Various Methods to Feed Young Squabs

[demi]

What is Bastir?

When are pigeons open their eyes?

[Larry_Cologne]

Demi,

I think Pegasus meant "baster" instead of "bastir."

To baste is to pour juices or melted fat over meat during cooking to keep it moist. The most common way to baste is to us a ladle, or else the inexpensive plastic kitchen baster which has a rubber squeeze bulb and a large plastic tube for sucking up the juices in the bottom of the pan and then squeezing the juice onto the meat.

In essence, it supposedly accomplishes much the same thing as a large hypodermic syringe.

Larry

[maryjane]

And here's my favorite method with step-by-step instructions (similar to balloon method):

http://picasaweb.google.com/awrats3333/BabyFeeding#

You can use a piece of cloth instead or a rubber glove, if you like.

[re lee]

60 cc cahter syringes work great Also come in 30 cc You can get them at many drug stores. They have about a 2 to 2 1/2 inche extended end which can be placed down the throat and Feeding is extra fast. Works well for any bird 5 days old to weaning. You adjust feed amount to age Any time i ever hand fed I used chick starter made a mush out of it you can either heat water add stater or add water and stater heat in microwave And cool to a warm mix make it soupy as It digests better. They did not used to have a fomrula for any pigeons before . Then when you are feeding 1 to 5 day old birds You can boil and egg take the white of the eggs and a small amount of water smash the egg white to form a milk It will then work great. Years ago they said egg whites used like thins was the closest thing to pigeon milk So I tried it to see how well it worked And it worked great. No days you can order this and that But chick starter and eggs are found local And will do the job great. Thought I would Mention this.

[Lady Tarheel]

Robert, I appreciate reading your tip about the egg whites.