how to make crop milk

[Bryce Thomas]

so my friend invited by over to his place and he had a coop of like 150 white pigeons and they were so cute and lovable and he asked me if i wanted any eggs to take care of and hatch them and i said sure

he gave me feed and everything and told me about crop milk but he forgot to tell me how to make it, i hear by using some water and unsweeted organic soy milk and cracking 2 eggs and mixing it all together it will make a nice blend for dove babies, any ideas? thanks

 

[cavemanrich]

I totally am confused about your friends suggestion to give you eggs to hatch.
It can be done,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,but super suphisticated process. You should ask friend to rent you a mated pair, and have them raise your 2 squabs that hatch. Then simply return the parents once your squabs are 6 weeks old.

I always seek the practical easy way. Life is complicated enough to add more comlex.

WISHING YOU BEST,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

 

[Bryce Thomas]

I totally am confused about your friends suggestion to give you eggs to hatch.
It can be done,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,but super suphisticated process. You should ask friend to rent you a mated pair, and have them raise your 2 squabs that hatch. Then simply return the parents once your squabs are 6 weeks old.

I always seek the practical easy way. Life is complicated enough to add more comlex.

WISHING YOU BEST,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

but do you know how to make crop milk? i hear you can buy it, prepare it with ingredients, etc...

 

[RoostersAreAwesome]

but do you know how to make crop milk? i hear you can buy it, prepare it with ingredients, etc...

You really don’t want to feed a baby bird every few hours if you can avoid it. It’s also a lot more difficult for a person to keep squeakers (baby pigeons) alive than two parent birds.
I don’t know how to make crop milk but you may be able to look it up on the internet.

 

[theoldchick]

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/pigeon-milk-replacement-recipe.1253919/

 

[theoldchick]

https://vetspace.2ndchance.info/bird-health-articles/what-can-i-feed-orphan-baby-wild-doves-pigeons/

 

[Bryce Thomas]

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/pigeon-milk-replacement-recipe.1253919/

thank you so much

 

[Bryce Thomas]

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/pigeon-milk-replacement-recipe.1253919/

I am a little confused on the egg part, do I use raw eggs? Some say boil the egg then peel the shell and only use the egg white in the mixture, while other sources say to use the egg yolk as its good for vitamin D. Do you know if I use the egg raw?

 

[cavemanrich]

I will tag, @Aaron nassery . He raised pigeons from hatched eggs. Lets see what advice he can offer.
You can purchase crop milk, but I do not have the source at my fingertips. Since you are going to incubate them yourself, you have 18 days to get some.
As always, I wish you best success, but I tend to be a pragmatist, so I offered my advice in previous post as best option.

 

[Bryce Thomas]

I will tag, @Aaron nassery . He raised pigeons from hatched eggs. Lets see what advice he can offer.
You can purchase crop milk, but I do not have the source at my fingertips. Since you are going to incubate them yourself, you have 18 days to get some.
As always, I wish you best success, but I tend to be a pragmatist, so I offered my advice in previous post as best option.

oh ok. it was more like he invited me to come over and hang out and i saw the cute white doves and he said he alreay has to much and you can play with em and do whatever so i asked if i could have some fertile eggs and he said sure so i decided to take on the challenge. i have already done lots of research and am excited