Trouble with squeaker

[jordanp31]

I have a youngster that was born about two weeks ago, the other hatchling is well and at a good size, But this one is very small and seems to be  not very well feathered. I really want it to survive but i think the parents are getting fed up with feeding it and so it is getting weaker. Is their any way of hand feeding it because i need all the birds i can get due to just starting out this year and having lost a lot of birds for diffrent reasons.

 

I have heard of hand feeding pigeons but i need some infomation so can anybody help me????

 

thanks... :-/  

[Guest]

I think Mother Nature might be telling the parents something. I've found that if one of the babies in a nest is not doing good, the parents are not feeding it cause they can sense there is something wrong with it

[Henrik]

Best to let Nature sort things out Jordan cos if it cant hack it now it wont hack it later and remember it costs the same to feed a bad one as a good one. I,m sure if you asked around there will be fanciers in your area who will breed you some for next year.

[Guest REDFOXKRAUTHS]

if you relly want it to live the soke some peas in hot water from the kettle and hand feed it,ive done it befor,

ben ;D

[Guest]

hi jordan, unless this bird is being kept for stock, i wouldnt bother with it...if its not coming on then best thing is too get rid of it.the other chick will come on better.

as other posters have said...its mother natures way of deciding wot lives and dont.

  this small chick thing  is normal and spose everyone has this problem now and again.

hope it all turns out well for u!....paul.

 

[andy]

JORDAN,

           BETTER TO FILE IT UNDER B FOR BIN..

[Guest shadow]

When they are a lot smaller than their nest mate and not thriving move it on.  It will never be any good.

[Guest Paulo]

Yeah nature is hard sometimes, you will prob find the parents will peck it it death as they get older they seem to have a natural instrinct to know that the young bird is a weakling. Whats the droppings like around the nest????

[ACE LOFTS]

iv had the same problem this year with 2 chicks doing that i got rid of them straight away, i did try with the 1st 1 but its not worth it get rid of it mate.

[sapper756]

Unfortunately the only thing to do with such a youngster is to dispose it. It will never turn out to be any good.

[Guest Gareth Rankin]

It's hard when you are a new starter in the sport but if their is one bit of advice i could give you it is to be always looking to kill any week pigeons rather than trying to save them.

Better in the long run.