*URGENT*! Baby Bird eggs Found! *IT HATCHED!!!*

[jennifersmith326]

She only had 1 egg left, the other one was cracked. There wont be anymore birds hatching out.

 

[BeckyBird]

Also handfed a clutch of budgies. I've raised cockatiels, budgies, songbirds, and of course, chickens, ducks, geese. So, take advice from those of us who have been through this kind of thing.

 

[BeckyBird]

Doh! Thanks for letting me know Jennifer.

 

[DTRM30]

I think it depends on what it's natural food source would have been - you needed to know if it was a bird that fed on insects/worms or one that fed on seed only. It also would have needed to be partially digested like mom's would have been - they regurgitate what they eat to feed the babies. They are very hard to raise witout knowing exactly what they are. I think the best bet would have been the baby bird formula from a pet store or bird supply place.

But you tried - and that's more than most would do. At least you have him/her a chance

I had a parakeet that raised chicks - those eggs were soooo tiny ! the babies grew really fast - but amazing how helpless they really are - lying on their backs waiting to be fed. The one I had was the same - not really tame - but trusting enough to let me clean the poops out of the nest box (it did smell really bad in there), even taking the babies out to do it - and didn't mind too much. My mom took the mom and one of the babies (so they wouldn't be lonely) - the dad had an episode and died (think he got spooked at night and not being able to see injured himself in the cage) - and my son's friend took a baby (they have other birds). Unfortunately, there was a cage malfunction and the other two babies escaped outdoors and I was never able to get them back. (wings were not clipped - had the cage outdoors during the summer on the front poarch like usual - but when I was bringing it back inside, I banged it on the door and the bottom came off, the birds got spooked and out they went

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I find it sad to see sooo many parakeets that are sold singly in pet stores - because unless you spend time with them everyday, they are going to be very lonely - parakeets are a very social flock bird and like chickens - need company.

 

[suebee]

So sad it died but at least it was warm.

Love your pics silkiechicken and beckybird!!

 

[CourtneyC]

So sorry you lost the baby.

 

[3forfree]

I've raised pigeons by hand, and after losing acouple learned that they need to be fed constantly. Last year I incubated pheasant eggs, and a neighbor brought me 5 robin eggs, and asked if I could put them in with the pheasant eggs, so I did. We agreeded that if any hatched she would care for them. One did hatch and is healthy today, and has just recently returned to her house this spring from it's southern migration.

 

[ScissorChick]

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How cute! I love it when they're that small

Reminds me of how precious my parakeets were.

 

[silkiechicken]

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Oh no. I've never even wondered about wanting to hand feed budgie chicks. I just don't have the time to be there 24/7 with the little guys. Finishing the hand feeding on one cockatiel was a runt of a litter and I got it at about 6-7 weeks old. Cornealius, who's probably a she that I'll always call a he, took about 8 more weeks to wean! I was only feeding once a day for the last 6 weeks or so, but when she lost more than 3-4 grams in a day or two, I'd start feeding her again so she wouldn't atrophy and could maintain her weight at about 85 grams. Ever since eating on her own, she has managed to sit at a consistent 91-93 grams in the mornings. She's my first and last hand fed baby till she passes. I just don't have the time for it.

 

[CammieSilkie]

I have hatched and raised birds successfully many times before. Try to keep the temp up a little more.. if it's a still-air, i suggest 104, if it has a fan than push it up to 100. birds are warmer than chickens. and BTW, those are sparrow eggs. Once they hatch, they need to be fed tiny TINY bits of high quality cat food soaked in warm water (MUST be fresh made every 4 hours) with a toothpick on the right side of their throat every 20-30 minutes for 2 days. then make it every 45 minutes until their eyes open, than you can make it every hour. you need to keep it in the incubator until it gets its mini little feathers (a few days) than you can move it to some other kind of brooder around 85-90 degrees F. and once it gets old enough, you have to go outside with it daily to teach it how to fly, then teach it how to find bugs, then teach it how to avoid predators, then teach it how to sing, call, etc. it's extremely hard and basically no body can do it. No, birds do not have 'natural instincts' . their parents do everything for them, and then teach them how to fly. then they stay with their parents until summer is over. in that time period, they learn how to be a bird.

If you raise it yourself, you will most likely fail at it, and if you succeed it will probably be lonely, loud, not cared enough for, and un-able to be released.

I highly suggest hatching it, and once it is hatched, take it RIGHT AWAY to a wildlife shelter. Since it needs to be fed in 15-30 minutes within hatching, you need to take it to the wildlife care center the moment it happens. not kidding. and it needs to be kept warm in the car, which is extremely hard.

Wild birds aren't chickens. they aren't parakeets, either. and the wildlife center won't take the time to hatch it, so that's up to you. and once it is out of its little shell, rush that sweetheart to a shelter immediately.

Also, it's illegal to keep wild birds. so please. don't raise it yourself. It's a living creature just like you and me. It deserves to be in the best hands we can give it, and needs to live the life a bird was meant to have. this is only possible if you bring it to the wildlife care shelter.