Pigeon Chick has Hatched....(what do I do now?) Please Help

[Patchesnposies]

nzpouter-I read several places that milk products are bad for pigeons-though understand that colostrum is different in make up than whole milk or milk products....and I do have a fresh goat that I could milk some colostrum out to feed him.....I just worry!

I think I'll stick with the EXACT baby bird formula by Kaytee that I got from the pet store. And feed with the rubber glove.

Thanks everyone for the help!

 

[Patchesnposies]

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Awesome, info. That is what we have him in, a 10 gallon tank. I have a heat lamp on the tank, but a foil covered piece of cardboard deflects the heat a bit so he doesn't get too warm-and so the sparrows on the other side stay warm too.

I have him in a bowl with shredded tissue to cuddle into. He is all dried up and sort of fluffy now.

From what I have read I do not have to start feeding him until the second day. Does your book say anything about the timing of the first feeding?

 

[nzpouter]

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I'm talking about colostrum powder, not the milk itself.

 

[Patchesnposies]

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I'm talking about colostrum powder, not the milk itself.

oops! Do you add it to the food/gruel? Or use it by itself?

It replaces the crop milk?

 

[mschickychick]

A healthy hatchling is fed by the adults after a few hours and lies with its head held up between the breast feathers of the adult. The youngster, or squab, grows extremely quickly in the first week and must have a permanently full crop. We can tell if the parents are feeding crop milk or solid food as the milk colors the chick's crop yellow. We must ensure that the changeover from crop milk to solid food between the seventh and tenth days occurs without difficulty. Some squabs that receive insufficient carbohydrates can develop metabolic problems, indicated by greenish droppings rather than the usual gray-brown color. Healthy young will be fully feathered in 14 days and able to maintain their own body warmth, especially during the day and when there are 2 chicks in the nest.

I found what to feed after the milk. Moistened grains soaked in water and given with a spoon. I thought I marked the page but can't find it now. I can relocate that unless someone else comes on here that has actual experience with this.

Thanks nzpouter. Please comment on anything you see that may be out of line. I have never had to feed any baby pigeons. Thank goodness!

 

[nzpouter]

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I only use it to supplement smaller chicks in the nest (when you have 2 in there, sometimes one is a lot smaller), usually after they're a week old, never on the newly hatch, so it's your decision really..

best to contact your local pigeon club and see if there's anybody with the same age hatchling who can foster it for a week... after that they can easily be hanfed with soaked grain.

 

[deerman]

The exact should be fine, before they came out with exact. I fed many on human baby cereal High protien(box cereal) mix with water thick.

Feed them every 2 hours, best if you use a tube to get pass the wind pipe, and dont over fill the crop.

After the 1st week, change to pellet or mash mixed with water.

 

[Shekhar]

you can easily raise newly born pigeon chick for two days with only egg white of normal hen egg. there will not be any issue .. issue happens from 3rd day...when egg white is not sufficient for body development of chick and chick will start becoming weak ...i am still struggling what to feed from 3rd day onwards .

 

[backyard pigeons]

you can easily raise newly born pigeon chick for two days with only egg white of normal hen egg. there will not be any issue .. issue happens from 3rd day...when egg white is not sufficient for body development of chick and chick will start becoming weak ...i am still struggling what to feed from 3rd day onwards .

from third day onward... Feed Kaytee exact from day 1-10, and then feed (still bottle, tube, bag, hand feed, etc) chicken layer pellets wet with warm water and some small grains, from day 10-26. Starting at day 23, start offering small seeds, they will start picking at them and learn how to feed themselves. I hope this helps!