This is a excellent video for anyone that wants or needs to hand feed baby Cockatiels. I did it this way and used the same formula. This breeder is very experienced . I'm going to bookmark this video and pass it on to others that are struggling with hand feeding.
Hi I am breeding parakeets I am here feeding three right now which I’m not having a problem one feeds off of spoon which is the bigger baby which has all its feathers and then I have a little baby which has some down I have a heater in the cage with them when am I allowed to take the heater out and uncovered then like the regular pair of kicks
This popped up on my feed and I don’t even have birds. I absolutely adored all the explanations and the way you are taking care of these babies. Looking forward to watching more of your videos!
I’ve started to see owlets as they grow into adults, diff species tho. Some of the species look scary as heck lol! Uglier than a baby parrot hehehe. I say that with much love for all birbs! Just was startled by the ooglay hehe
To be honest I personally think babybirds are cuter than most human babies. We had some Babycanaries when I was a kid. And it was just great watching them getting older. I don‘t know why but for me babybirds are so cute and beautiful while the most human babies are just ugly for me.
@@diedeko2232 Humans are engineered by biology & evolution to find human babies cute, so something is definitely going on there. I can't even imagine what some people find ugly about human babies, and frankly I don't want to, because that kind of talk nearly always gets into misanthropy. Also, baby birds look like monsters.
I was so disappointed wanting to raise cockatiels after some of them died after being born until I found this man, his video is so explicit that I regained my courage to raise my cockatiels and now they are already huge, the best video is this
These birds are so cute! It's fun to see them in the different baby stages. Also, the only thing I could think through half of the video is "TURN OFF THE WATER!" xD
Sorry, but I disagree with using tap water. It has chlorine and sometimes bacteria. I learned the hard way. Years ago I gave my beautiful Latino cockatiel tap water and it got Trichomoniasis infection and ended up passing away. The avian Dr told me it was from the tap water. I've owned and raised cockatiels for 41 years now. Great video!
@@LAPetsCA I’ve seen your vid, I have a trauma about crop feeding(Using a tube inserting it all the way down to the crop) one time the tube detached from the tip of the syringe and got swallowed by my handfeed cockatiel. Fortunately I was able to get it out.
I would recommend you boil the water in a steel steel pan so that we can really keep all the bacteria out of the water because sink water isn't always reliable Other than that great video your information was accurate and good and I love seeing the baby cockatiels adorable!!
Such a great job. Thank you so much. I have not done this in 20 yrs but I'm confident I can do it again. Just FYI, as a former vet tech & an ICU employee 120 degree water is not warm enough to kill most bacteria. Obviously you need it warm as It would be warm coming out of the parent. You would have to boil the water to get it warm enough to kill bacteria. The momma bird actually is not sterile so you are doing everything great. I really appreciate this video.
I just wanted to say thank you for all your videos and for answering my questions when I desperately needed it. I had 4 eggs only 2 hatched and unfortunately lost one of my babies...... I was so heart broken. But I still have one left thank God. Thank you for talking about things other people don't talk about in their videos. You have been a great deal of help with your videos. 🖤
Hooiii wat een leerzame video mijn complimenten tijdje terug hadden mijn kids 5 eitjes uitgekomen maar ze gingen bijten en achterelkaar gingen ze dood nu hebben ze weer een nest van 4 eitjes maar net dat ik keek hadden ze er weer 1 dood gemaakt nu heb ik het hele nest bik ze weg gehaald en wil het zelf gaan opvoeden wordt moelijk maar na 6 babytjes dood breekt mijn hart ik vind het alleen moeilijk om te weten of ik ze dan genoeg pap geef en hoeveel graden moet het zijn om ze warm te houden als ze uitkomen? Graag je prof reactie alvast bedankt🍀👍
This video Has really helped me to know what I’m doing with the whole feeding thing. It’s really nice that experienced people like you are sharing your knowledge with the world! My only advice is that you don’t put your arm in front of the camera too much. 😋
Would love to see how you built your cooler incubator. Great hand feeding video , it will definitely help me as it was explained well. Thanks again for sharing! Stay blessed! Lovely baby birds.
very helpful video. I’ve been studying about birds for 2 years and I currently have cockatiels breeding, I got them last month and 2 days ago they started mating. Very excited for the chicks I’m gonna be a mom
I wanna see anything you're putting out. Thanks for the video. I'm feeding babies right now too. I use the same incubator you have them in for about as a brooder after they hatch and then switch them over to a plastic shoe box heat pad brooder with a stuffed animal inside. I like. I like it more than the aquarium brooder is use to use. Mostly because of the cost and space it saves.
I've just started to follow your instructions of my two newborn cocktails, and I don't know how to start. I'm going to tell you what will happen after 10 days !
How have I never seen this channel 🤩 I love your birdies and the explanations of what your doing TBH, I couldn’t concentrate for the first few minutes because I was like “Ahhh nooo all that wasted water” 😂 I have 2 cockatiels (strays) and adore them to bits. My avian vet (Sydney, Australia) insists that cockatiels only drink and bathe in bottled / boiled or filtered water to avoid getting giardiasis. But I’ve not found any reference to this need anywhere 🤷♀️ So of course to be on the safe side I get those heavy 10 litre vessels 😂 Glad I’ve found your channel 🥳
Welcome to the channel. We're glad you found us. You are correct in that video I certainly left the faucet on too long. We use and have used regular tap water for more than 30 years.
I have a budgie, and I have put a100w heater about 1 foot below his perch, and with a cheap electronic thermastat I can control the temperature where he sleeps within 1 or 2 degrees. He is in the same room as me during the day. The heater does not emit visible light as it's designed for electrial enclosures to prevent humidity damage. When l go to my bedroom l can lower his room temperature, and save money. Budgie is comfortable all night. The energy saving I get is good, because at night the heating temperature of the room can be lowered. The name I gave him is Nimbus. (Meaning cloud in Latin and he has mostly white with blue and gray.
Is it possible for me to get your own number or one of your accounts in the social networks.. I am following you from the Sultanate of Oman and a small breeder of ornamental birds
Thank you for this! My bonded pair just hatched 5 and baby 5 didn't hatch for 3 days after the others and last night and this morning they kicked it out of the nest. I just set up a makeshift incubator and fed it. I'm really hoping it lives! I was so worried I was feeding incorrect but I feel better now that I've seen this
I have a baby that I am hand feeding. The only thing I could recommend to your great video is to never use Tap water. I only use purified water with no chlorine in it. I was alerted to this when I sprayed the adults by mistake with tap water. They had a hard time opening their eyes after. Same with drinking water.
Found a nestling yesterday, trying to feed him. I learned a lot in your video. My biggest mistake was not to heat the food before. Hope my buddy make it anyway. Secondary the understanding about the food storage, so i can literally see when my bird is full. Thanks a lot dude!
I think I'm going to do a video on this. Depending on the age of the bird the mix will differ! I have found that these guys dehydrate very easily. So, the mixture should be on the thin side. you may have to feed them more often, but they need the water. Runny applesauce.... If you think its to thick... go thiner...it will not hurt. Great question...I'm going to do a video on this. Thanks Kevin.
I have so much to learn we have gotten 6 eggs in the last week appear in our cage. It’s a very large cage and we have lovebirds and cockatiel. This is a first for me. Thanks for your videos!!!
Hello!! Thanks for all your advice, my lovebird is now 5 weeks thanks to you. It now has small green feathers, when should I start changing his food? What are my next steps once he starts to have more of his feathers?
Keep doing what you're doing. You're doing awesome. You have a few more weeks before you need to start the weening process. At that point you need to slowly introduce the chick to.... I recommend pellets. But some feed seed. If you can win your bird to pellets right away it's the best thing for the bird. It gets a hundred percent of its nutrition and vitamins that it needs from a good quality pellet food. Seed only will not give you a hundred percent of the nutrition that the bird needs. Wow seed will keep a bird alive it again does not get all of the vitamins and nutrition that it needs. When birds are small they're easier to wean to pellets. All of our birds get weaned to pellets.
@@miaevelyn24 Hi, I am a bird breeder and I’ve been at it for 11 years. The pellets I’ve been using for quite a long time are the Harrison pellets. Hoped this helped!
Here a practician from Animal doctor in germany! I have three new babys, and im starting to feed them. Is really lovely but also need a lot of time, baby birds isnt for all people and either the work from Animal doctor
I always use an eye dropper on newly hatched because the end is so much smaller and easier to get inside their mouths. Also,i put a bowl of hot water underneath the cup holding the formula to keep it warm while feeding. Sort of like a double boiler set-up. How are you keeping the formula from getting too chilled ? I feed slower too. How do you get sponsors for formula and other supplies from the pet supply companies?
Great video, not only in terms of the quality of the content, but also clear and in focus with great lighting. Years ago my sister called me to tell me a baby lovebird was rejected. I told her I would take care of it and I had zero experience. I used a fish tank, a water heater and a deep bowl and I let him float on that water in that slightly covered tank to build up the right warmth and humidity. I fed that baby around the clock and by some miracle he lived and he grew up with the most beautiful rainbow colors. Sadly my wife did not want another bird in the house and so I placed an ad to have him adopted. The requirement was that that they already own a lovebird and they bring it to my home. Well my little bird was a genius! We placed the caged side my side and my bird which had never interacted with another bird before went into the female's cage and plucked a single seed out of her food cup and proceeded to climb up to her perch and very slowly made his way closer and closer to her until he could reach over to her and give her the seed which she accepted. Everyone's eyes had welled up with tears and the girl kept in touch with my for many years until one day sadly rainbow clung to her purse and she did not notice him and he got lost. There was a sighting on facebook and I tried contacting the person who posted a photo of an exhausted looking rainbow sitting on the sideview mirror of his car but sadly the person never responded to my messages. I just wanted to know the vicinity of where the bird had been spotted so I could search for him. Still hurts.
I just found a baby (3 day old i think) pigeon today and I know nothing!! This is so far the best video to help feed and care for the pigeon. I'm trying to feed them but it's so nerve wrecking. Only got a regular syringe and I'm seeing people shove it down the throat.. it's nice seeing u handle the pigeons. Also the breathing... the pigeon seems to have a fast paced breathing... is that nornal?? I'm doing research and watching videos. So far this guy is the only help I've found... 😢
HI ! i live here Thailand 16 years now & have an almost adult conour from flegling we had another recent baby conour taken by a snake wich was my last video a few months back but now i bought another baby with all precautions taken into place to prevent another snake visit, do take a peek at my recent vlogs on my tag XXXX
It's so encouraging to watch this video. My conures hatched the chicks then ignored the babies. One dead 5 days after it was hatched, so when the second one hatched yesterday and was 'ignored' again, I was so nervous! Never hand-feed baby birds before so I have to struggle in dark and try my luck. Your video is so helpful!! How do you keep the chicks warm? I don't have incubator though. Thanks a lot for taking time to answer my question.
You're going to need to make some sort of makeshift brooder that will hold heat. My suggestion for you is something you can put the birds in and then possibly put a heating pad underneath that. You're going to need to monitor this with a temperature gauge. We don't want to overheat them but we don't want them to get chilled either there's a fine line. When they're first hatched and bare skin they need to be around 95 to 98° F. Keep me posted if you have questions. And thank you for the kind words and watching our videos. Kevin
Thank you Kevin! I saw your reply but it disappeared just now. I followed your suggestions (in an old grandma way) and the chick is still alive on the 4th day! I will cross my fingers and see what will happen next : )
I watched a lot of videos you posted and learned so much! The little bird did not make it and it died on day 25, but we both did our best. Thank you so very much for the effort uploading videos and spent time answering questions. You are the BEST!!! Take care and stay safe. I will keep watching your videos even though I do not (and dare to) have any baby bird : )
Thanks for watching our videos. We have a lot of videos on feeding babies I think would answer some of your questions. The 85° is low for a newborn. Our incubators to hatch an egg are set at approximately 98° F for the first few days sometimes up to a week we keep the babies at that temperature. Then slowly start working the temperature down. The goal here is to wean the birds off of the temperature and get them to room temperature at the same time they are completely feathered. Once they're completely feathered we should have them wean down to room temperature so they could sit in a cage. Feeding is going to depend on each bird. A bird's crop needs to go empty once a day. We only let our birds crop go empty once a day. Therefore, we watch the babies crops once we see them almost empty we top them off with hand feeding formula. For some babies that's an hour for other babies it's 3 hours. It all depends on each individual baby. Again we only let our babies crop go empty once a day. And that once a day is important. We need to move 100% of the hand feeding formula out of the bird by a certain time. if that hand feeding formula stays in the crop and the crop never goes completely empty you run a chance of that formula becoming sour. Once that happens a yeast infection will happen and your bird will go downhill quickly.
@@Bird.Squawk Thanks for the quick reply. I just started hand feeding the runt (after about 5 days half the size of the others) of the litter today. I've seen recommendations to use a heating lamp. But, 24 hours of light, is that a good idea? The other 2 baby birds are in the nesting box, ambient temp is about 85* F, parents are out for most of the day. Tonite I have a space heater in a closet. Other question - is it OK for the parents to have access to the hand fed bird?
@@allandavis6116 I do it all the time and have done it for years I'm simply telling you my experience. If you look at some of our videos you'll see I have a homemade cooler that I've turned into a brooder The heat source in that brooder is a small low what light bulb.
@@Bird.Squawk Thanks for the info. Now for the tough question ... I'm worried that the runt, now named Rocky, will be lonely for is parents/siblings - can I reunite them for small periods of time ... or is it better to keep Rocky away from the others?
back in the Old Old days i used a gallon mason jar filled with water with an aquarium heater stuck in it. set that in the corner of a divided 10 gallon aquarium .. worked great
I had to pull the eggs from the nest and have had my first egg hatch from incubator this morning , I’m very excited , with no clue when to feed or how much to feed this video has saved me, thank you , usually my chicks are 4 days before I feed as they are with the hen until about 2 weeks 😊
First time watching one of your videos, awesome work! Question is, do you ever allow the adult birds to help raise the young? What sort of problems do you run into with that?
First, thanks for watching. We preferer that the parents feed and raise them. However, some chicks get rejected for various reasons. What you see in this video are chicks that have been rejected and we have to take over all of their care. Kevin
@@Bird.Squawk the parents keep moving it to the opening of the nest box and I haven’t heard anymore feeding sounds. I moved it back to the eggs while they both were out of the box but they pushed it aside when they went back in. I think they are too young to know what to do. I’m going to try and feed myself. Prayers would be appreciated thank you!
I’ve got a lot of pictures of Scarlet and blue and gold macaw parrots I raised from tiny Hatlin. That was eons ago! Well, you’re saving Bird life and doing a great job
I've been watching your video for the last 20 days, waiting for my baby to hatch so I'd be ready. They hatched this morning! My question, every site ive been on doing research says first 2-3 days, round the clock feedings every two hours. At newly hatched, do you allow their crop to clear at night, or feed every two hours without letting it completely clear? Thank you in advance. I've never been more nervous in my life.
every two hours for a few days. I let them go empty once. but not for a long time. and you may find they are going empty every two hours. if so you may have to feed closer for the first few days. every bird will be different.
@@Bird.Squawk thank you for reading my mind about this! I've noticed it's about an hour and a half between feedings, and I waited until first bowel movement to begin feeding. I am nervous mostly because I previously had a baby from another clutch that I ended up having to hand feed pass away...I felt like I had done something wrong. The crop didn't remotely empty after a 6am feeding. I worried maybe the formula was too cold. After watching your videos, I feel more confident. Thank you for all your information and insight!
@@marissaedwards560 Dont be afraid to water the formula down a bit. This is a very common mistake for newborns. They suck all the water out of the feeding and it leaves the formula hard in their crop. if you see that put water only in the crop. Gently massage the crop to blend the old food with the water. Keep me post. Kevin
@@Bird.Squawk Update! Baby is doing well. Ran into two instances where the food didn't want to clear, but was quickly corrected thanks to your sound advice! I actually would like to ask you another question involving food. I'm using the same brand you are (noted the back of the canister in your video haha), and I was wondering this: IF the food is going to stay at say, 120F for a prolonged amount of time, would it be okay to pre-make some for a trip that can not be avoided, but will have no amenities along the way? I have planned out how to wash and sterilize utensils and brooder situation, but this is where I'm stuck. What would you do? The trip is NEXT Saturday, the 4th. I don't like having to take baby with me, but it's a trip I can not get out of and I don't have anyone who is comfortable enough to hand feed.
@@Bird.Squawk Have you seen this, silly boy canary chick 🐣 with Boris Jonson hair style 😆😆😆 th-cam.com/video/9xJIFKoaCok/w-d-xo.html Poor little Babies 🐣🐣🐣 will have been blown out of nest by storms, would be hundreds like this
Mine doesn’t look like that when it’s empty from the crop, it still has a small lump of food. Can I still feed him that way? Or should I make it’s formula with more water this time? I read somewhere if I add more food it would cause sour crop. I’m new to all this crop stuff.
Ideally you want that crop to go empty once a day. In cases like this I keep feeding for a couple days checking to make sure the food in moving through the chick. Also, it may need more time on that last feeding. Or, you could feed it lass on its last feeding.
@@Bird.Squawk I gave it some warm water, massaged it’s crop and fed it formula but less thick. I feel like I’m making the formula thick, I would add 1 tsp of formula and 2 tsp of water. At night I will give less, and a little warm water to see if it empties.
aww sweeties, a while ago on a vacation my friend and I found a baby bird that had fallen out of a nest, we could see the nest, but it was in a palm tree... so we took the bird to a wildlife center, we were told that it was probably less than 24hours old, it died the day we left, but these babies reminded me of it RIP Sean
Thanks for this video. It happened to me before. I fed my baby cockatiel with probably too hot for him/her. I saw the poor baby how I ended his/her life. I felt so guilty for that. I got 2 pairs of cockatiels now and hoping to see them multiply this spring. If I need to hand feed them, I will follow your instruction.
I absolutely love your video I’m getting ready to hand raise baby African grey , you are by far the best video I have seen yet on here would really love to have your input
Great video I wish I had seen this years ago when the mother had her first clutch and didn’t feed any of them. They all died by the end of the day because I didn’t know what to do. Now I have a new female who is about to lay eggs and I want to be ready to feed them if she doesn’t. Thank you for your knowledge!
Thank you very much for being a good breeder and provide free knowledge to people like me, that have 4 cockatiels couples and want to breed them to give them to family members, uncle's, brothers, parents, nieces and nephews. Thank you... With all respect and admiration.
I'm slowly taking a like to how to raise birds and learning all of this stuff is so interesting to me. And I gotta say, the way you explain it, I can TELL you've got experience.
Thanks for the great videos. I have a cockatiel that has lay on the eggs for past 16 days and I think they are ready to hatch. Where would I buy the food and all the necessary things that I need. Thank you
This is a excellent video for anyone that wants or needs to hand feed baby Cockatiels. I did it this way and used the same formula. This breeder is very experienced . I'm going to bookmark this video and pass it on to others that are struggling with hand feeding.
Wow, thank you for the kind words. Kevin
He doesnt keep the formula from getting chilled while feeding. Im concerned about that . I left him a comment. Maybe he will see it.
Hi I am breeding parakeets I am here feeding three right now which I’m not having a problem one feeds off of spoon which is the bigger baby which has all its feathers and then I have a little baby which has some down I have a heater in the cage with them when am I allowed to take the heater out and uncovered then like the regular pair of kicks
You'll meet maybe 1 person unless you really look.
@@cathyt144 did they survive?
Being a bird parent was the most stressful experience I have ever gone through. Hands down the most difficult animal experience
What type pf problems did u face.. today i found i baby bird.. i have no idea how to take care of it
@nehajain9772 do you have any updates now?
You mean taking care of a baby bird or just having one in general
I like how gentle this guy is with these tiny critters, despite having big ol hands.
One of the best guys, I think.
This popped up on my feed and I don’t even have birds. I absolutely adored all the explanations and the way you are taking care of these babies.
Looking forward to watching more of your videos!
Thanks for watching! We love sharing our love for the birds 🐦
It's amazing how derpy they look when they're hatchlings 😆
I’ve started to see owlets as they grow into adults, diff species tho. Some of the species look scary as heck lol! Uglier than a baby parrot hehehe. I say that with much love for all birbs! Just was startled by the ooglay hehe
To be honest I personally think babybirds are cuter than most human babies. We had some Babycanaries when I was a kid. And it was just great watching them getting older. I don‘t know why but for me babybirds are so cute and beautiful while the most human babies are just ugly for me.
@@diedeko2232 Humans are engineered by biology & evolution to find human babies cute, so something is definitely going on there. I can't even imagine what some people find ugly about human babies, and frankly I don't want to, because that kind of talk nearly always gets into misanthropy. Also, baby birds look like monsters.
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Baby birds don’t look like monsters.
havent heard the word derpy in a long time... the nostalgia
I was so disappointed wanting to raise cockatiels after some of them died after being born until I found this man, his video is so explicit that I regained my courage to raise my cockatiels and now they are already huge, the best video is this
I am so glad that we were able to help you out with your babies 😍
These birds are so cute! It's fun to see them in the different baby stages. Also, the only thing I could think through half of the video is "TURN OFF THE WATER!" xD
Thanks for watching, and yes we have made some adjustments to water usage.
@@Bird.Squawk haha
Yes!!!
Me too! I live in Australia and only have tank water and are often in drought! I kept wanting to say turn off that tap!
Me too. It was stressing me that he just left te tap open.
Sorry, but I disagree with using tap water. It has chlorine and sometimes bacteria. I learned the hard way. Years ago I gave my beautiful Latino cockatiel tap water and it got Trichomoniasis infection and ended up passing away. The avian Dr told me it was from the tap water. I've owned and raised cockatiels for 41 years now. Great video!
Been handfeeding birds for almost 7 yesrs now and still a lot to learn, thank you for your educational vids!
All the way from the philippines ❤️
Thank you for the kind words. welcome to the channel
@@LAPetsCA I’ve seen your vid, I have a trauma about crop feeding(Using a tube inserting it all the way down to the crop) one time the tube detached from the tip of the syringe and got swallowed by my handfeed cockatiel. Fortunately I was able to get it out.
@@paololimos5496 🥺🥺
I once hand fed 63 baby cockatiels, held a job, and was raising my son..... I soon got out of the bird business.
63?! That's as equivalent to raising 2/3 human child than one.
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@@eskimo7176 i think it's tougher than that
It's amazing how tiny they start out!🐣🐣🐣 Always enjoy learning from you! Thank you for sharing!🌼🐞🌼
Thank you, it's so awesome! I love sharing with everyone.
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I don’t have any birds but I’ve gained a great appreciation for the neighborhood crows and I’m always happy to learn new info. Good stuff, thank you!
No one had ever told me that the formula had to be made really hot and fed at about 105 degrees. Thank you for your video.
Thank you for watching. Kevin
Such precious little creations 😍
Yes they are! I'm still amazed by the entire process. Lucky to get to do what I do. Kevin
I would recommend you boil the water in a steel steel pan so that we can really keep all the bacteria out of the water because sink water isn't always reliable Other than that great video your information was accurate and good and I love seeing the baby cockatiels
adorable!!
thank you for watching
Such a great job. Thank you so much. I have not done this in 20 yrs but I'm confident I can do it again. Just FYI, as a former vet tech & an ICU employee 120 degree water is not warm enough to kill most bacteria. Obviously you need it warm as It would be warm coming out of the parent. You would have to boil the water to get it warm enough to kill bacteria. The momma bird actually is not sterile so you are doing everything great. I really appreciate this video.
Thank you for watching the videos, welcome back to working with your feathered friends.
Agreed. Boiling water is needed to sterilize.
Love this! I remember when I had a pair of budgies a couple years ago and had my first experience breeding. Life is a beautiful thing ❤
It really is! Kevin
I just wanted to say thank you for all your videos and for answering my questions when I desperately needed it. I had 4 eggs only 2 hatched and unfortunately lost one of my babies...... I was so heart broken. But I still have one left thank God. Thank you for talking about things other people don't talk about in their videos. You have been a great deal of help with your videos. 🖤
wow, thank you for the kind words. Kevin
Hooiii wat een leerzame video mijn complimenten tijdje terug hadden mijn kids 5 eitjes uitgekomen maar ze gingen bijten en achterelkaar gingen ze dood nu hebben ze weer een nest van 4 eitjes maar net dat ik keek hadden ze er weer 1 dood gemaakt nu heb ik het hele nest bik ze weg gehaald en wil het zelf gaan opvoeden wordt moelijk maar na 6 babytjes dood breekt mijn hart ik vind het alleen moeilijk om te weten of ik ze dan genoeg pap geef en hoeveel graden moet het zijn om ze warm te houden als ze uitkomen? Graag je prof reactie alvast bedankt🍀👍
Wow they're so small. Mad how different the babies and grown birds look. Great and informative vid
It's amazing isn't it!? Thank you for watching and the kind words. Kevin
My girlfriend agrees
Thank you so much for this tutorial. The absolute best explanation I’ve seen on how to hand feed baby birds. Thank you 🙏 .
This video Has really helped me to know what I’m doing with the whole feeding thing. It’s really nice that experienced people like you are sharing your knowledge with the world! My only advice is that you don’t put your arm in front of the camera too much. 😋
Would love to see how you built your cooler incubator. Great hand feeding video , it will definitely help me as it was explained well. Thanks again for sharing! Stay blessed! Lovely baby birds.
Thank you for the kind words. I have a new cooler bought..... Now, finding the time to build it and video it ...lol
@@Bird.Squawk ❤
@@katarzynafiokowa3690 it's coming! Maybe next week if I get it edited.
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mud house 🏠 for New born chick 🐣
I swear this makes me very happy I have a big smile on my face I love baby Cockatiels they’re just so damn sweet
Thank you for watching. Welcome to the channel. Kevin
very helpful video. I’ve been studying about birds for 2 years and I currently have cockatiels breeding, I got them last month and 2 days ago they started mating. Very excited for the chicks I’m gonna be a mom
Congratulations, keep us posted. Kevin
Wow. That is so amazing. It takes a special person to do this.
Thank you
I really enjoyed the video, direct no beating around the bush, well done. 👏
I wanna see anything you're putting out. Thanks for the video. I'm feeding babies right now too. I use the same incubator you have them in for about as a brooder after they hatch and then switch them over to a plastic shoe box heat pad brooder with a stuffed animal inside. I like. I like it more than the aquarium brooder is use to use. Mostly because of the cost and space it saves.
Thank you! More videos to come 👍
I've just started to follow your instructions of my two newborn cocktails, and I don't know how to start. I'm going to tell you what will happen after 10 days !
How have I never seen this channel 🤩 I love your birdies and the explanations of what your doing
TBH, I couldn’t concentrate for the first few minutes because I was like “Ahhh nooo all that wasted water” 😂
I have 2 cockatiels (strays) and adore them to bits. My avian vet (Sydney, Australia) insists that cockatiels only drink and bathe in bottled / boiled or filtered water to avoid getting giardiasis. But I’ve not found any reference to this need anywhere 🤷♀️ So of course to be on the safe side I get those heavy 10 litre vessels 😂
Glad I’ve found your channel 🥳
Welcome to the channel. We're glad you found us. You are correct in that video I certainly left the faucet on too long. We use and have used regular tap water for more than 30 years.
You are so gentle in handling and speaking, but confident. What a great combo, lucky birds to be raised here 😁
Watching those crops fill is mesmerizing.
Welcome to the channel
You are very gentle and considerated with your birds. I'm pretty glad for it.
Anyone elce here just thinking that he should turn off the water....
yes me
He rinses off the syringe between feedings
I have a budgie, and I have put a100w heater about 1 foot below his perch, and with a cheap electronic thermastat I can control the temperature where he sleeps within 1 or 2 degrees. He is in the same room as me during the day.
The heater does not emit visible light as it's designed for electrial enclosures to prevent humidity damage.
When l go to my bedroom l can lower his room temperature, and save money. Budgie is comfortable all night.
The energy saving I get is good, because at night the heating temperature of the room can be lowered.
The name I gave him is Nimbus. (Meaning cloud in Latin and he has mostly white with blue and gray.
Thank you so much. We have a 2 week old abandoned baby, your technique gave me confidence to feed him myself!
Love it! Keep me posted
Just to update you. My abandoned baby is doing amazingly well. Thanks again x
@@juliejulie8379 love hearing this.
Is it possible for me to get your own number or one of your accounts in the social networks.. I am following you from the Sultanate of Oman and a small breeder of ornamental birds
Amazing video! I hand fed a Quaker parrot. They grow fast!
Thank you for this! My bonded pair just hatched 5 and baby 5 didn't hatch for 3 days after the others and last night and this morning they kicked it out of the nest. I just set up a makeshift incubator and fed it. I'm really hoping it lives! I was so worried I was feeding incorrect but I feel better now that I've seen this
Any updates?
I have a baby that I am hand feeding. The only thing I could recommend to your great video is to never use Tap water. I only use purified water with no chlorine in it.
I was alerted to this when I sprayed the adults by mistake with tap water. They had a hard time opening their eyes after. Same with drinking water.
Thanks for watching the video. We do have a filtering system on our water.
Bro,when I just scrolling around and saw the thumbnail thinking it was a bucket of KFC chicken
Found a nestling yesterday, trying to feed him. I learned a lot in your video. My biggest mistake was not to heat the food before. Hope my buddy make it anyway. Secondary the understanding about the food storage, so i can literally see when my bird is full. Thanks a lot dude!
Thank you for watching our babies!
I think I'm going to do a video on this. Depending on the age of the bird the mix will differ! I have found that these guys dehydrate very easily. So, the mixture should be on the thin side. you may have to feed them more often, but they need the water. Runny applesauce.... If you think its to thick... go thiner...it will not hurt. Great question...I'm going to do a video on this. Thanks Kevin.
I have so much to learn we have gotten 6 eggs in the last week appear in our cage. It’s a very large cage and we have lovebirds and cockatiel. This is a first for me. Thanks for your videos!!!
Good luck! A lot of information in our videos.... Keep us updated ..
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None of them hatched. But now they built their own nest so hopefully they can do it on their own this time.
@@BingShing keep us updated on how they do. Good Luck!
Hello!! Thanks for all your advice, my lovebird is now 5 weeks thanks to you. It now has small green feathers, when should I start changing his food? What are my next steps once he starts to have more of his feathers?
Keep doing what you're doing. You're doing awesome. You have a few more weeks before you need to start the weening process. At that point you need to slowly introduce the chick to.... I recommend pellets. But some feed seed. If you can win your bird to pellets right away it's the best thing for the bird. It gets a hundred percent of its nutrition and vitamins that it needs from a good quality pellet food. Seed only will not give you a hundred percent of the nutrition that the bird needs. Wow seed will keep a bird alive it again does not get all of the vitamins and nutrition that it needs. When birds are small they're easier to wean to pellets. All of our birds get weaned to pellets.
@@Bird.Squawk Yes Im happy it’s doing good. ooooh ok!! Got it! Thank you. What do you recommend for pellet food?
@@miaevelyn24 Hi, I am a bird breeder and I’ve been at it for 11 years. The pellets I’ve been using for quite a long time are the Harrison pellets. Hoped this helped!
Here a practician from Animal doctor in germany! I have three new babys, and im starting to feed them. Is really lovely but also need a lot of time, baby birds isnt for all people and either the work from Animal doctor
I handfeed a cocktail when I was very young . It was a lot of work . I couldn't imagine having to feed more than one lol .
It can be a hand full at times .... But we love it.
Wow, you are a professional who deserves salute and appreciation ❤️❤
I always use an eye dropper on newly hatched because the end is so much smaller and easier to get inside their mouths. Also,i put a bowl of hot water underneath the cup holding the formula to keep it warm while feeding. Sort of like a double boiler set-up. How are you keeping the formula from getting too chilled ? I feed slower too. How do you get sponsors for formula and other supplies from the pet supply companies?
well its not happened yet.... LOL
Your a fantastic suragent dad, to all Ur baby's. So good work and God bless you and all your baby birds that you help to bring into the world. Xo
Thank you for the kind words! It's what we do... 32 years... Kevin
Does timespan matter when it comes to feeding? or does it all depend on how much food is in their crop?
Your on the right track. Watch their crop feed them just before they empty letting them go empty 1 time a day.
Great video, not only in terms of the quality of the content, but also clear and in focus with great lighting. Years ago my sister called me to tell me a baby lovebird was rejected. I told her I would take care of it and I had zero experience. I used a fish tank, a water heater and a deep bowl and I let him float on that water in that slightly covered tank to build up the right warmth and humidity. I fed that baby around the clock and by some miracle he lived and he grew up with the most beautiful rainbow colors. Sadly my wife did not want another bird in the house and so I placed an ad to have him adopted. The requirement was that that they already own a lovebird and they bring it to my home. Well my little bird was a genius! We placed the caged side my side and my bird which had never interacted with another bird before went into the female's cage and plucked a single seed out of her food cup and proceeded to climb up to her perch and very slowly made his way closer and closer to her until he could reach over to her and give her the seed which she accepted. Everyone's eyes had welled up with tears and the girl kept in touch with my for many years until one day sadly rainbow clung to her purse and she did not notice him and he got lost. There was a sighting on facebook and I tried contacting the person who posted a photo of an exhausted looking rainbow sitting on the sideview mirror of his car but sadly the person never responded to my messages. I just wanted to know the vicinity of where the bird had been spotted so I could search for him. Still hurts.
Oh, dang this is deep. This is the tarot reading, stuff. Just let it go. Maybe it happened for a reason. 🐼
This is so precious
welcome to the channel
I just found a baby (3 day old i think) pigeon today and I know nothing!! This is so far the best video to help feed and care for the pigeon. I'm trying to feed them but it's so nerve wrecking. Only got a regular syringe and I'm seeing people shove it down the throat.. it's nice seeing u handle the pigeons. Also the breathing... the pigeon seems to have a fast paced breathing... is that nornal?? I'm doing research and watching videos. So far this guy is the only help I've found... 😢
Thanks for sharing your knowledge.. it helps me alot for my newborn sun conure.. ❤️❤️❤️
Thank you for watching
HI ! i live here Thailand 16 years now & have an almost adult conour from flegling we had another recent baby conour taken by a snake wich was my last video a few months back but now i bought another baby with all precautions taken into place to prevent another snake visit, do take a peek at my recent vlogs on my tag XXXX
I hand fed my first baby when I was 11! I miss her so, so much.
It is such a great bonding experience ☺️.
It's so encouraging to watch this video. My conures hatched the chicks then ignored the babies. One dead 5 days after it was hatched, so when the second one hatched yesterday and was 'ignored' again, I was so nervous! Never hand-feed baby birds before so I have to struggle in dark and try my luck. Your video is so helpful!! How do you keep the chicks warm? I don't have incubator though. Thanks a lot for taking time to answer my question.
You're going to need to make some sort of makeshift brooder that will hold heat. My suggestion for you is something you can put the birds in and then possibly put a heating pad underneath that. You're going to need to monitor this with a temperature gauge. We don't want to overheat them but we don't want them to get chilled either there's a fine line. When they're first hatched and bare skin they need to be around 95 to 98° F. Keep me posted if you have questions. And thank you for the kind words and watching our videos. Kevin
Thank you Kevin! I saw your reply but it disappeared just now. I followed your suggestions (in an old grandma way) and the chick is still alive on the 4th day! I will cross my fingers and see what will happen next : )
I watched a lot of videos you posted and learned so much! The little bird did not make it and it died on day 25, but we both did our best. Thank you so very much for the effort uploading videos and spent time answering questions. You are the BEST!!! Take care and stay safe. I will keep watching your videos even though I do not (and dare to) have any baby bird : )
@@alicehwang4961 I'm sorry to hear this.
Thank you!!
Raising two babies right now never had them quite so young so thank you for this video. It helps. I’m using the formula this time. 🐦❣️
Great vid. How/where do you keep the birds once they're born? Is 85* F hot enough? What is the feeding schedule?
Thanks for watching our videos. We have a lot of videos on feeding babies I think would answer some of your questions. The 85° is low for a newborn. Our incubators to hatch an egg are set at approximately 98° F for the first few days sometimes up to a week we keep the babies at that temperature. Then slowly start working the temperature down. The goal here is to wean the birds off of the temperature and get them to room temperature at the same time they are completely feathered. Once they're completely feathered we should have them wean down to room temperature so they could sit in a cage. Feeding is going to depend on each bird. A bird's crop needs to go empty once a day. We only let our birds crop go empty once a day. Therefore, we watch the babies crops once we see them almost empty we top them off with hand feeding formula. For some babies that's an hour for other babies it's 3 hours. It all depends on each individual baby. Again we only let our babies crop go empty once a day. And that once a day is important. We need to move 100% of the hand feeding formula out of the bird by a certain time. if that hand feeding formula stays in the crop and the crop never goes completely empty you run a chance of that formula becoming sour. Once that happens a yeast infection will happen and your bird will go downhill quickly.
@@Bird.Squawk Thanks for the quick reply. I just started hand feeding the runt (after about 5 days half the size of the others) of the litter today. I've seen recommendations to use a heating lamp. But, 24 hours of light, is that a good idea? The other 2 baby birds are in the nesting box, ambient temp is about 85* F, parents are out for most of the day. Tonite I have a space heater in a closet. Other question - is it OK for the parents to have access to the hand fed bird?
@@allandavis6116 I do it all the time and have done it for years I'm simply telling you my experience. If you look at some of our videos you'll see I have a homemade cooler that I've turned into a brooder The heat source in that brooder is a small low what light bulb.
@@Bird.Squawk Thanks for the info. Now for the tough question ... I'm worried that the runt, now named Rocky, will be lonely for is parents/siblings - can I reunite them for small periods of time ... or is it better to keep Rocky away from the others?
back in the Old Old days i used a gallon mason jar filled with water with an aquarium heater stuck in it. set that in the corner of a divided 10 gallon aquarium .. worked great
I had to pull the eggs from the nest and have had my first egg hatch from incubator this morning , I’m very excited , with no clue when to feed or how much to feed this video has saved me, thank you , usually my chicks are 4 days before I feed as they are with the hen until about 2 weeks 😊
First time watching one of your videos, awesome work!
Question is, do you ever allow the adult birds to help raise the young? What sort of problems do you run into with that?
First, thanks for watching. We preferer that the parents feed and raise them. However, some chicks get rejected for various reasons. What you see in this video are chicks that have been rejected and we have to take over all of their care. Kevin
@@Bird.Squawk It’s so sad they get rejected. Good on you for picking up the slack.
@@Bird.Squawk how long do you wait before you know the parents reject it? I haven’t heard them feed the chick and it was hatched yesterday afternoon.
@@leahf0529 It should have some food in its crop by now. If not I would keep a very close eye on it.
@@Bird.Squawk the parents keep moving it to the opening of the nest box and I haven’t heard anymore feeding sounds. I moved it back to the eggs while they both were out of the box but they pushed it aside when they went back in. I think they are too young to know what to do. I’m going to try and feed myself. Prayers would be appreciated thank you!
I’ve got a lot of pictures of Scarlet and blue and gold macaw parrots I raised from tiny Hatlin. That was eons ago!
Well, you’re saving Bird life and doing a great job
I've been watching your video for the last 20 days, waiting for my baby to hatch so I'd be ready. They hatched this morning! My question, every site ive been on doing research says first 2-3 days, round the clock feedings every two hours. At newly hatched, do you allow their crop to clear at night, or feed every two hours without letting it completely clear? Thank you in advance. I've never been more nervous in my life.
every two hours for a few days. I let them go empty once. but not for a long time. and you may find they are going empty every two hours. if so you may have to feed closer for the first few days. every bird will be different.
@@Bird.Squawk thank you for reading my mind about this! I've noticed it's about an hour and a half between feedings, and I waited until first bowel movement to begin feeding. I am nervous mostly because I previously had a baby from another clutch that I ended up having to hand feed pass away...I felt like I had done something wrong. The crop didn't remotely empty after a 6am feeding. I worried maybe the formula was too cold. After watching your videos, I feel more confident. Thank you for all your information and insight!
@@marissaedwards560 Dont be afraid to water the formula down a bit. This is a very common mistake for newborns. They suck all the water out of the feeding and it leaves the formula hard in their crop. if you see that put water only in the crop. Gently massage the crop to blend the old food with the water. Keep me post. Kevin
@@Bird.Squawk Update! Baby is doing well. Ran into two instances where the food didn't want to clear, but was quickly corrected thanks to your sound advice! I actually would like to ask you another question involving food. I'm using the same brand you are (noted the back of the canister in your video haha), and I was wondering this: IF the food is going to stay at say, 120F for a prolonged amount of time, would it be okay to pre-make some for a trip that can not be avoided, but will have no amenities along the way? I have planned out how to wash and sterilize utensils and brooder situation, but this is where I'm stuck. What would you do? The trip is NEXT Saturday, the 4th. I don't like having to take baby with me, but it's a trip I can not get out of and I don't have anyone who is comfortable enough to hand feed.
@@Bird.Squawk okay this answers my question I think actually!
I could cry from how precious the hungry babies are. 😭💙😭💜
Welcome to the channel. Kevin
So nicely you care and describe, Thanks 😊
Thank you we really appreciate that. Welcome to the channel
Absolutely fascinating! It makes me want to be a baby bird mom!
Dnt waste water, just boil some n let it cool.
Yes I like this video . So many things I learned from your video. Sharing is caring thank you for yoyr time
Thank you for the kind words.
U forgot to close the tap
Love all the people who take the time to feed little 🐣🐣🐣
So Cute stumbing about in ice cream 🍦 tubs, they cannot even see yet 🐣🐣🐣
yes they are!... its what we do! Thank you for watching. Kevin
Poor 🐣🐣🐣😔😔😔 that we're not so lucky, Bless you for taking the time to do this
@@Bird.Squawk
Have you seen this, silly boy canary chick 🐣 with Boris Jonson hair style 😆😆😆
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Poor little Babies 🐣🐣🐣 will have been blown out of nest by storms, would be hundreds like this
So cute 💐
Thank you for watching. And YES they are... Kevin
I'm attempting to hatch some African Grey eggs... great video!
Raised African Greys for a long time. great birds.
Mine doesn’t look like that when it’s empty from the crop, it still has a small lump of food. Can I still feed him that way? Or should I make it’s formula with more water this time?
I read somewhere if I add more food it would cause sour crop. I’m new to all this crop stuff.
Ideally you want that crop to go empty once a day. In cases like this I keep feeding for a couple days checking to make sure the food in moving through the chick. Also, it may need more time on that last feeding. Or, you could feed it lass on its last feeding.
@@Bird.Squawk I gave it some warm water, massaged it’s crop and fed it formula but less thick. I feel like I’m making the formula thick, I would add 1 tsp of formula and 2 tsp of water. At night I will give less, and a little warm water to see if it empties.
This is so heartwarming. God must be happy with your work. I know I am.
aww sweeties, a while ago on a vacation my friend and I found a baby bird that had fallen out of a nest, we could see the nest, but it was in a palm tree... so we took the bird to a wildlife center, we were told that it was probably less than 24hours old, it died the day we left, but these babies reminded me of it
RIP Sean
you at least gave him a chance! Thanks for watching our videos. Kevin
This is what TH-cam is for, thank you for posting this
WOW, thank you for the kind words. That makes my day! Kevin
So helpful
Glad you think so!
I really want to hand raise birds
Also I subscibed
Hey I want to know that when you finish feeding your baby birds do you put then in your incubator?
@@horror_pichu7884 thank you!
Thanks for this video. It happened to me before. I fed my baby cockatiel with probably too hot for him/her. I saw the poor baby how I ended his/her life. I felt so guilty for that. I got 2 pairs of cockatiels now and hoping to see them multiply this spring. If I need to hand feed them, I will follow your instruction.
Don’t wast water please… close you’re tap 🚰 appreciated you’re knowledge and presentation
Welcome to the channel
I absolutely love your video I’m getting ready to hand raise baby African grey , you are by far the best video I have seen yet on here would really love to have your input
Thank you for the kind words! That's why I started this channel, to help people that ask for it. I raised greys for years, how can I help you.
Your thumbnail looks like Chinese takeout
Those babies are ADORABLE!!!
Yep! still amazed by them after 32 years of taking care of babys.
There’s tons of bacteria in tap water. I’d never give anything tap water. I don’t even give my cat tap water. Fluoride, Chlorine, and God knows what.
We have a filtration system. Works great.
Please do share a video of your converted cooler construction!
I have a complete two part video on the build. Its in my play list of videos. Kevin
Wonderful program. I learned a lot. Keep it coming thank you
Thank you for the kind words and welcome to the channel
They’re so weird looking! Adorable.
Your video is really informative thank you so much!
Great video pretty much what I do as well. I used to feed overnight until I saw this video I prefer feeling this way now. Thank you
Thank you for watching!
I love cockatiels but have never seen them this young. I sub and I’m glad I found your channel
Thank you and welcome to the channel
They are so cute and funny looking. Love the fuzz on thier heads.🥰
Great video I wish I had seen this years ago when the mother had her first clutch and didn’t feed any of them. They all died by the end of the day because I didn’t know what to do.
Now I have a new female who is about to lay eggs and I want to be ready to feed them if she doesn’t.
Thank you for your knowledge!
welcome to the channel. thank you for watching. Kevin
Thank you for posting this video, its so nice to watch you feed them! I'd never get to see it otherwise 😀
I hand feed 3 cockatiel chicks from day 1 as I saw in video and kept in brooder but non of them surived what to do how to save them
Thank you very much for being a good breeder and provide free knowledge to people like me, that have 4 cockatiels couples and want to breed them to give them to family members, uncle's, brothers, parents, nieces and nephews. Thank you... With all respect and admiration.
Thank you for the kind words and for watching our videos! Kevin
Love your channel!!! Thank you for sharing and keep up the awesome work. Life is amazing! Blessings.
Thank you! You too!
I'm slowly taking a like to how to raise birds and learning all of this stuff is so interesting to me.
And I gotta say, the way you explain it, I can TELL you've got experience.
Thank you
Love this video. I'm having problems feeding my cockatiel born from day 1... More power to you 💪
An interesting video. Lots of love 💕 from Pakistan's small village Noor pur.
Thanks for this, my cockatiel laid 4 eggs so far so now I'm doing research
First let me say thank you for watching our videos. Congratulations on your new clutch. Keep us posted on how things are going.
Thank you so much dis was da only video dat acc showed me what to do
Thank you for the kind words and watching our video. We have a lot more videos hope you get a chance to watch them... Thanks Kevin
Thank you so much for all your guidance and advice here 💚 best of luck to the babies. Can’t wait to watch all your other videos
Thanks for the great videos. I have a cockatiel that has lay on the eggs for past 16 days and I think they are ready to hatch. Where would I buy the food and all the necessary things that I need. Thank you
Amazon would be your fastest. formula, syringes and a brooder