Hand Rearing

[billspets]

hello all
just wishing to find out how many handreares we have about the place but remember only one answer per person
regards
bill

[featherzau]

I love hand rearing baby birds I would guess my total over 3 years would be at about 100 birds I have hand reared Most of them are Cockatiels but a few budgies have passed through and I raised our princess parrot, Elvis, from 2 weeks old I raise all the babies in the house and they get fed and take their first flights from/ on my bed! I have 10 baby Tiels here at the moment !

[pollyparrot]

ive lost count lol ive done tiels budgies hoodeds princess lorikeets alexs quakers indian ringnecks rosellas doves and hundereds of wild bird babies
iam sure there are more than the list ive given but i am suffering old age cant remember

[josiedownunda]

I too love handrearing. It is wonderful to be able to watch them grow and develop and the first time they fly over to you it is amazing. It is all their own free will and I wouldn't miss it for anything. It has it's down times and it is inevitable that you lose a few but I have saved many more than I have lost by taking them in when the parents just didn't foot the bill.
Jo-Anne

[Suzy]

I'm a newbie in the hand rearing department. Started in December with 1 baby budgie. The others all died during the night. Not sure what happened but there was a lot of panic in the aviary. The next morning the cock died and then we discovered only 1 baby alive. We pulled mum and baby out but she was struggling so I took on the role of mum. We shared feeding responsibilities. I always gave the first feed of the day.

[ollie]

I am only a novice but have done princesses, cockatiels, lorikeets and pale headed rosellas since starting late 2003.

[Smiley]

I have lost count on how many birds I have rasied over the year 22..But when I am raising them I would have up to one hundred birds at times..I have raised birds from and quails up to macaws.But I realy dont want to raise that many any more..Just to much...

[mirrebwaypark]

i personally am not handrairing the cockatiels, however my sister is probably turnig off around 15 - 20 a month for the last couple of years, with a few spells in between.. and at the moment demand is higher than our supply.. but yeah most of our cockatiels are $35 and come with a little beginners kit for the beginners.. sure beats the $75 - $90 the petshops sell them for...
cheers wayne

[AcaciaWattle]

gee whiz $75 to $90 is DIRT CHEAP!!!!! they start at $120 in townsville! Maybe you should come up here and sell to the public for $75 to $90! Where abouts in central QLD are these prices?

[stillsqwarkin]

hi eveyone we handraise a bit at the moment a truly gorgeous bluebonnet dad killed mum in a domestic the buggers are notorious for it , by the way we sell our hand raised cockatiels for 50 for grey and 60to70 for others so do several friends and we live in townsville i only know the petshops here sell tiels for more than 100 regards jenn ps handriasing is thee most rewarding thing next to children in my book

[linda040899]

I have experience with lovebirds, budgies, Tiels and Bourkes but I prefer that my parents feed and I socialize. My own personal experience is that parent raised birds seem to make better pets. I'm not saying I don't enjoy handfeeding babies. My parent birds just do a much more efficient job. I handfeed when I have no fosters or if I have a baby that will die unless I do.

Linda L.

[bangkokphil]

Hi All

Well handrearing mainly Lovebirds.but also some cockatiels Senegal Parrots, and Ringneck parakeets.personally I try to allow parents to rear their own but sometimes its not possible

[beachbird]

This is my first year at breeding birds, so I've only raised fifteen tiel babies, a couple of budgies, and three lovies.
I love it. Many more to go!! ;D

[vankarhi]

I have raised about 4 or 5 tiels (can't remember now - age is creeping up with me) and the alexandrine I have at the moment. I thought I was "experienced" because I had not lost a bird, but when I joined some forums about a year ago (the internet is wonderful sometimes) I started to read other peoples handraising stories and realised "I know very little" and have been lucky to not have problems. I worry about the little one I have at the moment only because I have read the problems that can occur. I am very careful and clean/sterilise everything, but I guess I am just a worrying mummy. He is fine though and is only on 2 feeds a day and pecking at other stuff I put in his cage.

Oh I tried to raise some wild finches but 2 died the next day and I survived for almost 2 weeks. They were naked when I got them and the little one that survived the longest was almost feathered - golden brown

[vankarhi]

That was supposed to say "1 survived for almost two weeks and was almost fully feathered - golden brown when it died".

[silvercloud]

I've handreared 3 baby magpies although I lost one today due, I think, to poxvirus. The first one made it to release stage but during his second night out he was attacked and we found him dead the next morning. I still have one at the mo, there's a pic of him on the photo forum.

Cheers, Jules

[bubbles]

ive hand raised wild birds, tiels, budgies, red rumps etc
Here they sell hand raised tiels for $200

[vankarhi]

$200 for a handraised baby 'tiel Where are you from??? I have seen some just over $100 but ................ wow, $200. That could not be just for a normal.........could it. I only paid about $45 max, and only about $25 for a normal grey one, many years ago, but I still see them in pet shops for around $60 - $120 depending on colour.

[deb]

I have only been handraising for about 2 1/2 years now, I love it. Have done quiet alot of Cockatiels, also a few Ringnecks, a Rainbow Lorikeet, a sun conure. I am currently feeding a Baby peachface, and a few Finches.

[vankarhi]

I would like to know how and what you feed your finches when handraising. I tried to handraise some wild ones that we accidently disturbed the nest. The first two died the next day but the third one survived for almost 2 weeks