So you think you're ready to feed a baby bird

[Laurie]

This has been my life the last few days. Actually feeding times.

 

[Mizzely]

I think I sleep more than you and I work until midnight and have a human baby

 

[JLcribber]

No thank you.

 

[Birdbabe]

Been there, done that...your doing well..what a cute baby!

 

[rockoko]

That baby!

 

[Laurie]

I think I sleep more than you and I work until midnight and have a human baby

My baby will grow up much faster than yours.

 

[Ali]

My baby will grow up much faster than yours.

Which baby is this?

He's such a cutie (sorry Mathias but after all, this is a BIRD forum )

 

[Mizzely]

My baby will grow up much faster than yours.

Fine, you win lol

 

[Macawnutz]

Oh, I don't miss that one bit!

 

[Hankmacaw]

I grew out of the baby, kitten, puppie, baby bird stage many years ago. Perfectly happy where I am now.

 

[iamwhoiam]

I've done that but never had to feed through the night since I generally pulled at 3-4 weeks of age and mom and dad were good when it came to feeding and caring
for their babies. I also kept logs with info about amount of formula eaten and birds' weights.
Spee was only @2 days old when I found him but after doing some research online I found out that baby sparrows don't
have to be feed during the night and early AM hours.

 

[Laurie]

I've done that but never had to feed through the night since I generally pulled at 3-4 weeks of age and mom and dad were good when it came to feeding and caring
for their babies. I also kept logs with info about amount of formula eaten and birds' weights.
Spee was only @2 days old when I found him but after doing some research online I found out that baby sparrows don't
have to be feed during the night and early AM hours.

Usually I don't get them this young but Mom decided to ignore this one and concentrate on the older ones so here we are. The little one is up to ten grams from six. Slow crop is resolved and we are down to six feedings a day rather than 11 (I didn't post that page). So it will all be worth it in the end.

 

[iamwhoiam]

Usually I don't get them this young but Mom decided to ignore this one and concentrate on the older ones so here we are. The little one is up to ten grams from six. Slow crop is resolved and we are down to six feedings a day rather than 11 (I didn't post that page). So it will all be worth it in the end.

How many days difference between the youngest one and the others?
It's great that the little one is gaining weight and no more issues with slow crop.

Good that you created this thread. Some people just want to jump into breeding and don't realize that it can be very time consuming and tiring especially if mom and/or dad don't care for the babies. People have to be prepared to pull those babies and feed them throughout the night like you are doing. There can also be issues along the way such as slow crop and anyone considering breeding needs to be prepared for that.

 

[Laurie]

I got the eggshell DNA back and she's a girl. Her name is Gypsy and she is up to 29 grams now.



I am able to keep her with her sister in the same brooder now that she has grown up a bit. No more lonely baby. Her sisters name is Kiwi.