11/04/2023
AssalamuAlaiqum Bros💖Hope you all are doing good with the Grace of Almighty Allah kareem. Aameen
Trust you all must be taking necessary care of birds during MOLTING period, where shedding and regrowing feathers of bird is in process.
Molting is a natural process where birds replace worn or damaged feathers.
Adult birds shed their worn out feathers usually by the end of breeding season/summer and grow new, strong, warm feathers to see them through the winter.
Also young birds loose their first feathers and molt into their adult coats. Molting also helps to indicate a bird's age, s*x, and season of the year.
During Molting period some birds become less active, quiet, or stop laying eggs.
During the molting period, birds may be itchy or uncomfortable due to minor inflammation as new feathers grow in.
Birds may become more prone to health problems during these stressful times, as their immune systems are also under stress so necessary care is needed by hobbiers/fanciers.
Moults usually occur once to twice a year depending on the bird species.
The most common time for a molt is mid-summer, with often a second, smaller moult in early-mid winter.
Most normal molts take about 4 to 6 weeks to complete.
Below mention are some of the necessary extra care required for Birds during molting period:
1. Provide moisture by Spraying/sprinkling water to birds, this will help them to grow back healthy feather early. While spraying a small mix of Arqe ghulab, neem leaves, aloevera gel and Apple cider vinegar helps out as remedy for contagious skin infection and skin itching, etc.
2. Moisture is necessary for birds skin to save it become itchier.
3. During molting process avoid catching, petting and handling and give your bird some time.
4. Maintain the Right Room Temperature and specially fresh air crossing.
5. Feed your Bird the Right Food full of high-protein feed which will help bird molting with feather regrowth.
6. Relax the bird by keeping the molt bird separately from other birds and the cage should be not be much huge in size so the bird may be kept relax and should not require much effort to have feed and provide your bird proper and high protein diet full of vitamins, calcium and minerals.
Some times we face situations where parents start PLUCKING the chicks feather. The care required is to use Aloevera Paste on the effected area of chicks and the parents will stop plucking feather due to its bitter taste and its also good for skin and also the use of a calendumed cream has proven to be helpful in nourishing skin and bringing quality feathers growth back in a very short time.
Please try to provide proper calcium, vitamins and protein diet through seed mix and soft food to the birds to remove deficiency and specially provide Loosan, Methi, Neem and moringa one day each on weekly basis and ensure cuttle bone fish and provide green leafy vegetables in the cage and in boxes so the parents attention is diverted from Chicks to these items and they will start chewing and enjoying these items and will stop plucking feathers. Other than the routine seed mix also provide some Kaneri seed and Bhang seed as a topup to parents when they have chicks. These are very helpful for the growth of chicks.
Thanks for your kind time on care, efforts and love for birds and May Allah kareem keep blessing us all 💖 Aameen
Copied from: Vorson Aviary ❤
