This is not without problems either as one trio the hens fought all the time till I removed one, the others were ok.

[Diane]

I reckon that what happened when my BFPF deserted their last clutch of babies.....they have just hatched out another 4 in the last day or so (one lutino too, so it should be a hen) so fingers crossed they stay with this lot. Will have to think about removing the cock bird after this clutch as I think they deserve a rest...esp the hen.

[Fincho162]

If u are feeding plenty of livefood (especially mealies) then the males occassionally get "over-stimulated" to breed and the actions u describe are associated with it - deserted chicks.
Open to arguement but I suspect its the high protein levels that cause the problems if the males are the main culprit.
A reason why I don't feed live food to any Parrotfinches.

If young birds then parrotfinches are notorious for doing that in their first couple of nests - the good news is that most get over it after a couple of nests -small consolation for the nests that are abandoned though!
I have foster birds on hand just for this very same scenario..............and before the comments IF fostering is done properly it is a very good avicultural tool - I stress the IF done properly!!!!
HTH

[Diane]

They only get live food now and again, and when it was it would have been either maggots or fly pupae. Hopefully that wouldn't have made them desert.