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Female canarie

I have a female lost her chick’s three weeks ago. Since this Monday she is not active . She is sleeping a lot. Is this normal?

Hi Jeanine,

If you do not know why the chicks died, it could be something they got from the parents. It sounds like you need to take the hen to an Avian Vet to see what is wrong. Breeding is very hard on the hen and sometimes they can have an underlying illness or something like air sac mites that take over during the stress of egg laying and raising chicks.

Thank you for asking Lafeber,

Brenda