Quote: Not me ..that was Bee. I have been very fortunate and have never had problems with breathing or allergy's. I do use lavender on occasion in the nest boxes. I clean and scrub them down a few times a year. I place fresh grass clippings, oregano, lemon peeling and orange peelings, rose petals, garlic hulls, and wood chips, hay and straw in my nest boxes. In the hot summer I use dirt for cooling in the base.
I went to a bird get together two weeks ago, and came home with stress cocci. I am not a happy camper. Some of the birds that I sold also have cocci now. There are several others who have birds with upper respiratory issues. I noticed my birds acting off about 10 days of being home. I took in a poop sample and they had cocci. Now I am afraid to go to the next bird show. It is not the usual cocci. There was no blood in stools, no smell, the birds ate well and for the most part acted normal. The only thing I noticed is closed eyes more often. Like they had dust in them and they were irritated. I was thinking I brought home worms. Nope...cocci
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I have 5 chicks and 4 of them leave the newest addition (have had a week) out and its always alone and the 4 are out and about, what should I do? Get another chick for it to bond with it wait it out?
How many birds do you want? Do not let your birds dictate how many. If this is the amount of birds you can care for, that other chick will be fine. Eventually it will buddy up. If you are planning on adding to your flock, by all means get the chick a buddy. Do not be surprised if the new chick decides they like the other birds better than the lone chick. You might still end up with a lone chick.
