hand rearing times and amounts

[billspets]

hello all just thought i would post this
this is the feeding and amounts that i use when hand feeding my birds


from hatching to 4 days every 2 hours giving between 1 to 2 ml
from 5 to 7 days every 3 hours giving between 2-3 ml of food
from 8 to 14 days 7am,11am,3pm,7pm,11pm giving between 4-5ml
from 15 to 24 days 7am,midday.5,11 giving between 7-10 ml
from 25 to 34 days 7am,5pm,11pm giving 11-15 ml
from 25 to 45 days 7am,7pm giving between 11-15ml
at this stage i place the babies in a cage where i have water and a shollow dish with budgiemix and rice bubbles
from 45day to weaning 7pm giving between 11-15ml
please not that at this stage thay may not eat as much of the handrearing mix as they are starting to eat seed and bubbles

this is the time and amounts that i use to feed my birds when hand rearing and may vary from breeder to breeder
hope this helps
regards
bill

[lovemytiels]

Hi Bill, Question for you or anyone else who knows.
When a baby first hatches out of it's egg & say it has been hatched by incubator, when do you first feed it. From different sites I go to gives me conflicting info & I would really love to know for interest sake. Cheers for now Anna

[billspets]

hello anna
i have been told that it is 24hours after thay hatch as thay live on the embryotic fluids during that time
regards
bill

[parrotpotential]

Sounds like the schedule we use here Bill. The only difference is that I feed an hour later so I start at 8am, I just can't get up that bit earlier, lol.
I also like to use arrowroot biscuit halves for weaning. I usually peg them to the cage.

[josiedownunda]

Looks exactly like my agenda Bill.......you been peeking in the windows!!!LOL
The only extra I do is when they go in the cage I give them lots of greens and corn and millet. Basically as many different things to try as possible. They play with most of it for starters especialy things like snow pea sprouts...perfect for a tug-o-war!!LOL
I also find when they are about to take that first air-bourne leap they eat very little. I always keep a close eye on their weights at that point so that if they start to lose too much then I offer formula more often. Once they have flown they decide they are hungry again and I revert back to the normal time schedule.......which I must admit does vary from day to day here. Usually mine begins at 6am but at other times it may be later. I also find being a half hour late for feeding or juggling the times a bit to fit in if I do actually have a life other than birds, is usually no problem and they accept it well.
Jo-Anne

[Patrick]

Hi Bill I was wondering what species of bird you hand raise ?

[billspets]

hello Patrick
i have hand reared cockatiels,princess parrots ,lorikeets ,galahs ,corellas,and indian ringnecks
and might be doing some rainbow lorikeets,eastern rosellas(the boss lady has put her order in ) and i have been told peachfaces are ok to do as well so might give them a try
regards
bill

[blair1975]

I have a question about my baby princess parrot one of them have developed a air pocket in it's crop just wondering if it should be there or not. If not how do you remove it