ANYONE HAVE EGGS DUE!! CHARTS ON PAGE ONE POST ONE!! NEWCOMERS WELCOME!!!

[Domestic_goddess]

I have 20 eggs that are due tomorrow, it's day 20! The wait is torture, I have wiggly eggs...I don't hear anything and don't have peeping.

 

[craftymama86]

....Hubby says take up knitting, lol.

 

[mom29]

So exciting congrats... Good luck with your hatch!

 

[craftymama86]

Pip is finally getting bigger.....

 

[stephanie1992]

I thought I should offer my experiences. I have raised many baby doves/pigeons with Kaytee Exact and other handfeeding formulas. They are granivorous and flourish on the formulas, perhaps even better than parrots, who (particularly with larger species) do not eat as much grain. Homemade "bottles" are good; I also often use the tip of a baby bottle nipple. Cut off the large end and just use the small end of the nipple, guide the baby's beak in. When handfeeding newborns I've often done that, as they are delicate.

I would highly recommend using the formula you already bought, rather than making your own, if not just for convenience, but also because many people handfeed doves and pigeons with commercial formulas now. They are balanced for nutrition and also contain enzymes.

Oh, also ... Just because I have it lying around, here is a link to a website detailing how to syringe feed with the "balloon" method (so called because often the piece of cloth that fits over the end of the syringe is a balloon instead): http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~pidgie/syringe_method.htm

I have used this many times before but I prefer it for OLDER babies. Young, young babies are delicate, and I like to use the tip of a baby bottle nipple. The part a human baby would suck on. It is used as a little cup for the baby. You guide its beak in, making sure to avoid its nostrils, and usually, when warm food touches the tip of their beaks, they will start to eat. You can sometimes squeeze the top of their beaks with the sides of the nipple, but make sure there is not so much food in the bottom that it gets into their nostrils.

(Just one option... there are many, go with what is comfortable to you)

Also, you will need a digital food thermometer to take temperature of the formula. 102-106 degrees is optimum. Follow the instructions on the back as far as how thick the formula should be, for the most part. I don't like to make it as thick as they recommend when the babies are older, but it should be thin for newborns.

Good luck!

thank u. one died shorty after hatch. so im ganna try my hardest to keep this one alive, There was two.

 

[rebelINny]

Congrats to everyone with chickies hatching or recently hatched! Also Hooray! For those getting ready for lockdown and hatching!!

My friends eggs are pretty well done. One still in the bator pipped but doing fine. One was a quitter that I tossed, one died before pipping (backward in the egg) so after this last egg hatches it will be 17/19 hatched. That's a great hatch rate if ya ask me.

 

[stephanie1992]

My eggs are due the 5th, Cant wait!!

 

[stephanie1992]

took a pic of the dove chick

 

[craftymama86]

Our chickie that pipped this morning finally pulled through! We're so excited! It's a real cutie too, I can't wait to see it tomorrow after it's all dry and fluffy!

Now here's a question... Our new chick has moved so much that it has moved the other eggs in the bator. Is that a problem??? Will they be ok???

I haven't heard anything from them and haven't seen movement.

 

[minpinmama]

Day 20 here and I hear little tiny chirps. No pips yet, excited, yes waiting is torture