hand rearing young birds

[Guest]

can u help me what the best way to hand rear youngbirds of around 13 days old if any one can help i would be greatfull jonjon

[THE FIFER]

WILL BE ON HARD FOOD, THE EASIEST WAY IS GIVING SMALL FOOD LIKE MAPLES WHEAT AND SMALL SEED, AND POUR IT INTO THEIR MOUTH WITH A BENT TEA SPOON, IF U WANT TO FEED LARGER LIKE BEANS THEN JUST OPEN THEIR MOUTH AND PLACE THEM INTO THEIR THROAT, I FIND THE FIRST IS BEST. U CAN EVEN WET THE FOOD WITH WARM WATER, THIS MAKES SURE THEY ARE ALSO GETTING WATER AND MAKES IT EASIER TO GO OVER,

[maverick]

GET THE CARTON OF BABY MILK AND SOME PELETS SOAK THE PELETS IN SOME OF MILK THIS WILL MAKE THE PELETS SOFT ROLL IN TO SMALL BALLS AND FEED TO YOUNG BIRDS THEY WILL THRIVE VERY QUICKLY,GIVE SOME HARD FOOD AS WELL, EVERY SO OFTEN WHEN FEEDING THE BIRDS DIP THERE BEAKS IN WATER THEY WILL DRINK .I DID THIS WITH 3 LAST YEAR IN OCT THEY ARE NOW FEEDING YOUNG OF THERE OWN.FEED THEM AT LEAST 3 TIMES A DAY JUST A LITTLE EACH TIME THE BIRDS WILL SOON LET YOU KNOW IF THEY ARE NOT GETTING ENOUGH AND MIND THE WATER.

[Guest speckled]

Mavrick thats the exact thing i would do ;D ;D ,done it before, & still have the bird now hes 11Yrs old,Speckled.

[westy]

thats a question i wanted to know aswell.

[Guest beautyhomer]

The best way to hand rear young pigeons is with a syringe and a length of rubber tubing.Popping individual pieces of food in their mouths is very time consuming,with a syringe it literally takes a few seconds.You can buy special baby bird food to use with this method,but I used to use poultry growers crumbs made into a soup like consistancy.I have reared youngsters from 2 days of age with this method.

There a couple of web pages that illustrate this better than I can which I have seen through pigeonbasics.Speight has supplied a link in

 

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The second link takes you to Frank Mosca's genetics page.At the bottom of this there are two links to hand rearing baby pigeons.

 

Andrew

[Guest]

I agree with Beautyhomer regarding Hand Rearing.  We have done it on several occasions using a syringe and a small piece of tubing that's used in fish tanks.  We normally use pigeon pellets which have been ground in our coffee grinder then made into paste with warm water. In between shots of the paste we give a little warm water separately. An avian vet told me to add a little corn syrup to the water.  Three times a day sounds right

 

[jimmy white]

agree with most posts above, but i would put a hungry bird beside it eachday, and let it see it eat, it should be eating maples itself by 16 days

[Guest]

tahnks every one that was a great help again thanks

[allen496]

Hi....I use baby milk soaked on corn twice a week when breeding .its alot better than all what you can buy on the market for so called vits & mins...at least its tested and garanteed to carry all the ingredients that new born baby,s need to a healthy up bringing. and the youngsters are beautiful.

[perk]

when the young are old enough for hard food i put food and water in my mouth, then feed them mouth to mouth. after a couple of goes they will take food easy. i do wash my mouth out afterwards

[maverick]

HOPE YOU WASHED IT OUT FIRST DONT WANT THE YOUNG BIRDS CATCHING ANYTHING .LOL

[perk]

maverick, missis say,s that aswell, calls me a dirty s-d   ;D

[westy]

perk found a girlfriend/boyfriend get in there LOL  ;D ;D

[perk]

i wish, could do with a newer model ;D

[tam pepper]

 

 

 

                  hijon jon

                                  why do you have to hand feed the young birds

 

                                                                      tam pepper

[westy]

i wish, could do with a newer model ;D

 

LOL M8

[jimmy white]

;D ;D SEND TO TAIWAN FOR ONE ON APPROVAL, IF YOU DONT LKE HER YOU CAN GET HER CHANGED ;D ;D IVE BEEN DOINGTHAT FOR 10 YEARS NOW ;D ;D NEVER COST ME A PENNY ;D ;D ;D  [iN MY DREAMS] ;D ;D ;D ;D

[andy]

JIMMY,

         HOPE THATS NOT LADYBOYS ON APPROVAL!!!!

[Guest]

hi all the reason i want to hand rear is that their are an gift from a friend they are under his widowers and he has parted them but the thing they are from an proven pair of stock pigeons and an expensive pair at that so i just could nt say no u dont turn down pigeons like these any way thanks all

[Guest]

Jon Jon

 

How old are the birds now

[Guest]

hi they are around 13days old i picked them up to day fed them soaked pea and water with give them some soaked pellets mix with water like an paste but watered down a bit later hoprfully they sould be ok

[Guest]

Don't forget to give them plain water between the mix

[Guest]

thanks will do will keep every one updated how they do

[tigerpomfret]

Jonboy,

               just put a handfull of peas or beans in a cup,teaspoon of sugar pinch of salt,some warm water let them soak for 5-10 minutes,thenbump about 30 down each birds beak(you could bump 50-60 in them easy,but it could make them lazy),takes about 1 minute,then just spoon ,4-5 teaspoons water down after,simple as that,by 17 days old stop hand feeding,just put them in a place on their own with a drinker filled to the brim,and dip their beaks once or twice,then feed out just peas or beans in a trough,leave 20 minutes morning and night,then take away,some thick babies starve themselves for a couple of days,but will gorge in the end,but remember to dip their beaks,do not leave any food about after 20 minutes,they will follow you around like puppies come feeding time if you follow that simple rule.

   And for christ`s sake do not worry about them not eating,leave them be,and remember  grit .

   And while your at it,watch to find the leaders,not followers,you watch your babies,9out of 10 are crap,no matter what anyone tells you,see what you learn,write down first to find drinker 1st to feed,first to try for a perch,1st to go outside,write everything you see down,hen you will have made a good start,for sure.