The next day, we mixed a little hand feeding formula and lactobacillus into the pedialyte. They took a few more drops with each feeding and by the end of the week were eating one to two cc's each feeding every two hours. We raised eight babies last year. All incubators, brooders, feeding instruments, pipettes or syringes, cups, containers and towels were disinfected after each use. It is very easy to transmit bacteria to a very young chick.
Bacteria are the major cause for poor hatches and survivability in mynahs.
Using a good disinfectant that will kill gram positive and gram negative micro-organisms will help to eliminate this problem. After disinfecting feeding instruments and cups, they are placed in a bath of Novasan and kept there until used. Do not wash the Novasan off. We also keep all eggs or clutches separate in different incubators and brooders until the chicks are at least three weeks of age. All babies are closed banded at 10 days of age.