I'd be too terrified to hand feed them.
Make sure to keep us update on their growth!
Baby Bourke
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zazanomore - African Grey
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Re: Baby Bourke
by Vicki5280 » Thu Apr 21, 2011 10:27 pm
Good grief! A bird the size of a bumble-bee with a crop the size of half a pea? How do you know how much to feed? (I'd guess 0.1 - 0.2 ml, is that about right?) How do you even feed something that tiny? I'm with Zaza, except I'd be scared to touch it, much less feed the wee little thing. 
Please do keep us posted on how it grows. I'm really interested now!
Please do keep us posted on how it grows. I'm really interested now!Bucky - Quaker 
JJ - Turquoise GCC
Vicki - Me!
JJ - Turquoise GCC
Vicki - Me!
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Vicki5280 - Conure
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Re: Baby Bourke
by patdbunny » Thu Apr 21, 2011 11:02 pm
I don't know the actual quantity fed. I watch the crop and gauge it that way. I use a fine tip pipette. In the past I used to use a drinking straw cut into a little spoon. The key for me is to not actually squeeze the food into babies this tiny, but let the baby lick it at its pace and the capillary action fills the baby.
Some parrot chicks have down, some don't. The indian ringnecks are pretty naked at hatch. I think budgie babies are pretty naked, too.
Some parrot chicks have down, some don't. The indian ringnecks are pretty naked at hatch. I think budgie babies are pretty naked, too.
Roz
There are in nature neither rewards nor punishments — there are only consequences. Robert G. Ingersoll
There are in nature neither rewards nor punishments — there are only consequences. Robert G. Ingersoll
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patdbunny - Amazon
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Re: Baby Bourke
by CheekyandMalolo » Wed Apr 27, 2011 9:04 pm
Wow, I was amazed at the size of my Tiel chicks when they hatched, tiny tiny little things!
My GCC breeder was handrearing finches when we picked our GCCs up! I can't imagine how tiny a newly hatched finch would be! Her pair kept pushing the chicks out so she wanted to atleast try to save them.
My GCC breeder was handrearing finches when we picked our GCCs up! I can't imagine how tiny a newly hatched finch would be! Her pair kept pushing the chicks out so she wanted to atleast try to save them.
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o'Tika - Pineapple Green Cheek Conure
Malolo - Cinnamon Pied Cockatiel
Tim - Red Wing Parrot
Prince - Blue Princess Parrot
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Re: Baby Bourke
by Julsiebean » Thu Apr 28, 2011 7:28 am
I think they are beautiful, thank you for those pictures I can't wait to see more!!
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Re: Baby Bourke
by Margaret » Fri Apr 29, 2011 7:47 pm
They are really ....small/tiny(wordless)... but so, so cute 
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