jnyce
268 posts
Sep 14, 2008
5:57 PM
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i have a pair that laid 3 eggs all of them hatched and is doing well but there is one problem one of the is extremly larger then the other 2 what can i do to insure that all of them are getting fed evenly the bigger one feathers are starting to come in and the others are not
jerry t
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sundance
795 posts
Sep 14, 2008
6:05 PM
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well... it would be a little time consuming but if you have anouther pair with only 1 young , you can put the baby under anouther pair. Or you can just pull out the bigger young a couple times a week, just before feeding time. Soon as you feed the parents will eat and then go feed the babies. anouther option is to hand feed the little one every day. Most pet stores sell a baby bird powder feed mix. It works well . I`ve done this a couple times also and it does work. I`ve never had one lay 3 eggs though.
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Butch @
Sundance Roller Lofts
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jnyce
269 posts
Sep 14, 2008
6:08 PM
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ok thanks butch
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jerry t
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Santandercol
3044 posts
Sep 14, 2008
9:07 PM
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If you grind pigeon pellets up in the coffee grinder and mix it with warm water and suck it into a plastic tipped syringe then feed the squab up with that,should help him to gain some weight.
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Kel.
Rum-30 Lofts
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jnyce
270 posts
Sep 15, 2008
3:50 PM
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thanks any more info would bee great
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jerry t
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kopetsa
1527 posts
Sep 15, 2008
4:09 PM
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I had this once.. so I took the fat one out several times a day until the smaller one(s) was/were full.
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Andrew
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sippi
556 posts
Sep 15, 2008
6:35 PM
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When I have one that is way bigger and I have no foster to give it to I put in in my pocket or bucket while I feed up This way the small one gets fed well and then I put the bigger one back in the nest.
sippi
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Santandercol
3049 posts
Sep 15, 2008
8:40 PM
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Last 2 posts are alot easier than the way I mentioned above.
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Kel.
Rum-30 Lofts
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Electric-man
2020 posts
Sep 15, 2008
9:35 PM
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When I have had multiple hatchings, I have mixed and matched according to size from two different nest. Put the larger baby with one in comparable size and the littler ones together.
It almost always screws up my records though, cause I can't remember which was which. LOL
Next year, I'm going to try feeding my breeders pellets only. Rumor has it, that there will be a lot less size differnce in the squabs.
On grain feeding, the parents will eat the choice seeds first and then the more agressive squab (larger one) will get the best feed and outgrow the other.
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Val
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Newbie 08
29 posts
Sep 16, 2008
2:28 PM
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Is it ok to give my kit birds straight wheat only?? I purchased a 50lbs bag yesterday I still have about 20lbs of the mixed pigeon food. I just filled the remaining 5gal bucket up with the straight wheat and mixed it up. I hear wheat and Milo is good for them
Last Edited by on Sep 16, 2008 2:28 PM
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