Hand rearing

Dek · Post by **Dek** » Fri Dec 29, 2017 8:20 am

hi have been away for a while. I am hand rearing a heck's finch chick.
it is about 10 days old. I am using exact formula. lt seems to go through it very quick and its crop is empty within half an hour. appreciate any advice.

Dek

Post by **Babs _Owner** » Fri Dec 29, 2017 9:47 am

Dek

Welcome back!

Thicken up the formula and it will digest it slower. We have good hand feeding tutorials in the "Stickies" section of the forum.

Be sure to feed the chick inside the brooder so it's crop stays warm at all times. ;)

Let us know how it goes.

Dek · Post by **Dek** » Thu Jan 04, 2018 7:17 pm

All

Babs wrote: Dek

Welcome back!

Thicken up the formula and it will digest it slower. We have good hand feeding tutorials in the "Stickies" section of the forum.

Be sure to feed the chick inside the brooder so it's crop stays warm at all times. ;)

Let us know how it goes.

Hi Pam
All going great thanks. Very vocal and real pleasure to rear.
Dek

Fraza · Post by **Fraza** » Thu Jan 04, 2018 7:26 pm

Hope it ends up tame with u

Dek · Post by **Dek** » Fri Jan 19, 2018 9:05 am

Hi re the chick I have hand reared it is about 4 weeks old now. At what age would you stop feeding the chick formula.

Dek

Dek · Post by **Dek** » Fri Jan 19, 2018 9:17 am

The chick is very tame Fraza and at this moment is invertigating my keyboard. She/he loves to snuggle in the cup of my hand and go sleep.

cindy · Post by **cindy** » Fri Jan 19, 2018 11:09 am

Love shaft tails... I have raised them though out the years. Love their sounds!! The thickness of the formula should be like a pudding consistency, if too watery it will pass through the crop too fast. Soon you can start offering some millet, dried egg food, seed to nibble on. Sounds like he is really bonded to you!

Good luck with him!!

Post by **lovezebs** » Fri Jan 19, 2018 11:29 am

Dek

What a darling baby!

Looks like you've done a a wonderful job with him.

Shaft-tails, will usually wean at around 6 weeks of age, so I would start introducing him to soft foods slowly, like crumbled hard boiled egg, spray millet, bits of cucumber, etc.

Good luck, he is adorable.

Fraza · Post by **Fraza** » Fri Jan 19, 2018 11:45 am

Dek he looks amazing h

Post by **Sally** » Fri Jan 19, 2018 12:22 pm

What a cutie! As others have said, I would start offering some egg food, spray millet, and chopped veggies such as greens. He will start to experiment, but I find that hand-reared babies may tend to take longer to wean than parent-raised. Perhaps that is because we are such softies that we can't ignore their begging, while the parents will force them to wean! lol

Dek · Post by **Dek** » Sat Jan 20, 2018 7:47 am

Have a adult bengalese in with the chick and is quite happy until hunger calls and out she flies making a great deal of noise. Nice to chat and gain knowledge on this site. Only know of one other person on this site from the UK.

Fraza · Post by **Fraza** » Sat Jan 20, 2018 1:00 pm

Dek I’m from the UK GREATER MANCHESTER AUDENSHAW

Dek · Post by **Dek** » Thu Feb 01, 2018 10:04 am

Finally weaned my little finch who is now eating soft food, soaked seed etc. we had a few tantrums but now she has got the message although just now when I got some tissue to wipe a bit of pooh she associated the tissue which I used when feeding her to feed time

I put her in my outside bird room but she was not impressed.

Fraza · Post by **Fraza** » Thu Feb 01, 2018 11:55 am

Dek any more pics and I’ve never seen chick heck’s but I do have to say they are so tiny and cute hahahah

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