Blue Tit box with babies fallen off fence - Help Needed

[Mandysaur]

Help. The wind has blown my bird box with baby blue tits in off the fence, I've looked inside and I think they've died , I've hung it back on the fence because the adult was crying for them but I don't know if this is the best thing to do. Can anyone advise what I can do?

[rossy]

Originally Posted by Mandysaur

Help. The wind has blown my bird box with baby blue tits in off the fence, I've looked inside and I think they've died , I've hung it back on the fence because the adult was crying for them but I don't know if this is the best thing to do. Can anyone advise what I can do?

welcome mandysaur, im afraid theirs not a lot you could do ,in a situation like this, you have done the right thing by putting it back, but the one thing when putting up nest boxes is to make sure they are secure, has the parent been back in the box ? rossy.

[posie]

....Hello and Welcome to WAB Mandy, sorry it is on an unhappy note.....I cannot add any further advice....if they are dead maybe the parents will try again, as already said secure the box back firmly....Posie..

[Mandysaur]

Thanks Rossy, it was hopping around the box tweeting but flew away when I ran out to pick it up off the ground. The box now has three nails in it and has been tied to the fence. Will I have to take the babies out at some point? I feel awful putting it back up, I saw one dead baby through the hole and what looked like a second but I don't know if anything else is in there because the nest was all over the box from the fall. How long do you think I should leave it?

[Mandysaur]

I've just checked my bird box and incredibly theres babies alive and cheaping!!! It's amazing, i'm so pleased. Does anyone know what you can feed baby blue tits?

[rossy]

Originally Posted by Mandysaur

I've just checked my bird box and incredibly theres babies alive and cheaping!!! It's amazing, i'm so pleased. Does anyone know what you can feed baby blue tits?

yes, but the parents will feed them mandysaur, as it looks like they have been doing, otherwise they would have perished, just observe and the parents will appear, have you not noticed them ? but its good news , rossy.