How to raise Feng Xuan chicks?

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Keeping Feng Xuan by hand will be a good pet bird, because they can recognize people from an early age. Even ten-day-old chicks will recognize their owners after being fed two or three times, and they will regard their owners as the mother birds who give them food. All the young birds caught should be put in the incubator.

Hand-fed young birds caught at such a young age should be fed frequently, usually from 6 am to midnight, and once every 3 hours on average. Many people who have just started hand feeding have ignored this point. Incorrect feeding can lead to dysplasia of birds. The purpose of artificial breeding is to raise plump, healthy, happy and intimate birds, but all this takes time and energy.

The quality of food is also important. It should be noted that the food for birds should contain a variety of nutrients that young birds need. Therefore, feeding young birds with milk powder is the key to their successful development. In addition, sufficient quantity should be given. These should be adjusted according to the different needs of each bird, not just by the so-called standard feeding time and feeding amount.

When the young birds are taken out of the nest box, the pressure on parents will be relieved. If parents give birth to their first child, they may start to enter the nest and breed the next child after 24 hours.

* Who can feed?

Artificial feeding is not a simple job. If you are a beginner, you must learn how to hand feed with experienced people before you start, so that you can know more about the details and precautions of hand feeding and avoid many possible problems.

Sometimes, because of parents' problems, the owner has to feed the young birds by hand. For example, male birds are too aggressive, which will cause fatal damage to female birds and young birds. Some parents refuse to feed their young birds, or their parents have pecking syndrome, and so on. Male birds are aggressive because they are jealous of their young birds and regard them as a threat, but this is not common. If the young bird is injured and bleeds in the nest, it must be removed from the nest box immediately.

* prepare hand support:

It takes 18-2 1 day for young birds to hatch from eggs. During this time, you can prepare the necessary items to meet the hatched chicks.

The owner needs to prepare nutritious bird milk powder, and the homemade bird milk powder usually can't meet the needs of young birds. Commercial bird milk powder is specially prepared for the needs of young birds, which can provide balanced nutrition and avoid malnutrition problems, such as splayed feet, cartilage, tiny body or other symptoms.

The next thing to decide is what kind of tools to feed. You can use curved spoons, syringes, plastic hoses, etc. You can choose according to your personal habits and the needs of birds. Unless the bird is sick, there is no need to feed it with a hose, so that the bird will learn not to eat or enjoy eating.

However, it is still necessary to prepare a hose around you just in case, because sometimes the only way to feed sick young birds is to feed them with a hose. When using the hose, pay attention to choosing the size suitable for young birds. Before using the hose, you should consult the bird veterinarian about the correct use. If you don't know the correct way to use it, don't try it easily, otherwise it may bring more harm to birds.

Sterilization is an important step in artificial feeding. Dirty bowls and feeders may cause young birds to get sick because these utensils carry bacteria. In addition, hand disinfection is also very important. I prefer disinfectants that dry my hands after disinfection, such as dry hand washing or alcohol, so that I can feed my hands immediately when they are dry.

When raising young birds, a thermometer is absolutely indispensable. Check the temperature of the milk powder every time you want to feed the young birds. The suitable temperature is about Fahrenheit 105- 107 degrees. I don't recommend bird milk powder below Fahrenheit 104 degrees. If the temperature is not enough, birds will get indigestion, or food will go rancid. If the food is too hot, it will also go bad.

If the owner is particularly careful, he can also prepare a weighing scale for the young birds to measure their weight, which is also an essential tool for owners who want to raise healthy young birds. If the bird becomes thinner, it is likely to be a precursor to illness, so we should find it early and treat it early. Young birds should measure and record their weight and feeding amount in the morning, so that they can know how much weight they have gained.

In addition, the commonly used tools for hand care include bowls, spoons, cloth or toilet paper to help birds wipe their mouths and so on. Glucose syrup, electrolyte, baking soda, beneficial lactic acid bacteria and Bene-bac can all help birds digest.

* cutting:

The function of crops is to store food. Feeding is mainly to observe the bird's harvest and understand the digestion. If the crop is almost empty, feed it immediately.

* raise your hand process:

People often ask, when can we catch young birds and raise them by hand? I usually catch and raise young birds when they are ten days old, and I have prepared an incubator to welcome them. The best time to raise birds by hand is at the age of two to three weeks, especially for beginners. Usually, birds should be fed immediately when their crops are empty. If the feeding time is delayed, it will damage the liver of the bird. The crops of young birds should be thoroughly cleaned every day (the food in the crops is completely digested), and the best time for crop cleaning is from early morning to six in the morning. If it exceeds six o'clock, digestion will slow down, which is probably caused by insufficient feed or environmental temperature.

When the baby bird is three weeks old, the crop is opened, which is better to feed at this time. The older the bird, the thicker the bird milk powder can be. When birds were young, the concentration of bird milk powder should be like thick soup. When the bird is five weeks old, the concentration of bird milk powder should be similar to that of yogurt. After six weeks, birds should eat food such as cakes.

Chickens raised in captivity grow very fast, maybe every other meal, and you will find that they have grown up again. There will be individual differences in the growth rate of young birds, and it will also be related to the species of their parents. Some birds with smaller bones may also be lighter.

The following is a table of Feng Meng's weight, but this table is not a rigid standard, because Feng Xuan birds will also change according to their own constitution and parents' genes.

7 days -37 grams

14 days-50 ~ 65g

2 1 day-70-84g

28 days-85-99g

35 days-92-110g

42 days-90-105g

49 days-88-100g

56 days-95-120g

It is normal for birds to lose weight during weaning, especially to help birds fly. Usually, young birds will lose weight before their first flight. When chickens are six weeks old, their food intake will start to increase again, so the owner should keep the nutrition of the original food and should not ignore it.

* Feeding one-day-old super chicks;

Because of the size of super chicks, the feeding work is more complicated, and the risk of feeding chicks is also greater, because when food is sent into chicks' mouths, the possibility of going to the lungs instead of the crops will increase. If this happens, the chicks will only die.

Another problem is that we can't provide beneficial bacteria and antibodies that the mother bird can provide to her chicks. Chicken intestines are very fragile and need beneficial bacteria to help digestion. Therefore, if we want to raise super chicks, it is very important to provide beneficial bacteria, because Feng Xuan's immune system was not mature until three months old. These beneficial bacteria can help Feng Xuan baby resist the invasion of harmful bacteria from outside.

Super chicks need to be fed every one and a half to two hours, preferably as soon as the crops are empty. This is really a very exhausting job for the owner, so it is best to ask others for help and take turns feeding. Feeding is mainly to feed the super young birds day and night until they grow to be five to seven days old and the crops can carry more food. Novices had better not feed super young birds, otherwise they may encounter many difficulties. For example, overfeeding is a problem. So feeding super chicks to experienced people is more likely to succeed.

* hand care may encounter difficulties:

One of the problems encountered in artificial feeding is that the weight of young birds has not increased, which may be due to malabsorption and dysplasia of young birds. In many cases, it is because birds are slightly or severely dehydrated, which can be solved by water supply, but sometimes it is because birds have congenital liver or kidney problems and cannot be treated.

Another problem is splayed feet. Babies with splayed feet will spread out and find it difficult to stand upright. There are many reasons for this phenomenon, which may be that the mother bird sits too hard on the young bird and the stuffing in the nest box is too slippery, which leads to the instability of the young bird. However, calcium deficiency may be the most important factor affecting bone development. Remember, when a bird's egg is formed in the mother's body, the calcium needed by the young bird is already contained in the egg. Therefore, providing sufficient calcium for the mother bird is not only to maintain the health of the mother bird, but also an important factor to help the young bird grow.

* When do young birds wean?

How is the weaning of young birds? They will want less and less food, and will eat more and more food in his cage, otherwise they will want food, but when you put the food in his mouth, they will go to play without taking a few bites. Therefore, it is normal for birds to lose weight during weaning, but if they are underweight, it is best to find a bird doctor to check them out.

Weaning is a process, so not every young bird is weaned at the same time. It is important to wean young birds naturally, not force them. Enjoy the hand feeding period and weaning period, and you will see a bird grow from dependence to independence. I hope you can cultivate a healthy and happy Feng Xuan and get a sense of accomplishment from it.