hand rearing a yb?

[pigeonpete]

Hi a friend of me, keeps macaws, and has hand reared 1 0r 2, now he has starting showing an interest in the pigeons, and when i get a yb hatch  he want to hand rear it as a pet, so would like everyones help on how he is best off doing this please, need all info from the moment the chick hatches, what temp should it be kept at,? what should it be fed on for the first week and thereafter, any help or info appriaciated, i can t see how he can feed a 1 day old chick??? but im sure some 1 on here has done it before many thanks in advance.

[Guest REDFOXKRAUTHS]

you cant you have to wait for about a week,then you can by using water,soaked peas and beans and finche/budgie egg food(i done it in 2005,tamest pigeon ever ;D ;D)

[Peckedhen]

Take a look at this........    I know the lady who wrote it - an experienced pigeon rehabber.

 

http://www.internationaldovesociety.com/Recipes/handfeedinghelp.htm

[Wiley]

good article peckedhen,alot of hard work though,u would have to be home 24/7

[pigeonpete]

cheers for that pecked hen!! will be worse that having a baby!! lol

[birdman55678]

Wow is that a lot of work, be better off leaving it with the parents until weaned, in my opinion anyway... Ed

[Guest shadow]

Leave it to its parents they will rear it better than you can

[Keepsmilingqueen]

i think it best left to the parents, fair enough if parental rearing is unavailable, but to take a youngster away from its parents just becouse you facy hand rearing a baby is in my oppinion a bit unfair, its not like pigeons make good house pets. sure they perch on your shoulder but they dont talk  and they s**t all over the carpet  

[Peckedhen]

If he is determined to hand feed, I think that he should give the squab at least the first week, if not 10 days with it's parents. It would then stand a much better chance of survival and will still become very tame.

[symbro]

http://www.pigeons.biz/forums/index.php

 

do a search on this chat forum and you will find all the information needed

[Guest CS]

Leave it to parents,,,raise youngsters better  

[kev01293]

i wouldnt take a youngster away from the parents until its at least 12-14 days or even older

                                                   kev :-/

[pigeonscout]

If he is not willing to do what is best for the young birds i.e. leave it with parents until it is able to feed itself then he is not the sort of person I would be giving a bird to. Why would anyone want to go to all that trouble to rare a bird when its parents are there to give it more than he could ever do? Why would you even think about giving a bird to someone knowing it is not going to get a good start in life and may even die. It is so easy to tame young birds. Not one of my young birds will fear me 5 days after they are weaned and even before they can fly they will run to me when I enter the loft. Don't do what your friend wants do what is best for the bird keep it in the nest.

[pigeonpete]

If he is not willing to do what is best for the young birds i.e. leave it with parents until it is able to feed itself then he is not the sort of person I would be giving a bird to. Why would anyone want to go to all that trouble to rare a bird when its parents are there to give it more than he could ever do? Why would you even think about giving a bird to someone knowing it is not going to get a good start in life and may even die. It is so easy to tame young birds. Not one of my young birds will fear me 5 days after they are weaned and even before they can fly they will run to me when I enter the loft. Don't do what your friend wants do what is best for the bird keep it in the nest.

 

understand what your saying mate, but he wanted the pigeon for a pet, he has reared all sorts of parrots by hand, was just asking a question, and he is having the baby about 21 days old so he can tame it really good

[Guest shadow]

You have had some very good advise to leave with its parents until it is feeding itself then let your friend take it on

[Guest CS]

Take a look at this........    I know the lady who wrote it - an experienced pigeon rehabber.

 

http://www.internationaldovesociety.com/Recipes/handfeedinghelp.htm

 

Good article Susan,            A lot of work...  it's best leave it to parents,,,raise youngsters better  

[kev01293]

hi pete

pigeonscout has said exactely what i was thinking, leave the baby with its parents

                        kev :-/

[jimmy white]

better left with parents untill ready for weaning ,, its the easiest thing in the world to tame ybs ,and can actualy be good fun and,,,they remember this the rest of their lives, they often make better birds as they go thrugh less stress than wild pigeons