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Problem
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Possible reasons
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Suggested solutions
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Poor breeding
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Clear eggs
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Poor nutrition
Birds not in condition
Infections
Water problems
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Daily Essentials1, 2 or 3 /CalciBoost/ProBoost SuperMax/ Gold label Feast, Aviagra
Daily Essentials1, 2 or 3 /ProBoostSuperMax/Potent Brew, Ronivet-S Saniclens/ in the drinking water
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Dead-in-shell or chick deaths
MITES on Birds
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Poor nutrition
Poor hygiene
Infection in hens
Lice & mites
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Daily Essentials1, 2 or 3/CalciBoost Nest hygiene - Enviroclens to clean with. Water/soaked seed - Saniclens Potent Brew, Treat with Ronivet-S
Avian Insect Liquidator every 30 days
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Hens abandoning chicks
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Sick chicks
Inadequate nutrition
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Saniclens/ Daily Essentials1, 2 or 3 /Ronivet-S
Daily Essentials1, 2 or 3 /ProBoost SuperMax/Potent Brew
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Poor chick growth
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Inadequate digestive function leading to low energy level in chicks
Inadequate feeding by parents
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Three options
Potent Brew , vitamins,Ronivet-S
Potent Brew and Survive (if bird is sick). Guardian Angel or Energize in drinking water
Foster chicks to other parents (parent birds may improve with experience)
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Birds not in condition
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Inadequate diet
Water problems
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Daily Essentials1, 2 or 3 /ProBoost SuperMax/Potent Brew/ Flourish. Ronivet-S Change drinking water source and use Saniclens
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Poorly growing chicks
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Infection
Poor gut function
Inadequate nutrition (home made HRF)
Wrong energy level HRF
Too low % solids in HRF
Wrong brooder temperature
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Potent Brew or BioPlus and/or Flourish. Ronivet-S Visit vet quickly or call us
Potent Brew or BioPlus and/or Flourish and Survive
Change to commercial hand rearing formula and add Formula Plus, or AviGain
Get correct type
Mix HRF well each time it is taken from the bowl. Add less water to HRF
Chicks huddled together/lethargic - too cold.
Chicks panting, dehydrated - too hot
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Deformed chicks
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Poor nutrition
Other problems
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Add CalciBoost to HRF Food
Visit vet
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Crop not emptying or crop filling with air
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Too high % solids in HRF
Infection
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Mix the HRF well each time it is used. Use more water in food add Potent Brew
Potent Brew, Medistatin, or visit vet quickly
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Convulsions, falling off perches, tremors, fits, head stretching or other "nervous conditions"
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Nutritional deficiencies
Disease
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CalciBoost and Daily Essentials1, 2 or 3
Visit vet
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Diarrhoea
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Gut infection, Stress
Worms
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Potent Brew/Guardian Angel/ Survive/Potent Brew, treat with Coccivet
Worm out gel
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Eye/respiratory infections
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Colloidal Silver, Doxyvet, Terramycin for eyes Baytril, Amtyl, Enroxil for respiratory
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Vomiting
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Trichomoniasis
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Visit vet or try Ronivet-S
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Going light (young birds) or black spot in chicks
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Coccidiosis (not in parrot type birds.
Megabacteria
Other
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Gold Label Feast and/or Flourish. Ronivet-S
Gold label Feast eggfood and/or Flourish. Guardian Angel/ Megabac-S, visit vet
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Feather plucking
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Stress
Lice & Mites
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Potent Brew, CalciBoost, Daily Essentials3 (or Feather-Up)
Use Avian Insect Liquidator every 30 days
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Lice & Mites
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External parasites
Air sac mite and scaly face
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Use Avian insect liquidator every 30 days
Use Scatt, or Ivermectin Solution in water
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Respiratory problems
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Bacterial, fungal, viral or parasite infections
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Wheeze-Eeze, Medistatin, Guardian Angel, Amtyl and Ronivet-s, Baytril, or Enroxil, Scatt
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Lethargic, fluffed up, may have fits or loose balance, sitting on bottom of cage.
Egg binding in hens.
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Inadequate dietary calcium.
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CalciBoost direct to the beak (2 drops per canary, 4 per budgie, 6 per cockatiel, 1/2 ml per grey parrot. Repeat after 2 hours. Put under heat
If egg-binding is suspected, see a vet if egg is not laid after 2 oral doses of CalciBoost. It may take up to 3 days for young birds to recover.
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