To hand raise or not to hand raise THAT is the question

[vivian]

My pareket has laid eggs and is incubating them but she is a pet not a beeder. I was wondering.......if she maniges to hatch them should I let her raise them or should I hand raise them??? I was wanting to sell them if I could and I herd that hand raised sell nicely. Anyway if you have any info you'd like to share please let me know.

[pdpbison]

Hi Vivian,


...does your Parakeet Hen have a mate or is she single?

You do not mention "them" raising the prospective hatchlings...so I was wondering...

Single Hens of course sometimes will lay Eggs and incubate them, but unless those Eggs have fertile embryos in them, they will not develop or hatch.

If there are two parents, then, I'd say just let them raise them...

If she was bred to some male who is not present now, and is otherwise alone in the tasks, just help her raise them...but let her do as much as she can with you filling in sensitively as an helpful Aunt.


Phil
Las Vegas

[JGregg]

Hand raised birds cost more, so people take better care of them. The birds are also less stressed out in general and tend to be happier than non-hand raised birds. And since you plan on selling the babies, I think it pays off to hand raise them.

I'd start hand raising at halfway to fledging (if it took them 4 wks to mature, take the babies at 2 wks). Let the parents feed the babies when it is critical, and then take over when the babies are robust.

[pdpbison]

Hi J-Greg,

Is there an ambiguity here between 'hand raised' (meaning what exactly? in this context, as I thought it meant fed and raised by people instead of fed and raised by it's in this case, domestic parent or parents, wile being socialized to people also, ) and whether a young Bird is easy and friendly with People?


I am getting confused...! Lol...

Anyway, no reason I can think of for Birds raised by domesticated parents, to not be easy and friendly with people, if people have been involved with them from their infancy, even if the Birds Biological parents raise them.


Thanks,

Phil
Las Vegas

[vivian]

OK........you are both confusing me!! My pareket "noodle" (don't ask) does have a boyfriend "bluey" and they have been together since before I got them. I have hade them for over a year and this is a first for me. Any info on HOW to hand raise would be nice. Thanks

[Lin Hansen]

Hi Vivian,

I don't know anything about hand raising parakeets...but I found the following link by going to Google and typing in "hand raising parakeets." There are more links you can check out, but I thought this one was a good one to get you started:

http://www.geocities.com/divinaluz_7...Parakeets.html

Good luck,
Linda

[JGregg]

Here is a link about how to hand feed birds.

http://www.cagenbird.com/a04.htm

[vivian]

Thanks!

[vivian]

I'm going to start hand feeding the baby on friday!!!!

[birdlover000]

I would go to a local breeder or a vet and ask them to show you how to hand fed, so that you know how do it exactly. A really good site to join that has tons of infomation and kind people is www.tailfeathersnetwork.com/community It is a nice forum... I myself have two budgies tto, Perri and Frosti. If you need anything let me know. My usernname at Tailfeathers is Finch Boy I really hope you join, it is the perfect place to get pet bird infomation!

[vivian]

um Birdlover000 I don't mean to be rude but I don't think I would start feeding him if I didn't know how. Ok? I know a family that owns there own rehab so I normaly ask them stuff like thes but they have just been overun with baby birds lately but I do know how to do the actual feeding.

[birdlover000]

I wasn't sure if you did know how are not, because, I didn't see anything that said, I know how to hand feed a parakeet, I only saw you asking for info on hand feeding. I was only trying to help..

[vivian]

Thats OK you didn't know BUT IT'S MY fault I didn't spicifi what I wanted to know so it's my fault.......

[birdlover000]

What colors are your budgies? Mine are blue and white.

[vivian]

noodle is yellow and white with purple cheeck spots,bluey is blue and white,the baby...so far he's blue and white but they all have some black to.