Redemption
Chirping
- Apr 13, 2021
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So I have this Pigeon coop that I keep for training birds. Its just a community coop where I hold birds for a time before they go out to train. They have a habit of breeding in there and occasionally I get a free bird out of it. Conditions in my coop are kept idea and typically both eggs hatch. However it seems like every time no matter how much food is present my pigeons always choose one to feed and always starve the other. Ive lost who knows how many babies to this just this season alone. Tired of it. So I am making a first attempt to try to keep one fed until it can take seed. Ive read what I can find and Ive opted to try something different. (Work with what I have.)
Its nest mate is twice that size and possibly 2 weeks old and just starting to get the feather stems. This little guy (or gal) is skinny as hell and still looking like a two day old. Ive taken some all flock crumble and some scratch grain and a little bit of duck crumble and ground it into a powder, mixed it with warm water and applied it to the baby via syringe. its now chirping, occasionally opening its eyes and behaving more normally. I believe I fed it 3mL in two sittings (spaced 10 min apart) and its crop isnt even very stretched.
Thought I might get some opinions, see if im on the right track, get some guidance on how much I should be feeding in one sitting, see if its very necessary to get something else to feed it with (Theres 4 more eggs in the coop spread over two nests and all 4 look really close to hatching) so I know Im going to go through this again if I want all 5 of them to make it.) Before its said, ive tried the switcheroo with the squab, no joy on that. This is a last resort to save this baby.
Its nest mate is twice that size and possibly 2 weeks old and just starting to get the feather stems. This little guy (or gal) is skinny as hell and still looking like a two day old. Ive taken some all flock crumble and some scratch grain and a little bit of duck crumble and ground it into a powder, mixed it with warm water and applied it to the baby via syringe. its now chirping, occasionally opening its eyes and behaving more normally. I believe I fed it 3mL in two sittings (spaced 10 min apart) and its crop isnt even very stretched.
Thought I might get some opinions, see if im on the right track, get some guidance on how much I should be feeding in one sitting, see if its very necessary to get something else to feed it with (Theres 4 more eggs in the coop spread over two nests and all 4 look really close to hatching) so I know Im going to go through this again if I want all 5 of them to make it.) Before its said, ive tried the switcheroo with the squab, no joy on that. This is a last resort to save this baby.