i might have a problem:( ?

birdman5000 · Post by **birdman5000** » Mon Mar 27, 2006 9:14 pm

today was the 1st day of hand feeding my 3 baby chicks

i have a problem, they are 3 weeks old. do u think i waited too long to remove them. at the last feeding the youngest/smallest one ate more than the rest he ate at least 10 ml. and the others ony ate about 5-6ml.'s which i had to force! i know u cant force them but i did a little because their crops were completly empty and they were refusing to eat a drop of formula

i stopped when they started to spit it back and make a little tiny cough/snease or mabe it was a choke/burp but it sounded kinda like an infant human making a little burp or snease. so thats when i stopped and cleaned them off.

do u think they will be o.k.

this is way diiferent than my macaw was he bobbed his head vigerously and gobbled it down when he was full he would pull away and take off so i had no problem with him he was down to 2 feedings a day when i got him

these guys are way different

JOE · Post by **JOE** » Mon Mar 27, 2006 9:40 pm

Don't give up so soon it will take a few feedings. Feed them more often at first if needed about every 4hrs to make sure they are getting enough food. :wink:

Go slow if they are choking to much. The tempature needs to be correct to or they wont eat as well. Hope this helps a little.

Jeremy · Post by **Jeremy** » Mon Mar 27, 2006 11:37 pm

Are you using a syringe or a spoon? I find the syringe works best with Ringnecks.
It was their first feeding, they are used to being fed by the parents, they will get used to it, in a few days they will get better.
But they are very shy birds when being handfed and would rather hide than be fed so sometimes you really do have to try and get some food into their crops. For some reason, last season when i handraised my babies, they didn't like to be touched when being fed. So when feeding them, if i didn't touch them they would eat quite a lot. Strange birds but they turned out alright, they do still have issues with being touched even though i socialised them a lot when growing up.

birdman5000 · Post by **birdman5000** » Tue Mar 28, 2006 1:40 am

thanks guys just wanted to be sure

the little one is my favorite, even though i named the middle one, and named him after my favorite song "freebird" i think ill keep the little one, he doesnt mind being touched or fed or anything he even crawls around a lot more than the older ones even climbing on top of them and seems to nibble their pin feathers:lol:

i just get worried that they are going to get the formula in their lungs when they strugle to pull their heads away

birdman5000 · Post by **birdman5000** » Tue Mar 28, 2006 1:44 am

[quote="JOE"] Feed them more often at first if needed about every 4hrs to make sure they are getting enough food. :wink:

The tempature needs to be correct to or they wont eat as well. Hope this helps a little.[/quote]

i check the temp while i feed inbetween each syringe full 105-110 degrees ferenhiet

and thats what i was and plan on every 4 hrs.

julie · Post by **julie** » Tue Mar 28, 2006 7:05 am

hey birdman the little ones always get my attention too.they always have a good personality i find my little echo is very small compared to the rest they are double her size she always wins the fights but
(sounds like mikaela the little package that people pick on then regret it later)

birdman5000 · Post by **birdman5000** » Tue Mar 28, 2006 6:22 pm

they are doing a little better now with every feeding