A problem and need all of your help please!

[XP_2600]

Well for the second year this problem happen with me, at the same exact time in October exactly i find a lot of died in shell roseicollis birds, something like four of five eggs, i don't know what is the reason and why its happend at this time of the year specially, by theway the chick died before it even try to coming out seems died earlier than his hatching date with one or two days or maybe more, any explanation and solutions ? is it could be a humidity level ? but i think humidity problem happend when the chick became completed and it try to coming out but the egg is too hard for him to break out or its possible to happen like this ? please help.

[birdlady49]

I"m sorry you're experiencing these heartbreaks. If you're certain it's not a medical problem (you know what to do to confirm that)

1. Consider the time change at the end of October/early November. If you adjusted the lighting to compensate for the time change, that might have thrown everything off.

2. Consider, too, if you're feeding any seasonal fruits/veggies that might throw off their nutritional needs.

3. Another thought .... if your furnace started kicking on, it may be pulling the needed humidity out of the air when it's most needed.

4. The parents could be out of condition at this time of year .... getting ready to molt ... or finishing a molt .... and not enough nutrition was pulled into the eggs as a result.

I have no idea why your eggs are dying but these are "straws" I"ve listed as possibilities.....

[CrazyBirdLady]

Are the eggs all in the same clutch or spread throughout the aviary?

Ideal humidity is about 60%. You might try either misting their nestboxes (if wooden) or offering wetted palm fronds directly into the nestboxes. Too much humidity can literally drown the chicks in the shell prior to hatching.

Sorry for the loss of the chicks.