help please?

[Guest youngboy]

i noticed 2 pairs of my stock birds are pumping alot of water in there young birds whickh gives the young wet nest!! only last couple of days doh any ideas what could be wrong? and the rest of my stock are feeding great not a problem!

any help would be appreciated , Jake

[Guest stevie-b]

not enough differnt grit and minerals trying putting in a gally pot with a little salt just enough to sparingly cover the bottom will dry them up

[Guest youngboy]

awh that must be it thanks very much as they always have grit but unfort havent had any minerals on front of them for a while!!!

thanks again!

[bullcock]

every year there is always a pair that does this, I think its down to the parents and after a couple of days they usually go hard again, as long as the young birds look alright they should be ok as its only the parents giving too much water, I have no answer as to why they do it, and we don't like to see it, but they should be ok.

[bullcock]

P,S. on the subject of grit we feed pink, black & brown grit as well as grit and Homaform, so it can still happen but definently give a variety of grit during rearing.

[Guest youngboy]

thanks bullcock! all the best!