This book is for both amateur bird owners and professional breeders. It offers instructions on maintaining a bird nursery, keeping it heated and sanitary, and tending the chicks. Differing feed formulas are given for different species, including parrots, doves, finches, soft-billed birds, pheasants, and others. Advice pertains to correcting problems often suffered by baby birds, from dehydration and discolored feathers to viral, bacterial, and fungal infections.
Table of Contents:
Preface
From Egg to Hatchling, and Introduction
Natural Incubation
The Nursery
Incubation
Proper Avian Nutrition
Feeding Tools and How to Use Them
Feeding and Weaning Chicks
Hand-Feeding Step-by-Step (Practical Notes)
Health Problems
Glossary
Useful Literature and Addresses
Index
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