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Hello Miabella,
IMO & IME, for one to become a REALLY SUCCESSFUL breeder who rarily, if ever, loses a baby, one must be fully prepared with the knowledge, experience and equipment to be able to do one's absolute best to try and save every last one of them whenever they have a problem.
IMO & IME ONE MUST have a well stocked birdie medicine chest to include Nystatin, Diflucan, Lactated Ringers Solution, Injectable Baytril and Insulin Syringes with attached needles. Also an incubator, brooder, thermometers, formula, feeding spoons & syringes etc........ One also needs the experience or help and notes to be able to administer these meds at the right dose and in the right place at the right time. One also MUST be able to crop feed and EXTRACT the crop contents manually when/if needed. The only way around all this is to have enough money saved up & to be willing to go immediately to a well experienced AVIAN Vet so he/she can do for your bird what you yourself may not be confident enough to do......You most probably could have saved that poor baby if you were properly prepared. I am not criticizing now as we all have to learn one way or another but it is better for the birds that we learn BEFORE we have a problem RATHER THAN AFTER they die needlessly.
Miabella, I suggest you & others who are going to intentionally breed or allow breeding unintentionally (by keeping male & female together), get ASAP, the things I mentioned and a set of stainless steel gavage instruments to be able to feed directly into the crop and evacuate the crop when needed. Of course, learn how to use them, as already stated...... One also needs to monitor the babies daily to make sure each is getting fed enough and that the crop is moving properly and food is not going stale inside there........I'll stop for now till I hear what you have to say.......I hope you take my advice seriously & try your best to see that no others die.........Good luck.........JMHO from many years of experience, I lost a few too along the way and am only trying to help others from not making the same mistakes I did........Take care......Btw, since you asked, I would give the parents spray millet, a good seed mix with lots of extra sunflower when they are feeding babies, well scrambled eggs or 10 minute boiled eggs but only in the early morning or late afternoon as they spoil very quickly in the heat. Anytime is ok inside though if you have the a.c. on but still don't let them sit in the cage for too long. I would also add some greens (romaine lettuce-well washed and crispy), well washed fresh broccoli, corn on the cob after the first week and frozen green peas, I use a bread that has no preservatives that I buy at Publix or Wynn Dixie called BrownBerry Health Nut but I advise giving only in cooler weather, also after the first week to 10 days of growth IMO & IME. Keep the cuttlebone in the cage and keep everything as clean as possible especially when they have babies. Sterilize the water vessels with clorox every few days and change water twice a day at least.....Good luck again & feel free to ask any further questions.
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