Soldato
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Bit of a disaster in my nest box. The female seems to have picked up some sort of illness. Throughout the day she has been getting progressively more erratic, pecking the box and tearing the nest apart. She's lost all interest in the chicks or her partner and now seems to have lost all mental awareness and even some body control. Don't expect her to last the night so that will be game over for the chicks.
Damn. Hope she recovers.Bit of a disaster in my nest box
Im not sure if this will work but if they don’t return you could take them get an incubator of some sort.
Maybe a heat lamp or something? You may be able to save them but means feed them with same stuff as the parents have been.
The male is still bringing food so there's a chance one or two might make it. The problem is temperature as the male will not brood them at night and they are too young to keep themselves warm.
I generally never interfere and doubt I could raise them anyway.