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Light Sensitivity
When baby #budgies are born, they are blind and naked. When providing any care for them, make sure to keep their delicate eyes out of direct light and keep the nesting box they were born in insulated from the elements. There should be sufficient airflow for the newborn chicks and the adult birds, but they should not be subject to excess wind or moisture for the sake of their health. This is less of a concern when the chicks are developed around four weeks of age and they venture out of the nesting box of their own accord.
Hygiene and Cleanliness
Most momma budgies are good about keeping their young ones clean, but it is always a good idea to make sure your little chicks’ feet and beaks are kept free of buildup and debris. The buildup of dirt on their feet can lead to infections and problems walking, while the buildup of food or grime in the beak area can lead to malformed beak and other health concerns. If you must handle the chicks before they are 2 weeks old, try to touch them as little as possible. This will help their mother stay bonded to them because they will smell like her, not human hands.
Socialization and Behavior
If you want your budgies to be pets, it is necessary to socialize them properly and get them used to human touch and interaction. This can begin as soon as the chicks are fully developed, but not before if you intend your budgies to stay in the nesting box with their parents. If the budgie does not recognize the chick because he smells like humans, she will reject the chick and will no longer care for him. Start off with 10 minutes a day per chick, increasing the time once a week by a few minutes as each chick allows.
Gaining Independence
One of the most important stages of a baby budgie’s life is when the adult budgies leave the nesting box and stop feeding the little ones. In a healthy, well-developed budgie this will mean leaving the box in search of food. If for some reason one of your chicks does not, you can remove him from the box and encourage him to join the rest of his siblings in exploring the world. At this point the budgie should continue to grow and mature until he is an adult without much human interference.
Feeding Baby Budgies
Rearing chicks by hand is a time-consuming, fiddly process, not to be entered into without full appreciation of what’s involved. Always seek expert advice for any aspect of chick-feeding, and take time to watch some instructional videos. This will boost your confidence, and minimise the chance of mishaps.
You may have healthy, attentive parent birds prepared to put in all the hard work, but you still need to know what to do if things don’t go to plan. Mishaps could be anything from a sick male (meaning he will be unable to feed the nesting hen bird) to an abandoned nest. Baby budgies are very delicate creatures, and if the mishap occurs early in the rearing process – within the first two weeks – your chances of weaning the bird are slim. Rearing a freshly-hatched bird is something none but the most expert breeder should attempt.
Feeding Budgie Chicks
There are several budgie chick feeds and additives available commercially. These should offer the correct mix of nutrients, vitamins and minerals that a baby bird would receive in the wild state. Always check with an expert before opting for any particular brand, though, and don’t be tempted to make a choice based on what you can source cheaply online.
Chick food should be mixed according to the instructions on the packet. It will have a gloopy consistency, and, like Baby Bear’s porridge, should be neither too hot nor too cold. If hot, it can scald the bird’s crop and throat; if too cold, it may lodge and fester in the chick’s crop and result in a fatal condition known as sour crop. Again, read the instructions.
The food each #budgiechick receives should be carefully measured, and delivered at a temperature similar to that of the regurgitated seed of an adult bird (the chick’s natural food source). You can use a thermometer to measure the temperature precisely. Never be tempted to short-cut the heating with a microwave, as this can result in hot-spots in the food. Optimum temperature is between 40 and 45C (105-110F).
Feeding a 3 Week Old Budgie
Things become easier at three weeks. The budgie chick now resembles an unkempt miniature dinosaur, with a pleasingly ugly mix of down and pin feathers, and a lot of the character and curiosity that will stay with it throughout its life. Feeding is not quite such an all-consuming task now – every four hours, usually. The bird will still happily receive your attentions throughout 16 hours in a long summer’s day, though THANK YOU
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