raising a short faced pigeon from hatch?

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@biophiliac just printed a chart for daily weight last night :) @jak2002003 haha yeah but itll probably be 2 weeks till i can get any resonable sleep at least, im mentally preparing for some veeeery early mornings. i can handle it once i make it to 14 days i believe but trying to jump start it is going to be hard :( Any chance I can place him in mom and dads nest post hatch and they'll take him? they incubated for around 10-12 days so idk if they would've started producing proper crop milk.
 
Hokum Coco said:
Some fanciers use this method with a small hose attached which seems to give even better results. Check out YOU TUBE for described methods on feeding squabs. There are several approaches shown there.
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Yes! That's the kind I meant. :)

tacothechicken said:
haha yeah but itll probably be 2 weeks till i can get any resonable sleep at least
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You may lose sleep from worry over them but I don't believe they are fed during the night by the parents so you shouldn't have to. After a week old mine have done fine on 2 feedings a day. I try to be certain the previous meal has pass out of crop before feeding again.
 
ok so I just candled and baby is still moving but based on blood vessels and air cell, id guess he's gonna go a whole 19 days rather than 17 so ill be picking up some probiotics/yogurt tomorrow and I just received my feeding supplies and set up a "nest" for post brooder lined with shredded news paper and pure cotton for warmth and comfort. I'd post pics but my phones currently broken :( hopefully we'll have a baby come Saturday/Sunday.
 
jak2002003 said:
That is a long thread!!

Was the hand raised bird the blind one, or what that a rescue?
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The 'wee birdie' hatched from egg was malpositioned but not blind as I recall. I think it was named Pigeo and it interacted with the local flock. Pigeo disappeared with them for about 2 months before showing up again. We wondered if he found a GF and raised some Young? I gotta read that thread again!:D

I think that she next took on a rescue that had a virus, perhaps PMV, and was blind.
 
tacothechicken said:
ok so I just candled and baby is still moving but based on blood vessels and air cell, id guess he's gonna go a whole 19 days rather than 17 so ill be picking up some probiotics/yogurt tomorrow and I just received my feeding supplies and set up a "nest" for post brooder lined with shredded news paper and pure cotton for warmth and comfort. I'd post pics but my phones currently broken :( hopefully we'll have a baby come Saturday/Sunday.
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Watch out that strands of cotton do not become entangled in baby's toes. Are you going to describe your methods as you go along? (just in case we have more suggestions?)
 
@biophiliac yeah I used to breed rats so I remember the dangers of cotton, I have it set up so the baby is on shredded paper and I have a smushed wad of cotton that shall be acting as comfort/warmth to set on top of said baby rather than under where feet and toes can get tangled. and yes I plan to take a pic every day from hatch once I have a new phone...(amazon is being sucky acting like a week delay on shipping is acceptable!) and ill notes my feed measurements and food mixes and consistency as I go along. I have a 'Baby Board' ive set up with my baseline feed measurements and times and consistency and all other things necessary in my bathroom, no doubt ill take a pen to it as I go along for any differences or alterations I find work better. Currently I have all natural yogurt ready along with some organic baby food, Exact, 3 types of feeding devices depending on which works out best, plus a thermometer for food temp, a heat pad, and i've alerted work I may be bringing a pigeon to work in the near future 0-0. Oh and a old dog crate which will act as a "Cage" if we can make it to the mobility stage!
 
Update, not on the egg but on parents! So it appears the issue as to abandonment may have been solved! aka my own stupidity. So...ive never needed to give my birds grit. I keep all my animals with outdoor dirt floor runs which, are high in sand and gravel due to our stream. i've never needed to supplement grit. While they were brooding I noticed Soup(mom) had very large droppings with quiet a bit of moisture. I had assumed this was from brooding but as I was cleaning out there cage today it occurred I didn't supply any grit since they'd arrived. As soon as I offered it she was pecking away. it appears she might've had indigestion and it caused her to not want to brood. She's now eating dinner post grabbing grit so well see if her droppings improve and/or if it affects her next clutch.
 

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